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	~~'''Michael Horatio~~ Westmacott~~''' (~~12 ~~April 1925 - 20 June 2012) was a prominent British~~ [[~~mountaineer~~]]~~.<ref>~~{{~~cite news~~\|~~author~~=~~Ed Douglas~~ \|~~url~~=~~https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/22/mike~~-~~westmacott~~ \|~~title~~=~~Mike Westmacott obituary~~ \|~~work~~=~~The Guardian~~\|~~date~~= ~~22 June 2012~~\|~~accessdate~~=~~2012-06-23~~ \|~~location~~=~~London~~}}~~</ref>~~		{{Infobox person \| name = Mike Westmacott \| image = Mike Westmacott 1993.jpg \| caption = \| birth_date = {{birth date\|df=y\|1925\|4\|12}} \| birth_place = [[Babbacombe]], Torquay, Devon \| death_date = {{death date and age\|df=y\|2012\|6\|20\|1925\|4\|12}} \| death_place = [[Grange-over-Sands]], Cumbria \| occupation = Statistician and economist \| spouse = \| father = \| relatives = \| known_for = member of the [[1953 British Mount Everest Expedition]] \| education = \| alma_mater = Corpus Christi College, Oxford \| honours = }}

	Westmacott was a member of the ~~[[1953 British~~ Mount Everest ~~Expedition]] led by [[John Hunt, Baron Hunt~~\|~~John Hunt]]~~. ~~He was educated at [[Radley College]] and [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]], where he read mathematics~~.		'''Michael Horatio Westmacott''' (12 April 1925 – 20 June 2012) was a prominent British [[mountaineer]] who was a member of the team which made the first ascent of Mount Everest.<ref name=GObit>{{cite news\|author=Ed Douglas \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/22/mike-westmacott \|title=Mike Westmacott obituary \|work=The Guardian\|date= 22 June 2012\|accessdate=2012-06-23 \|location=London}}</ref>

	~~During~~ [[~~World War II~~]], ~~Westmacott served as an~~ [[~~commissioned officer\|officer~~]] ~~with~~ the ~~British Indian Army Corps~~ of ~~Engineers~~ in ~~Burma~~.		==Biography==
			Westmacott was born on 12 April 1925 at Coombe House, St George's Crescent in [[Babbacombe]], Torquay, [[Devon]]. He was the oldest of three children of Horatio Westmacott, who served in the Royal Navy, and Irene Mary Juanita Gwennap Moore. His sisters were Monica Mary Westmacott and Catherine Penelope Westmacott.

	He climbed extensively in the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[European Alps]] ~~prior~~ to Everest, and ~~later opened new routes~~ in [[~~Peru~~]], the [[Hindu Kush]] and [[~~Alaska~~]]. He became president of the [[Alpine Club]] and the [[~~Climbers Club~~]] ~~and worked for~~ [[~~Shell International~~]] ~~after he ceased serious mountaineering~~.		Westmacott was educated at [[Radley College]], Radley near [[Abingdon, Oxfordshire]] and [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]], where, after the war, he read mathematics.<ref name=HJObit>{{cite journal \| title = In Memoriam: Michael Westmacott (1925-2012)\| url = https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/68/20/in-memoriam/ \| access-date = 23 May 2025 \| journal = Himalayan Journal \| date =2013 \| first = Stephen \| last = Goodwin }} </ref>

			During [[World War II]] he served as an [[commissioned officer\|officer]] with the British Indian Army Corps of Engineers in [[Burma]]. In Burma he was involved in building bridges with the King George V's [[Bengal Engineer Group\|Bengal Sappers and Miners]] with 150 Japanese PoWs under his command.<ref name=HJObit/>

			After the war Westmacott worked for some years as an agricultural [[statistician]] at [[Rothamsted Research\|Rothamsted Experimental Station]]. In 1957 he married Sally, Sarah Ellen Seddon. In the early 1960's he started working for [[Shell International]] as an economist and for a period from 1963 he was stationed in the US.<ref name=GObit/><ref name=AJArrigetch>{{cite journal \| title = Arrigetch \| url = https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1967_files/AJ%201967%20109-116%20Westmacott%20Arrigetch.pdf \| journal =Alpine Journal \| date =1967 \| page = 109-116 \| issn = 0065-6569 \| volume =#72 \| first = Michael \| last=Westmacott \| access-date = 23 May 2025}}</ref>

			He retired in 1985 and moved to the [[Lake District]]. On 20 June 2012 he died in [[Grange-over-Sands]], Cumbria.

