Personal information | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | 1942 Birmingham, England |
Died | 17 October 1978 Annapurna I Middle Peak, Nepal | (aged 35–36)
Climbing career | |
Type of climber | Mountaineering |
First ascents | Gasherbrum III |
Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz (1942 – 17 October 1978) was a British mountaineer, painter, and lithography lecturer. She made the first ascent of Gasherbrum III, at the time the highest unclimbed mountain in the world. Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz died along with her climbing partner, Vera Watson, during an attempt on Annapurna I Central.