Name Richard Bass Role Mountaineer | Spouse Alice Bass (m. ?–2015) | |
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Full Name Richard Daniel Bass Occupation businessman, mountaineer Died July 26, 2015, Dallas, Texas, United States Education St. Mark's School of Texas Children Barbara Moroney, Jim Bass, Dan Bass, Bonnie Smith | ||
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Richard Daniel "Dick" Bass (December 21, 1929 – July 26, 2015) was an American businessman, rancher and mountaineer. He was the owner of Snowbird Ski Resort in Utah and the first man to climb the "Seven Summits," the tallest mountain on each continent.
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- Richard bass memories of happiness original mix
- Early life
- Career
- Mountaineering
- Personal life
- Death
- References
He became the oldest person to summit Mount Everest at the time, aged 55, with his successful 1985 expedition. He climbed with David Breashears and Ang Phurba (Nepalese), and Richard surpassed the record by five years set by Englishman Chris Bonington who had just set a record in April 1985 of 50. Bass's record stood until 1993 when it was broken by 60 year old Ramon Blanco.
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Early life
Richard Bass was born on December 21, 1929 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His father, Harry W. Bass, Sr., was a co-founder of the Goliad Corporation and the Goliad Oil and Gas Corporation. He had a brother, Harry W. Bass, Jr.. Bass moved with his family to Texas in 1932.
Bass was educated at Texas Country Day School and then the Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas. He enrolled at Yale University at 16 and graduated in 1950 with a degree in geology. After completing some graduate work at the University of Texas, Bass served two years with the U.S. Navy on board the aircraft carrier USS Essex during the Korean War.
Career
Bass returned to Texas in 1953 to join in the running of the family oil and gas business and ranching operations. He was the owner of ranches in Central Texas.
During the 1960s, Dick invested $10,000 in the development of the ski resort in Vail, Colorado. He also built the largest private residence in Vail, and invited President Gerald Ford to winter there with his family. He served on the Board of Directors of Vail Associates, Inc from 1966 to 1971.
Bass opened the Snowbird Ski Resort with investor Ted Johnson in 1971. He was its sole proprietor until he sold his stake in May 2014.
Mountaineering
Together with Frank Wells, one-time president of Walt Disney, Bass conceived of the adventure challenge of summiting each of the seven continents: Denali, North America; Aconcagua, South America; Mt. Elbrus, Europe; Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa; Vinson Massif, Antarctica; Mount Kosciuszko, Australia; and Mt. Everest, Asia.
Bass became the first person to achieve the Seven Summits (the highest point on each continent) on April 30, 1985. At the time, he was also the oldest person to have climbed Mt. Everest. He later co-wrote the book Seven Summits describing his achievement.
Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air opines that Bass's ascent of Mount Everest pulled the mountain into a "postmodern era" wherein commercial guided expeditions became big business and encouraged climbers with limited experience to pay large sums of money to these enterprises in order to ascend Everest.
Personal life
Bass was married three times. He first married Rita Crocker. After they divorced, he married Marian Martin. They too divorced, and he married Alice Wosham. He had two sons, Jim and Richard Jr. (also known as Dan), and twin daughters, Bonnie Bass Smith and Barbara Bass Moroney.
Death
Bass died on July 26, 2015 in Dallas, Texas from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. His funeral was held at the St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church on July 31, 2015 in Dallas.