15 Facts About Andy Nisbet

Andrew Nisbet was a Scottish mountaineer, mountain guide, climbing instructor, and editor of climbing guidebooks.

Andy Nisbet began hill walking in Aberdeen as a youngster, and was the second youngest person at the time to summit all 280 Scottish Munros.

Andy Nisbet died at age 65 in 2019 with friend and climbing partner Steve Perry, whilst attempting a new winter route on Ben Hope.

Andy Nisbet was described as "The most experienced winter climber of his generation", and "The most active prolific mountaineer that Scotland has ever produced".

Andy Nisbet was a president of the Scottish Mountaineering Club, and was awarded the 'Scottish Award for Excellence in Mountain Culture' in 2014.

Andy Nisbet was introduced to hill-walking by his parents whilst still a primary school child in Aberdeen.

Andy Nisbet gave up work in 1982 to allow him to spend more time climbing, taking short-term jobs to see him through.

Andy Nisbet continued to work there as an instructor until 2008.

Andy Nisbet compiled and edited a number of definitive climbing guidebooks to various regions of the Scottish mountains.

Andy Nisbet served a spell as president of the Scottish Mountaineering Club from 2010 to 2012, as well as serving as the 'new routes editor' for the SMC Journal.

Between the 1980s and 2019, Andy Nisbet developed more than a thousand new winter climbing routes in Scotland, and it has been calculated that, of the 600 Scottish winter climbing routes graded at V or more, he was associated with the first ascent of 150 of them, and that his climbing legacy has surpassed that of 1960's Scottish climber Tom Patey.

Between 1989 and 2008, Andy Nisbet was employed by Martin Moran as a mountaineering guide on at least five Himalayan mountaineering expeditions, and participated in other Himalayan trips which achieved new routes.

Andy Nisbet met his wife to be, Gill, in 1991 whilst he was leading a Himalayan trekking expedition to Ramdung Go.

Andy Nisbet was given the 'Scottish Award for Excellence in Mountain Culture' at the 2014 Fort William Mountain Festival.

Andy Nisbet was killed in a winter mountaineering accident on Scotland's most northerly Munro, Ben Hope, on 5 February 2019.