Una Cameron was a Scottish mountain climber known for her ascents in the Alps, Caucasus and Africa. Her mother was from the Dewar whisky family and she had the wealth to live abroad and pursue climbing. In the 1930s, she made many first ascents in the Alps

Alps

The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....

 and in the Caucasus

Caucasus

The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...

, which she described in A Good Line (1932). She also made the first female ascent of the highest peaks on Mount Kenya

Mount Kenya

Mount Kenya is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. The highest peaks of the mountain are Batian , Nelion and Point Lenana . Mount Kenya is located in central Kenya, just south of the equator, around north-northeast of the capital Nairobi...

. She joined the Ladies Alpine Club in 1929 and served as its president in 1957. She lived for many years in Courmayeur

Courmayeur

Courmayeur is an Italian town and comune in the autonomous region of Aosta Valley, in northern Italy. It is located at the foot of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in western Europe, in the Graian Alps range, and is crossed by the Dora Baltea...

, Italy

Italy

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, and made many ascents in the Mont Blanc

Mont Blanc

Mont Blanc or Monte Bianco , meaning "White Mountain", is the highest mountain in the Alps, Western Europe and the European Union. It rises above sea level and is ranked 11th in the world in topographic prominence...

range. She died in Buckingham, England.

Sources

Carol A. Osborne, ‘Cameron, Una May (1904–1987)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004