Norman Read (climber)

Norman H. Read (born January 17, 1891 , † January 23, 1992 in Chestnut Hill (Massachusetts) ) was an American geologist and mountaineer.

In 1925 he took part in an expedition led by Albert MacCarthy . It led to the previously unclimbed Mount Logan . Canada's highest mountain measures 5959 meters, making it the second highest on its continent, one of the Seven Second Summits . Other expedition participants were Allen Carpé , William Wasbrough Foster , Fred Lambart and Andrew Taylor . They reached the summit on June 23, 1925.

In 1950, at the age of 60, Read climbed the mountain a second time. He was also the first American to join the British Royal Flying Corps during World War I. Read lived in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts and New York . He died on January 23, 1992 at the age of 101 in a retirement home in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts .

literature

• Norman H. Read, 101 Mountaineer, pilot into his 90s . In: The Boston Globe . January 28, 1992 ( abstract online from HighBeam Research [accessed May 6, 2011]).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NORMAN H READ. (No longer available online.) In: Social Security Death Index . Formerly in the original ; accessed on December 28, 2012 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
2. ↑ 1925 Climb. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 12, 2011 ; accessed on August 26, 2010 (English / French). 
3. ^ Chic Scott: Pushing the limits: the story of Canadian mountaineering . 2000, p. 96 ff .
4. ↑ Norman H. Read, 101 Mountaineer, pilot into his 90s . In: The Boston Globe . January 28, 1992 ( abstract online from HighBeam Research [accessed May 6, 2011]). Abstract online] at [[HighBeam Research] ( Memento of the original from April 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ New Online: Norman H. Read Mount Logan papers. In: Alaska and Polar Regions Collections ~ Elmer E. Rasmuson Library. University of Alaska Fairbanks , October 25, 2010, accessed May 6, 2011 .