Rupert Whewell

Rupert Whewell was born in 1969 in Buckinghamshire. He attended Clifton College, Bristol and then graduated with a degree in English literature from Downing College, Cambridge, in 1992, writing his dissertation on ’How unconsequential are Sterne’s writings?’ After a short time working in advertising in Hong Kong, he settled on a career as a Recruitment Consultant. He established his own firm, Bateman Gray in London in 2003 specialising in placing bankers.

He enjoyed reading and kept abreast of contemporary literature and art. His parents moved to Scotland where his love of hill walking was born. He was a good sportsman with skiing and climbing eventually becoming his way of life. Chamonix became his second home. He counted skiing down Mont Blanc as one of his greatest triumphs. He loved the Alps and rode 2 Etapes de Tour, one of which took in Alpe d’Huez. Golf was also a sport he enjoyed and continued throughout his life.

With his 50th birthday looming he joined a group setting out to climb peaks in the Nanda Devi area of India in May 2019. An avalanche brought about his early death in the Himalayas, together with the loss of his seven climbing companions. He is survived by his mother Elaine, brother Andrew and sister Lisa having no children of his own. “White Dog” was his first novel, published posthumously.