Editing Doug Scott (section)

==Early life==
Scott was born in [[Nottingham]], England, and was the eldest of three sons. Scott would later discover that his mother was born at almost the exact same time as famed mountaineer [[Edmund Hillary]], which Scott felt was an uncanny coincidence.<ref name="Scott2015">{{cite book|author=Doug Scott|title=Up and About: The Hard Road to Everest|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rgoNCwAAQBAJ|date=2 November 2015|publisher=Vertebrate Publishing|isbn=978-1-910240-42-7|access-date=24 September 2020|archive-date=8 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208071157/https://books.google.com/books?id=rgoNCwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>

Scott was educated in Nottingham at Cottesmore Secondary Modern and [[Mundella Grammar School|Mundella Grammar]] schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.educatedschoolguide.com/school/cottesmore-school/|title=SCHOOLS Cottesmore School|publisher=The Educated School Guide|access-date=9 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209181119/http://www.educatedschoolguide.com/school/cottesmore-school/|archive-date=9 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> He started climbing at the age of 13, his interest sparked by seeing climbers on the [[Black Rocks (Derbyshire)|Black Rocks]] in Derbyshire whilst hiking with the Scouts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/dougscott.htm|title=EverestHistory.com: Doug Scott|publisher=Everest History|access-date=17 December 2004|archive-date=4 December 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041204215337/http://www.everesthistory.com/climbers/dougscott.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lewis|first=Jeremy|date=3 October 2017|title=Mountaineer Doug Scott in Nottingham to re-live his struggle with 'The Ogre'|url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/mountaineer-doug-scott-nottingham-re-571288|access-date=21 October 2020|website=NottinghamshireLive|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029062913/https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/mountaineer-doug-scott-nottingham-re-571288|url-status=live}}</ref> His father, George Douglas Scott, was a policeman and amateur boxer, who was the [[Amateur Boxing Association]] 1945 [[England Boxing National Amateur Championships Heavyweight Champions|British Heavyweight Champion]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=7 December 2020|title=Doug Scott obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/07/doug-scott-obituary|access-date=8 December 2020|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=8 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208071146/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/07/doug-scott-obituary|url-status=live}}</ref> His father gave up the game to focus on the family.<ref name=":0" /> Scott lived on the outskirts of Nottingham with his father and mother, Edith Joyce Scott, and younger brothers, Brian and Garry. All were encouraged towards the open countryside, particularly the [[Peak District]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Legends Series: Doug Scott, 1941-2020|url=https://explorersweb.com/2020/12/07/legends-series-doug-scott-1941-2020/|access-date=8 December 2020|website=Explorersweb|date=7 December 2020|archive-date=8 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208071147/https://explorersweb.com/2020/12/07/legends-series-doug-scott-1941-2020/|url-status=live}}</ref>

After two years at Loughborough Teachers' Training College (1959–61), Scott taught geography, history, PE and games for ten years at his old secondary modern school.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wright|first=John|date=12 August 2018|title=Mountaineer Doug Scott: 'Everest? I'm more worried about online banking'|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/fame-fortune/mountaineer-doug-scott-everest-worried-online-banking/|access-date=21 October 2020|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=23 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023133501/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/fame-fortune/mountaineer-doug-scott-everest-worried-online-banking/|url-status=live}}</ref>