More About Dougal Haston

Late in the summer of 1964, after Harlin had climbed a new route on the Blatiere, and had failed on new routes on the Eiger and Dru, he teamed up with Haston for one of the earliest attempts on the yet, unscaled ice route on the North Face of the Grand Jorasses. They retreated on the second day, into the face of a vicious storm. One can only imagine how hard the climbing must have bee given the rudimentary nature of the ice gear!