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BOB BATES

BOB BATES DIED

( 1911 - 2007 )


Bob Bates, teacher, author, mountaineer and first Peace Corps director in Nepal, died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007, in Exeter, NH. Bob's list of accomplishments is long and varied. In his mountain life he will be remembered primarily for his two early expeditions to K2, in 1938 and 1953, with Charlie Houston. He was a member of the Harvard Five (Bates, Carter, Houston, Moore, Washburn), and past president of the American Alpine Club.

  

A partial list of Bob's Bates expeditions include:

  • 1932, 1933 Mt. Crillon - 1937 Mt. Lucania - 1938 K2 - 1941 St. Elias Range - 1942 Mt. McKinley - 1951 Mt. Hubbard and Mt. Alverston - 1953 K2 - 1956 Ojos del Salado - 1965 Mt. Russell - 1970 Mt. Ararat - 1985 Ulugh Muztagh
  • He wrote/cowrote: Five Miles High  - K2: The Savage Mountain - Mountain Man The Love of Mountains Is Best  - Mystery, Beauty, and Danger

BOB BATES WAR EIN SEHR FEINER MENSCH - DEN ICH BEI VIELEN AMERICAN ALPINEN CLUB MEETINGS KENNENLERNEN DURFTE

Hans-Dieter Greul (AREE GREUL)