Editing Doug Scott (section)

==Personal life==
In 1962 he married Janice Brook, with whom he had three children, Michael, Martha and Rosie.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Death of top climber's former wife who taught in Keswick|url=https://www.cwherald.com/a/archive/death-of-top-climber-s-former-wife-who-taught-in-keswick.252709.html|access-date=21 October 2020|website=Cwherald.com|language=en|archive-date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022011151/https://www.cwherald.com/a/archive/death-of-top-climber-s-former-wife-who-taught-in-keswick.252709.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The marriage was dissolved in 1988. In 1993 he married Indian climber, [[Sharavati Prabhu]], with whom he had two sons, Arran and Euan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=EverestHistory.com: Doug Scott|url=http://www.everestnews.com/history/climbers/dougscott.htm|access-date=8 December 2020|website=www.everestnews.com|archive-date=8 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208071200/http://www.everestnews.com/history/climbers/dougscott.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Teenagers on the march in memory of heroic World War I nurse|url=https://www.cwherald.com/a/archive/teenagers-on-the-march-in-memory-of-heroic-world-war-i-nurse.445911.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214014157/https://www.cwherald.com/a/archive/teenagers-on-the-march-in-memory-of-heroic-world-war-i-nurse.445911.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 February 2020|access-date=8 December 2020|website=www.cwherald.com}}</ref> The marriage was dissolved in 2003.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Doug Scott, Leading Alpinist and Survivor of Highest Open Bivy on Everest, Dies at 79|url=https://rockandice.com/climbing-news/doug-scott-leading-alpinist-and-survivor-of-highest-open-bivy-on-everest-dies-at-79/|access-date=8 December 2020|website=Rock and Ice|date=7 December 2020|language=en-US|archive-date=8 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208071206/https://rockandice.com/climbing-news/doug-scott-leading-alpinist-and-survivor-of-highest-open-bivy-on-everest-dies-at-79/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007 he married Patricia Lang, residing together in the [[Northern Fells]] of the [[Lake District]].<ref name=":3" /><!-- Add this if citations are found.

His other interests were:

Athletics
Hill walking and rock climbing
Rugby – founding member of Nottingham Modern's RFC, 1956
Mountaineering
Mountain photography
Organic vegetable gardening -->

In March 2020, Scott was diagnosed with inoperable [[cerebral lymphoma]].<ref name="UKH">{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Nick |date=7 December 2020 |title=Doug Scott dies aged 79 |url=https://www.ukhillwalking.com/news/2020/12/doug_scott_dies_aged_79-72650 |access-date=7 December 2020 |website=UKH News |archive-date=8 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208071238/https://www.ukhillwalking.com/news/2020/12/doug_scott_dies_aged_79-72650 |url-status=live }}</ref> He died at his home in [[Cumbria]], England of the disease on 7 December 2020, aged 79.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gross|first=Jenny|date=2020-12-08|title=Doug Scott, Part of First Team to Summit Everest by Southwest Face, Dies at 79|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/world/europe/doug-scott-dead.html|access-date=2020-12-09|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="UKH" /><ref>{{cite news |date= 7 December 2020 |title= Doug Scott: Everest summit mountaineer dies aged 79 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-55220568 |work= BBC News |access-date= 8 December 2020}}</ref>