Talk:Ian Woodall

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Mountaineer and author Joe Simpson wrote a detailed account (presumably collected from interviews and the like) of the events and circumstances surrounding the tragic 1996 season in his book "Dark Shadows Falling". Simpson's description of quotes and actions attributable to Woodall further condemn his actions. Ndsci (talk) 05:31, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jon Krakauer's description of Woodall's actions on Everest that year (in Into Thin Air) presented Mr Woodall in a truly appalling light. Hard to believe such callous behaviour is possible.

Although not all of Krakauer's assertions have been corroborated, one case is certain. Ian Woodall is a villain and his incompetence and selfishness was certainly a direct and indirect cause of the tragedy in 1996. How this degenerate is still allowed a license to climb Everest is direct affront to the positive legacies of Hall and Fischer. User:CME (User talk:CME) 1531, 17 October 2010. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.116.45.16 (talk) 20:39, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

South African or British?[edit]

He led the South African expedition on Everest in '96, but is he actually South African? Another acticle refers to him as a British mountaineer. In this article it states, according to Krakauer, Woodall (falsely) claimed he served in the Britsh military and that he "himself(Woodall) did not even hold a South African passport and entered Nepal on his British passport". Racerx11 (talk) 04:27, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have dug out my copy of Into Thin Air and the relevant quote has Krakauer quoting climber Andy de Klerk on the issue of Woodall insisting de Clerk(who held dual citizenship) use his South African passport on the expedition:

"He made a big fuss about it," recalls de Klerk, "because we were the the first South African Everest expedition and all that. But it turns out that Woodall doesn't hold a South African passport himself. He's not even a South African citizen—the guy's a Brit, and he entered Nepal on his British passport."

Based on this I am changing South African mountain climber to British mountain climber unless someone provides any sourced information stating he has since obtained South African citizenship. The article states he now lives in Andorra. Racerx11 (talk) 02:15, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Put the correct one in.--andreasegde (talk) 12:43, 6 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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