Nea Everilda Morin (née Barnard) (21 May 1905 – 12 July 1986) was a British rock climber and mountain climber.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 21 May 1905 |
| Died | 12 July 1986 (aged 81) |
| Spouse | Jean Morin |
Morin climbed in the Alps in the 1920s, joined the Ladies' Alpine Club, and met many climbers in the French Groupe de haute montagne.[1] In 1928 she married Jean Morin (1897–1943) and lived in Paris. She climbed often with other women and advocated the cordée féminine, climbing only with women on a rope. After the death of her husband in World War II, she lived in Tunbridge Wells and climbed in England and Wales, she was elected president of the Ladies' Alpine Club (1944-1946) and was a member of the female-only Pinnacle Club.[1]
In 1941 Morin had made the first ascent of Clogwyn Y Grochan the route, which is 230 feet high and graded very severe 4b, is named Nea.[2] She also led on an ascent of Curving Crack on Clogwyn du'r Arddu (the Black Cliff).[3] In 1959, she was the only woman in the team of six British climbers who attempted to make the first ascent of 6812 meter high Ama Dablam in Nepal.[4]
Her autobiography, A Woman's Reach (1968), describes her climbing and the achievement of other women in the mountains.
References
edit- ^ a b "Morin [née Barnard], Nea Everilda (1905–1986), rock climber and mountaineer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/52568. Retrieved 30 January 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Clogwyn y Grochan". www.ukclimbing.com. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Morin, Nea (1906–1986) - Dictionary definition of Morin, Nea (1906–1986) | Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Isserman, Maurice; Weaver, Stewart (2008). Fallen giants : a history of Himalayan Mountaineering from the age of empire to the age of extremes. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 341-343. ISBN 978-0300164206.