Terry Thompson was born in Belfast, he grew up on the Castlereagh Road in East Belfast.
"Terry Thompson was a man who made mountaineering both his profession and his vocation. Soon after he joined the Royal Marines Commandos he specialised as a climbing and snow warfare instructor and thus gained his entree to the high places and cold regions of the world where he was to find his inspiration.
As his skill and experience developed he kept a sharp eye open for expedition opportunities and, at the same time, became a keen club climber, at first in the RN and RM Mountaineering Club and later in the Climber's Club.
His first break came when he went to South Georgia as a member of the 1964/65 British Joint Services Ezpedition. There he made several first ascents, the most notable being Sugartop; he also named, which was later officially recognised, another unclimbed mountain - Neil Peak - after his young son.
In 1967 he joined an Army expidition to the Sukkertoppen area of East Greenland where he made five first ascents. Again with an Army expidition, he visited the Kulu region of the Himalayas in 1973 where he climbed Menthosa (6444m) and Duphao Jot (6099m). [In 1976] Terry joined the Army Everest Expedition where he met his tragic death in a crevasse accident in the Western Cwm."
- Mike Banks
The Climber's Club Journal (London) 1976
"Terry Thompson was a man who made mountaineering both his profession and his vocation. Soon after he joined the Royal Marines Commandos he specialised as a climbing and snow warfare instructor and thus gained his entree to the high places and cold regions of the world where he was to find his inspiration.
As his skill and experience developed he kept a sharp eye open for expedition opportunities and, at the same time, became a keen club climber, at first in the RN and RM Mountaineering Club and later in the Climber's Club.
His first break came when he went to South Georgia as a member of the 1964/65 British Joint Services Ezpedition. There he made several first ascents, the most notable being Sugartop; he also named, which was later officially recognised, another unclimbed mountain - Neil Peak - after his young son.
In 1967 he joined an Army expidition to the Sukkertoppen area of East Greenland where he made five first ascents. Again with an Army expidition, he visited the Kulu region of the Himalayas in 1973 where he climbed Menthosa (6444m) and Duphao Jot (6099m). [In 1976] Terry joined the Army Everest Expedition where he met his tragic death in a crevasse accident in the Western Cwm."
- Mike Banks
The Climber's Club Journal (London) 1976
Terry Thompson was born in Belfast, he grew up on the Castlereagh Road in East Belfast.
"Terry Thompson was a man who made mountaineering both his profession and his vocation. Soon after he joined the Royal Marines Commandos he specialised as a climbing and snow warfare instructor and thus gained his entree to the high places and cold regions of the world where he was to find his inspiration.
As his skill and experience developed he kept a sharp eye open for expedition opportunities and, at the same time, became a keen club climber, at first in the RN and RM Mountaineering Club and later in the Climber's Club.
His first break came when he went to South Georgia as a member of the 1964/65 British Joint Services Ezpedition. There he made several first ascents, the most notable being Sugartop; he also named, which was later officially recognised, another unclimbed mountain - Neil Peak - after his young son.
In 1967 he joined an Army expidition to the Sukkertoppen area of East Greenland where he made five first ascents. Again with an Army expidition, he visited the Kulu region of the Himalayas in 1973 where he climbed Menthosa (6444m) and Duphao Jot (6099m). [In 1976] Terry joined the Army Everest Expedition where he met his tragic death in a crevasse accident in the Western Cwm."
- Mike Banks
The Climber's Club Journal (London) 1976
"Terry Thompson was a man who made mountaineering both his profession and his vocation. Soon after he joined the Royal Marines Commandos he specialised as a climbing and snow warfare instructor and thus gained his entree to the high places and cold regions of the world where he was to find his inspiration.
As his skill and experience developed he kept a sharp eye open for expedition opportunities and, at the same time, became a keen club climber, at first in the RN and RM Mountaineering Club and later in the Climber's Club.
His first break came when he went to South Georgia as a member of the 1964/65 British Joint Services Ezpedition. There he made several first ascents, the most notable being Sugartop; he also named, which was later officially recognised, another unclimbed mountain - Neil Peak - after his young son.
In 1967 he joined an Army expidition to the Sukkertoppen area of East Greenland where he made five first ascents. Again with an Army expidition, he visited the Kulu region of the Himalayas in 1973 where he climbed Menthosa (6444m) and Duphao Jot (6099m). [In 1976] Terry joined the Army Everest Expedition where he met his tragic death in a crevasse accident in the Western Cwm."
- Mike Banks
The Climber's Club Journal (London) 1976
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