Barry Bishop (mountaineer)

Barry Bishop ( b. 1932; † September 24, 1994 in Idaho, USA ) was one of the pioneers of American mountaineer.

Life

In an expedition in the spring of 1961 under the direction of Edmund Hillary Barry Bishop was achieved together with Wally Romanes, Michael Gill ( New Zealand) and the British Michael Ward made ​​the first ascent of the 6856 meter high Ama Dablam. Two years later, in 1963, Barry Bishop was as a photographer for National Geographic on the first successful American expedition to Mount Everest under the leadership of Norman Dyhrenfurth. After climbing the summit by the first Americans, James Whittaker, on 1 May 1963 Bishop reached in a roped with Lute Jerstad as first citizen of Ohio, on May 22 via the normal route to the summit. On the way down to Bishop and Jerstad their expedition colleague Willi Unsoeld and Tom Hornbein joined, which was the same day as the first successful human being exceeded of Mt Everest. A Notbiwak without a tent at extremely low temperatures cost Barry Bishop due to frostbite all toes and some of his fingertips.

After returning to the U.S. all expedition members were honored in July 1963 by President John F. Kennedy with the Hubbard Medal. After completing a geography degree Bishop continued to work as a journalist and photographer for the National Geographic Society. Only a short time after retirement came Barry Bishop on September 24, 1994 in a car accident near Pocatello, Idaho killed.

On the 9th of May of the year 1994, Barry's son Brent Bishop had conquered the summit of Mount Everest.