			==Mountaineering==
			Westmacott climbed extensively in the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[European Alps]]<ref name=HJObit/> before becoming a member of the [[1953 British Mount Everest Expedition]] which was led by [[John Hunt, Baron Hunt\|John Hunt]]. While [[Edmund Hillary]] and [[Tenzing Norgay]] were making the first ascent of the {{convert\|8848\|m\|ft\|abbr=on}} Everest mountain in 1953, it was Westmacott and his team of Sherpas who kept open the expedition's vital line of supply and return.

			In 1956 he joined [[John Kempe]], [[George Band]], John Streetly, John William Tucker and Dr Donald Stafford Matthews<ref>{{cite book \| title = Medicine My Passport \| first =Donald Stafford \|last = Matthews \| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rzIz8DfI-6gC \| publisher = G. G. Harrap \| date = 1957 \| access-date = 23 May 2025 }}</ref> on an expedition to the Peruvian Andes.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Huagaruncho \| website =MEF – Mount Everest Foundation\| access-date = 14 September 2024 \|url = https://www.mef.org.uk/expeditions/huagaruncho }}</ref> Streetly and Westmacott successfully made the [[first ascent]] of the {{convert\|5723\|m\|ft}} [[Huagaruncho]] on 17 August 1956.<ref>{{cite journal \| title = The Exploration of Huagaruncho: A Peruvian Journey \| journal =Geographical Journal\| date=December 1957\| first1 =G. C. \| last1 = Band \| first2 = M. H. \| last2 = Westmacott \| first3 = John \| last3 = Kempe \| volume =#123 \| issue =4 \| pages= ‘437–447 \| access-date = 14 September 2024 \|url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/1790344 \| doi=10.2307/1790344 \| jstor =1790344\| bibcode =1957GeogJ.123..437B\| url-access =subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite book \| last = Westmacott\| first = Michael \| title=Mountain World 1958/59 \|chapter= Huagaruncho \| editor-last=Barnes \| editor-first=Malcolm \|year=1958 \| publisher=George Allen and Unwin \| pages=65–75 \| isbn= }}</ref>

			Whilst based in the US he joined a small party in 1964 on the first successful rock climbing expedition to the [[Arrigetch Peaks]] of [[Alaska]]. Westmacott and his wife were members of the teams which made first ascents of several of the area's granite spires.<ref>{{cite journal \| title = The Granite Towers of the Arrigetch, Brooks Range \| first = Jeanne \| last = Bergen \| url = https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196531500/The-Granite-Towers-of-Arrigetch-Brooks-Range \| journal = American Alpine Journal \| date = 1965 \|issn = 0065-6925 \| volume = #15 \| issue = 39 \| access-date = 23 May 2025 }}</ref><ref name=AJArrigetch/>

			A small expedition to the [[Hindu Kush]] in 1968, with his wife, [[Trevor Braham]], and Hugh Thomlinson, led to the first ascent of a {{convert\|5681\|m\|ft\|abbr=on}} peak near Wakhikah Rah in NE [[Chitral]].<ref>{{cite journal \| last = Westmacott\| first = Michael \| title=A Visit to the Ushnu Gol NE Chitral 1968\| url = https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/29/13/a-visit-to-the-ushnu-gol-ne-chitral-1968/\| access-date = 23 May 2025 \| journal = Himalayan Journal \| date = 1969 }}</ref>

			He became president of the [[Alpine Club (UK)\|Alpine Club]] (1993–1995)<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Griffin \|first=Lindsay \|title=Alpine Club Handbook 2015 \|publisher=Alpine Club \|year=2015 \|pages=12 \|language=English}}</ref> and was instrumental in establishing the Alpine Club's [[Alpine_Club (UK)#Publications\|Himalayan Index]].<ref name=GObit/> He was also elected president of the [[Climbers Club]] (1978-1980).

