Editing Doug Scott (section)

{{other people|Douglas Scott}}
{{Short description|English mountaineer and author (1941–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix   =
| name               = Doug Scott
| honorific_suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}}
| image              = Doug Scott in 2015 (cropped).jpg
| alt                = 
| caption            = Scott in 2015
| birth_name         = Douglas Keith Scott
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1941|5|29|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Nottingham]], [[Nottinghamshire]], England, UK
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2020|12|07|1941|05|29|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Cumbria]], England, UK
| citizenship        = British
| other_names        = 
| occupation         = [[mountaineering|Mountaineer]], author
| alma_mater         = 
| years_active       = 
| organization       = Past President of the [[Alpine Club]]
| known_for          = Ascent of [[1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition|Mount Everest]]
| awards             = [[Royal Geographical Society]] Gold Medal ; [[Piolet d'Or]] Lifetime Achievement Award
| relatives          = 
| notable_works      = 
}}

'''Douglas Keith Scott''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (29 May 1941{{spnd}}7 December 2020<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2020/12/doug_scott_dies_aged_79-72650|title=NEWSFLASH: Doug Scott dies aged 79|website=Ukclimbing.com|access-date=7 December 2020|archive-date=8 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208005720/https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2020/12/doug_scott_dies_aged_79-72650|url-status=live}}</ref>) was an English [[Mountaineering|mountaineer]] and climbing author, noted for being on the team that made the [[1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition|first ascent of the south-west face of Mount Everest]] on 24 September 1975. In receiving one of mountaineering's highest honours, the [[Piolet d'Or]] Lifetime Achievement Award, his personal style and his climbs were described as "visionary".<ref>[[Piolet d'Or]] {{cite web|url=http://www.pioletsdor.com/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D153%26Itemid%3D273%26lang%3Den |title=Piolet d'or carrière 2011 |access-date=4 August 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715085056/http://www.pioletsdor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=153&Itemid=273&lang=en |archive-date=15 July 2011 }}</ref>

Over the years he was on 40 expeditions to the high mountains of Asia, during which he made some 30 first ascents. In 2020 he was diagnosed with cancer, and he died of the disease in December 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hellen|first=Nicholas|title=Everest legend's final ascent: up the stairs at home|newspaper=[[The Times]]|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/everest-legends-final-ascent-up-the-stairs-at-home-wxh7pc7ch|access-date=11 August 2020|issn=0140-0460|archive-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809015828/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/everest-legends-final-ascent-up-the-stairs-at-home-wxh7pc7ch|url-status=live}}</ref>