Doug Scott CBE has made 45 expeditions to the high mountains of Asia.
He has reached the summit of 40 peaks, of which 50% were first ascents, and all were climbed by new routes or for the first time in Alpine Style.
Apart from his climb up the South West Face of Everest with Dougal Haston during Chris Bonington's Expedition of 1975, he has made all his climbs in lightweight or Alpine Style, without the use of artificial oxygen.
He has reached the highest peaks on all seven continents - "the seven summits". He is a past President of the Alpine Club. He was made a CBE in 1994. In 1999 he received the Royal Geographical Society Patron's Gold Medal.
Lecture 'A crawl down the Ogre'
Surviving the breaking of two legs near the summit of the Ogre (24,000 ft) and the 8 day descent to base camp
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