	==References==		==References==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*{{cite news\|title=Mike Westmacott\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/9352798/Mike-Westmacott.html\|work=The Telegraph\|accessdate=25 June 2012\|date=24 June 2012\|location=London}}		*{{cite news\|title=Mike Westmacott\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/9352798/Mike-Westmacott.html\|work=The Telegraph\|accessdate=25 June 2012\|date=24 June 2012\|location=London}}
	* {{cite news\|title=Everest expedition climber Westmacott dies, aged 87\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-18549767\|work=BBC News\|accessdate=25 June 2012\|date=22 June 2012}}		* {{cite news\|title=Everest expedition climber Westmacott dies, aged 87\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-18549767\|work=BBC News\|accessdate=25 June 2012\|date=22 June 2012}}
	* {{cite news\|title=On this day : 1953: Everest stories - Mike Westmacott\|url=~~http~~://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/may/29/newsid_2943000/2943002.stm\|publisher=BBC\|~~accessdate~~=25 June 2012\|date=29 May 1953}}		* {{cite news\|title=On this day : 1953: Everest stories - Mike Westmacott\|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/may/29/newsid_2943000/2943002.stm\|publisher=BBC\|access-date=25 June 2012\|date=29 May 1953}}
	* [http://imagingeverest.rgs.org/Units/101.html Royal Geographical Society] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231222712/http://imagingeverest.rgs.org/Units/101.html \|date=31 December 2006 }}		* [http://imagingeverest.rgs.org/Units/101.html Royal Geographical Society] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231222712/http://imagingeverest.rgs.org/Units/101.html \|date=31 December 2006 }}

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	'''Michael Horatio Westmacott''' (12 April 1925 - 20 June 2012) was a prominent British [[mountaineer]].<ref>{{cite news\|author=Ed Douglas \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/22/mike-westmacott \|title=Mike Westmacott obituary \|work=The Guardian\|date= 22 June 2012\|accessdate=2012-06-23 \|location=London}}</ref>		'''Michael Horatio Westmacott''' (12 April 1925 - 20 June 2012) was a prominent British [[mountaineer]].<ref>{{cite news\|author=Ed Douglas \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/22/mike-westmacott \|title=Mike Westmacott obituary \|work=The Guardian\|date= 22 June 2012\|accessdate=2012-06-23 \|location=London}}</ref>

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	==External links==		==External links==
	*{{cite news\|title=Mike Westmacott\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/9352798/Mike-Westmacott.html\|work=The Telegraph\|accessdate=25 June 2012\|date=24 June 2012\|location=London}}		*{{cite news\|title=Mike Westmacott\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/9352798/Mike-Westmacott.html\|work=The Telegraph\|accessdate=25 June 2012\|date=24 June 2012\|location=London}}
	* {{cite news\|title=Everest expedition climber Westmacott dies, aged 87\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-18549767\|work=BBC News\|accessdate=25 June 2012\|date=22 June ~~2022~~}}		* {{cite news\|title=Everest expedition climber Westmacott dies, aged 87\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-18549767\|work=BBC News\|accessdate=25 June 2012\|date=22 June 2012}}
	* {{cite news\|title=On this day : 1953: Everest stories - Mike Westmacott\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/may/29/newsid_2943000/2943002.stm\|publisher=BBC\|accessdate=25 June 2012\|date=29 May 1953}}		* {{cite news\|title=On this day : 1953: Everest stories - Mike Westmacott\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/may/29/newsid_2943000/2943002.stm\|publisher=BBC\|accessdate=25 June 2012\|date=29 May 1953}}
	* [http://imagingeverest.rgs.org/Units/101.html Royal Geographical Society] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231222712/http://imagingeverest.rgs.org/Units/101.html \|date=31 December 2006 }}		* [http://imagingeverest.rgs.org/Units/101.html Royal Geographical Society] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231222712/http://imagingeverest.rgs.org/Units/101.html \|date=31 December 2006 }}

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'''Michael Horatio Westmacott''' (12 April 1925 - 20 June 2012) was a prominent British [[mountaineer]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Ed Douglas |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/22/mike-westmacott |title=Mike Westmacott obituary |work=The Guardian|date= 22 June 2012|accessdate=2012-06-23 |location=London}}</ref>

Westmacott was a member of the [[1953 British Mount Everest Expedition]] led by [[John Hunt, Baron Hunt|John Hunt]]. He was educated at [[Radley College]] and [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]], where he read mathematics.

During [[World War II]], Westmacott served as an [[commissioned officer|officer]] with the British Indian Army Corps of Engineers in Burma.

