Photo: Mount Chettan (l), Mount Shipton, and Pic Tordu (beyond at right) from Reconnaissance Ridge (courtesy Rienk Lakeman)
Mount Shipton
- 3040 m (9,974ft)
- First Ascent
- Naming History
Located 2 km. south of Tusk Peak
Province: BC
Headwater: Columbia
Ascent Party: Dr. and Mrs. F.H. Largiader, M. Mondolfo
Named for: Shipton, Eric Earle (Eric Shipton was an English climber who climbed in many parts of the world but never in Canada.)
Eric Shipton (1907-1977), participated in all four of the Mount Everest expeditions during the 1930's. In 1933 he accompanied Frank Smythe in a summit bid, but had to turn back at the First Step (27,890 feet/8500 m). In 1951 he lead a reconnaissance to the south side of the mountain. Shipton was born in Ceylon and educated in England. After climbing in the Alps, he farmed in Kenya, where he met Tilman, who would become his mountaineering partner. Later he travelled extensively in South America where, in his mid-50s, he traversed the Southern Patagonia Icecap.
Photo: (l-r) Tusk Peak, Mount Irvine, Mount Shackleton (beyond), Mount Chettan, Mount Shipton, and Pic Tordu (beyond) from the northwest on Reconnaissance Ridge (courtesy Rienk Lakeman)