Nicholas Bayard Clinch III (9 November 1930, Evanston, Illinois – 15 June 2016, California) was an American mountain climber, lawyer, author and environmentalist.
[2] He followed his father into the Air Force, but due to his asthma and poor eyesight, was unable to qualify as a pilot.
[6] In addition to Antarctica, Pakistan and Tibet, he made numerous ascents and expeditions in the United States, British Columbia, Peru and China.
[7] Clinch was trustee and then executive director of the Sierra Club Foundation from 1970 to 1981[8] and was an early member of the board of nature-focused consumers' co-operative Recreational Equipment, Inc.[3] In the 1970s, he represented the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association of Irvine, California.
[3] In February 2016, Clinch received the American Alpine Club's Gold Medal, only the fifth to be awarded in 114 years.