He climbed extensively in the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[European Alps]] prior to Everest, and later opened new routes in [[Peru]], the [[Hindu Kush]] and [[Alaska]]. He became president of the [[Alpine Club]] and the [[Climbers Club]] and worked for [[Shell International]] after he ceased serious mountaineering.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite news|title=Mike Westmacott|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/9352798/Mike-Westmacott.html|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=25 June 2012|date=24 June 2012|location=London}}
* {{cite news|title=Everest expedition climber Westmacott dies, aged 87|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-18549767|work=BBC News|accessdate=25 June 2012|date=22 June 2022}}
* {{cite news|title=On this day : 1953: Everest stories - Mike Westmacott|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/may/29/newsid_2943000/2943002.stm|publisher=BBC|accessdate=25 June 2012|date=29 May 1953}}
* [http://imagingeverest.rgs.org/Units/101.html Royal Geographical Society] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231222712/http://imagingeverest.rgs.org/Units/101.html |date=31 December 2006 }}

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	'''Michael Horatio Westmacott''' (12 April 1925 – 20 June 2012) was a prominent British [[mountaineer]] who was a member of the team which made the first ascent of Mount Everest.~~<~~ref name=GObit~~>~~{{cite news\|author=Ed Douglas \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/22/mike-westmacott \|title=Mike Westmacott obituary \|work=The Guardian\|date= 22 June 2012\|accessdate=2012-06-23 \|location=London}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		'''Michael Horatio Westmacott''' (12 April 1925 – 20 June 2012) was a prominent British [[mountaineer]] who was a member of the team which made the first ascent of Mount Everest.<ref name=GObit>{{cite news\|author=Ed Douglas \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/22/mike-westmacott \|title=Mike Westmacott obituary \|work=The Guardian\|date= 22 June 2012\|accessdate=2012-06-23 \|location=London}}</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Westmacott was born on 12 April 1925 at Coombe House, St George's Crescent in [[Babbacombe]], Torquay, [[Devon]]. He was the oldest of three children of Horatio Westmacott, who served in the Royal Navy, and Irene Mary Juanita Gwennap Moore. His sisters were Monica Mary Westmacott and Catherine Penelope Westmacott.		Westmacott was born on 12 April 1925 at Coombe House, St George's Crescent in [[Babbacombe]], Torquay, [[Devon]]. He was the oldest of three children of Horatio Westmacott, who served in the Royal Navy, and Irene Mary Juanita Gwennap Moore. His sisters were Monica Mary Westmacott and Catherine Penelope Westmacott.

	Westmacott was educated at [[Radley College]], Radley near [[Abingdon, Oxfordshire]] and [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]], where, after the war, he read mathematics.~~<~~ref name=HJObit~~>~~{{cite journal \| title = In Memoriam: Michael Westmacott (1925-2012)\| url = https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/68/20/in-memoriam/ \| access-date = 23 May 2025 \| journal = Himalayan Journal \| date =2013 \| first = Stephen \| last = Goodwin }} ~~<~~/ref~~>~~		Westmacott was educated at [[Radley College]], Radley near [[Abingdon, Oxfordshire]] and [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]], where, after the war, he read mathematics.<ref name=HJObit>{{cite journal \| title = In Memoriam: Michael Westmacott (1925-2012)\| url = https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/68/20/in-memoriam/ \| access-date = 23 May 2025 \| journal = Himalayan Journal \| date =2013 \| first = Stephen \| last = Goodwin }} </ref>

	During [[World War II]] he served as an [[commissioned officer\|officer]] with the British Indian Army Corps of Engineers in [[Burma]]. In Burma he was involved in building bridges with the King George V's [[Bengal Engineer Group\|Bengal Sappers and Miners]] with 150 Japanese PoWs under his command.~~<~~ref name=HJObit/~~>~~		During [[World War II]] he served as an [[commissioned officer\|officer]] with the British Indian Army Corps of Engineers in [[Burma]]. In Burma he was involved in building bridges with the King George V's [[Bengal Engineer Group\|Bengal Sappers and Miners]] with 150 Japanese PoWs under his command.<ref name=HJObit/>

