Barry Bishop (mountaineer)

Barry Bishop
Born(1932-01-13)January 13, 1932
DiedSeptember 24, 1994(1994-09-24) (aged 62)
Pocatello, Idaho
Spouse
Lila Mueller
(m. 1955⁠–⁠1994)
ChildrenTara (1964)
Brent (1966)
Parent(s)Robert Wilson Bishop
Helen Rebecca Bishop

Barry Chapman Bishop (January 13, 1932 – September 24, 1994[1]) was an American mountaineer, scientist, photographer and scholar. With teammates Jim Whittaker, Lute Jerstad, Willi Unsoeld and Tom Hornbein, he was a member of the American Mount Everest Expedition led by Norman Dyhrenfurth, the first American team to summit Mount Everest on May 22, 1963.[2][3] He reached the summit of Mount Everest by the South Col route on May 22, 1963 with fellow American Lute Jerstad, sharing the honor of becoming the second and third Americans to stand on Everest's summit. Prior to his Everest summit, Bishop participated in several other notable first ascents; the West Butress route on Denali in 1951, and the South West ridge route on 6,170 meter Himalayan peak Ama Dablam in 1961. He worked for the National Geographic Society for most of his life, beginning as a picture editor in 1959 and serving as a photographer, writer, and scientist with the society until his retirement in 1994. He was killed in an automobile accident near Pocatello, Idaho later that year.[4]

  1. ^ W. Andrew Marcus and Melvin G. Marcus (1996). "Geographer, Explorer, Friend: The Worlds of Barry C. Bishop, 1932–1994" (PDF). Mountain Research and Development. 16 (3). International Mountain Society: 293–308. doi:10.2307/3673954. JSTOR 3673954. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
  2. ^ "Barry Bishop, 62; Made History in Everest Climb". The New York Times. 1994-09-28. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  3. ^ "EverestHistory.com: Barry Bishop". Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  4. ^ Brent Bishop (1995). "In Memoriam: Barry C. Bishop". American Alpine Journal. 37 (69): 361–363.