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Dougal Haston

Dougal Haston

1940-04-19 - 1977-01-17 Currie, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Biography

Duncan "Dougal" Curdy MacSporran Haston (19 April 1940 – 17 January 1977) was a Scottish mountaineer noted for his exploits in the British Isles, Alps, and the Himalayas. From 1967 he was the director of the International School of Mountaineering at Leysin, Switzerland, a role he held until his death in an avalanche while skiing above Leysin.