Tuesday 25 July 2000
sportscotland is sad to announce the death of Fred Harper who passed away from cancer on Monday 24 July 2000.
Fred was Principal of sportscotland's national centre at Glenmore Lodge in Aviemore for 16 years in the 1970s and 80s and was former President of the British Mountain Guides.
He was a pillar of the Scottish mountaineering community and is credited with making training for instructors established, realistic and acceptable to the mountaineering community and with building Scotland's reputation for excellence in the development of mountain training.
His death will be a sad loss to all those who know or have climbed with him over the years.