Roger Payne (mountaineer)

He was formerly general secretary of the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) and a qualified mountain guide from 1983, taking part in over 20 expeditions to the Karakoram and Himalayan ranges, including K2 and the north face of Changabang.

Payne grew up in Hammersmith, London, and took an education degree in 1983[1] at Sunderland Polytechnic where he was president of the mountaineering club.

He then became a teacher and climbing instructor[2] and he later moved to Leysin, Switzerland.

[3][4] Payne was president of the British Mountain Guides Association and, after his death, was given honorary membership of the International Federation of Mountain Guide Associations (IFMGA)[5] Payne was killed aged 55 with eight other climbers by an avalanche whilst traversing Mont Maudit, on the Mont Blanc massif, near Chamonix in the French Alps on 12 July 2012.

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