Irvine Butterfield tributes
Irvine Butterfield
Irvine Butterfield, known to most walkers for his fine book ‘The High Mountains of Britain and Ireland’, died on 12 May.
As well as being the author of a book that drew so many to hill-walking, Irvine was a man who always tried to give something back to the mountains. He was the second secretary of the Mountain Bothies Association, was member number five and a director of the John Muir Trust, helped set up the Munro Society, and was a volunteer for the Mounteering Council of Scotland and campaigner for the Perthshire Alliance for the Real Cairngorms. In 2008 he became the fourth recipient of the John Muir Trust Lifetime Acheivement Award.
Obituaries have been written by:
Ed Douglas, Guardian
Kevin Howett, MC of S
Nigel Hawkins, John Muir Trust
Chris Townsend
Dave Hewitt (Angry Corrie editor)
Cameron McNeish
May 27th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Sad to hear of Irvine’s passing. I knew him in my younger days and he was quite a character not to mention an inspiration.
May 28th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
sad to hear of his passing, what chance of publishing vol 2 of The High Mountains as a fitting tribute to his memory
May 28th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
I only met Irvine on a few occasions, he was such an enthuesiastic mountain man. He was a very warm and kind person. Most folk knew him for his excellent guide books but for me it was his relentless work for conservation of the Scottish hills that he will be remembered. The Scottish mountains and conservation have lost a wonderful man.