	After the war Westmacott worked for some years as an agricultural [[statistician]] at [[Rothamsted Research\|Rothamsted Experimental Station]]. In 1957 he married Sally, Sarah Ellen Seddon. In the early 1960's he started working for [[Shell International]] as an economist and for a period from 1963 he was stationed in the US.~~<~~ref name=GObit/~~><~~ref name=AJArrigetch~~>~~{{cite journal \| title = Arrigetch \| url = https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1967_files/AJ%201967%20109-116%20Westmacott%20Arrigetch.pdf \| journal =Alpine Journal \| date =1967 \| page = 109-116 \| issn = 0065-6569 \| volume =#72 \| first = Michael \| last=Westmacott \| access-date = 23 May 2025}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		After the war Westmacott worked for some years as an agricultural [[statistician]] at [[Rothamsted Research\|Rothamsted Experimental Station]]. In 1957 he married Sally, Sarah Ellen Seddon. In the early 1960's he started working for [[Shell International]] as an economist and for a period from 1963 he was stationed in the US.<ref name=GObit/><ref name=AJArrigetch>{{cite journal \| title = Arrigetch \| url = https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1967_files/AJ%201967%20109-116%20Westmacott%20Arrigetch.pdf \| journal =Alpine Journal \| date =1967 \| page = 109-116 \| issn = 0065-6569 \| volume =#72 \| first = Michael \| last=Westmacott \| access-date = 23 May 2025}}</ref>

	He retired in 1985 and moved to the [[Lake District]]. On 20 June 2012 he died in [[Grange-over-Sands]], Cumbria.		He retired in 1985 and moved to the [[Lake District]]. On 20 June 2012 he died in [[Grange-over-Sands]], Cumbria.

	==Mountaineering==		==Mountaineering==
	Westmacott climbed extensively in the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[European Alps]]~~<~~ref name=HJObit/~~>~~ before becoming a member of the [[1953 British Mount Everest Expedition]] which was led by [[John Hunt, Baron Hunt\|John Hunt]]. While [[Edmund Hillary]] and [[Tenzing Norgay]] were making the first ascent of the {{convert\|8848\|m\|ft\|abbr=on}} Everest mountain in 1953, it was Westmacott and his team of Sherpas who kept open the expedition's vital line of supply and return.		Westmacott climbed extensively in the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[European Alps]]<ref name=HJObit/> before becoming a member of the [[1953 British Mount Everest Expedition]] which was led by [[John Hunt, Baron Hunt\|John Hunt]]. While [[Edmund Hillary]] and [[Tenzing Norgay]] were making the first ascent of the {{convert\|8848\|m\|ft\|abbr=on}} Everest mountain in 1953, it was Westmacott and his team of Sherpas who kept open the expedition's vital line of supply and return.

	In 1956 he joined [[John Kempe]], [[George Band]], John Streetly, John William Tucker and Dr Donald Stafford Matthews~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite book \| title = Medicine My Passport \| first =Donald Stafford \|last = Matthews \| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rzIz8DfI-6gC \| publisher = G. G. Harrap \| date = 1957 \| access-date = 23 May 2025 }}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ on an expedition to the Peruvian Andes.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite web \| title = Huagaruncho \| website =MEF – Mount Everest Foundation\| access-date = 14 September 2024 \|url = https://www.mef.org.uk/expeditions/huagaruncho }}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ Streetly and Westmacott successfully made the [[first ascent]] of the {{convert\|5723\|m\|ft}} [[Huagaruncho]] on 17 August 1956.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite journal \| title = The Exploration of Huagaruncho: A Peruvian Journey \| journal =Geographical Journal\| date=December 1957\| first1 =G. C. \| last1 = Band \| first2 = M. H. \| last2 = Westmacott \| first3 = John \| last3 = Kempe \| volume =#123 \| issue =4 \| pages= ‘437–447 \| access-date = 14 September 2024 \|url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/1790344 \| doi=10.2307/1790344 \| jstor =1790344\| bibcode =1957GeogJ.123..437B\| url-access =subscription }}~~<~~/ref~~><~~ref~~>~~{{cite book \| last = Westmacott\| first = Michael \| title=Mountain World 1958/59 \|chapter= Huagaruncho \| editor-last=Barnes \| editor-first=Malcolm \|year=1958 \| publisher=George Allen and Unwin \| pages=65–75 \| isbn= }}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		In 1956 he joined [[John Kempe]], [[George Band]], John Streetly, John William Tucker and Dr Donald Stafford Matthews<ref>{{cite book \| title = Medicine My Passport \| first =Donald Stafford \|last = Matthews \| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rzIz8DfI-6gC \| publisher = G. G. Harrap \| date = 1957 \| access-date = 23 May 2025 }}</ref> on an expedition to the Peruvian Andes.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Huagaruncho \| website =MEF – Mount Everest Foundation\| access-date = 14 September 2024 \|url = https://www.mef.org.uk/expeditions/huagaruncho }}</ref> Streetly and Westmacott successfully made the [[first ascent]] of the {{convert\|5723\|m\|ft}} [[Huagaruncho]] on 17 August 1956.<ref>{{cite journal \| title = The Exploration of Huagaruncho: A Peruvian Journey \| journal =Geographical Journal\| date=December 1957\| first1 =G. C. \| last1 = Band \| first2 = M. H. \| last2 = Westmacott \| first3 = John \| last3 = Kempe \| volume =#123 \| issue =4 \| pages= ‘437–447 \| access-date = 14 September 2024 \|url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/1790344 \| doi=10.2307/1790344 \| jstor =1790344\| bibcode =1957GeogJ.123..437B\| url-access =subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite book \| last = Westmacott\| first = Michael \| title=Mountain World 1958/59 \|chapter= Huagaruncho \| editor-last=Barnes \| editor-first=Malcolm \|year=1958 \| publisher=George Allen and Unwin \| pages=65–75 \| isbn= }}</ref>

