Roger Payne

Roger Payne (16 July 1956 – 12 July 2012) was a British mountaineer and alpinist. He was the general secretary of the British Mountaineering Council (BMC), and a qualified mountain guide from 1983, taking part in over 20 expeditions to the Karakoram and Himalayan ranges, including to K2 and the north face of Changabang. He was an avalanche instructor and climbed in the Alps every year from 1977.

Biography Payne grew up in Hammersmith, London, and took an education degree in 1983

Payne was president of the British Mountain Guides Association and, after his death, was given honorary membership of the International Federation of Mountain Guide Associations (IFMGA)

Death Payne was killed aged 55 with eight other climbers by an avalanche whilst traversing Mont Maudit, on the Mont Blanc massif, near Chamonix in the French Alps on 12 July 2012.

Notable climbs 2007 - Brumkhangshe, Pheling, Chombu, Eagle Peak 2006 - Chogyl, Frontier Peak, Koktang, Ratong 2005 - Lama Lamani, Mount Tinchenchang 2004 - Thangsing Valley 2004 - Chomolhari 2003 - Mount Grosvenor 2002 - Island Peak 2000 - Pumari Chhish 1999 - Pumari Chhish 1998 - Meru 1997 - Changabang 1996 - Changabang 1995 - Tirsuli West 1994 - Nanda Devi East 1993 - K2 1992 - Broad Peak 1991 - Khan Tengri, Pobeda 1989 - Lobuje East 1988 - Mount Foraker, Mount McKinley 1987 - Gasherbrum 6, Gasherbrum 2 1986 - Rusac, Peru 1985 - Millpuqrahu, Kayish 1983 - Meru 1982 - Mount McKinley