My brother, David Hollinger, who has died aged 50 from complications following a stroke, was a mountaineering guide and instructor; he embodied resilience and determination.
In the years following university he climbed the Shroud on the Grandes Jorasses, the north face of the Eiger, the north face of the Matterhorn, and hard winter ascents in the Scottish Highlands such as Unicorn in Glencoe and Cornucopia on Ben Nevis. He travelled farther afield to make a second ascent of the west face of Ama Dablam, in the Nepalese Himalayas, and first ascents in China’s Sichuan province, before settling in Sheffield in the UK and co-founding a business, Peak Mountain Training, with two fellow guides in 2011.