	Whilst based in the US he joined a small party in 1964 on the first successful rock climbing expedition to the [[Arrigetch Peaks]] of [[Alaska]]. Westmacott and his wife were members of the teams which made first ascents of several of the area's granite spires.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite journal \| title = The Granite Towers of the Arrigetch, Brooks Range \| first = Jeanne \| last = Bergen \| url = https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196531500/The-Granite-Towers-of-Arrigetch-Brooks-Range \| journal = American Alpine Journal \| date = 1965 \|issn = 0065-6925 \| volume = #15 \| issue = 39 \| access-date = 23 May 2025 }}~~<~~/ref~~><~~ref name=AJArrigetch/~~>~~		Whilst based in the US he joined a small party in 1964 on the first successful rock climbing expedition to the [[Arrigetch Peaks]] of [[Alaska]]. Westmacott and his wife were members of the teams which made first ascents of several of the area's granite spires.<ref>{{cite journal \| title = The Granite Towers of the Arrigetch, Brooks Range \| first = Jeanne \| last = Bergen \| url = https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196531500/The-Granite-Towers-of-Arrigetch-Brooks-Range \| journal = American Alpine Journal \| date = 1965 \|issn = 0065-6925 \| volume = #15 \| issue = 39 \| access-date = 23 May 2025 }}</ref><ref name=AJArrigetch/>

	A small expedition to the [[Hindu Kush]] in 1968, with his wife, [[Trevor Braham]], and Hugh Thomlinson, led to the first ascent of a {{convert\|5681\|m\|ft\|abbr=on}} peak near Wakhikah Rah in NE [[Chitral]].~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite journal \| last = Westmacott\| first = Michael \| title=A Visit to the Ushnu Gol NE Chitral 1968\| url = https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/29/13/a-visit-to-the-ushnu-gol-ne-chitral-1968/\| access-date = 23 May 2025 \| journal = Himalayan Journal \| date = 1969 }}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		A small expedition to the [[Hindu Kush]] in 1968, with his wife, [[Trevor Braham]], and Hugh Thomlinson, led to the first ascent of a {{convert\|5681\|m\|ft\|abbr=on}} peak near Wakhikah Rah in NE [[Chitral]].<ref>{{cite journal \| last = Westmacott\| first = Michael \| title=A Visit to the Ushnu Gol NE Chitral 1968\| url = https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/29/13/a-visit-to-the-ushnu-gol-ne-chitral-1968/\| access-date = 23 May 2025 \| journal = Himalayan Journal \| date = 1969 }}</ref>

	He became president of the [[Alpine Club (UK)\|Alpine Club]] (1993–1995)~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite book \|last=Griffin \|first=Lindsay \|title=Alpine Club Handbook 2015 \|publisher=Alpine Club \|year=2015 \|pages=12 \|language=English}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ and was instrumental in establishing the Alpine Club's [[Alpine_Club (UK)#Publications\|Himalayan Index]].~~<~~ref name=GObit/~~>~~ He was also elected president of the [[Climbers Club]] (1978-1980).		He became president of the [[Alpine Club (UK)\|Alpine Club]] (1993–1995)<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Griffin \|first=Lindsay \|title=Alpine Club Handbook 2015 \|publisher=Alpine Club \|year=2015 \|pages=12 \|language=English}}</ref> and was instrumental in establishing the Alpine Club's [[Alpine_Club (UK)#Publications\|Himalayan Index]].<ref name=GObit/> He was also elected president of the [[Climbers Club]] (1978-1980).

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