Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz

Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz
Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz on Annapurna between camps II and III. Photographed by Arlene Blum.
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born1942
Birmingham, England
Died17 October 1978(1978-10-17) (aged 35–36)
Annapurna I Middle Peak, Nepal
Climbing career
Type of climberMountaineering
First ascentsGasherbrum III

Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz (1942 – 17 October 1978) was a British mountaineer, painter, and lithography lecturer. She made the first ascent of Gasherbrum III, at the time the highest unclimbed mountain in the world. Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz died along with her climbing partner, Vera Watson, during an attempt on Annapurna I Central.

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