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Person
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Thomas 'Tom' Fyles
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Dates of existence
1887-1979
History
Born in England in 1887, Thomas Fyles married Margaret Gladstone in Victoria, BC in 1922. Tom Fyles joined the B.C. Mountaineering Club [BCMC] in 1912, and was its leading climber for fourteen years. For much of that time he was the club’s highly-respected trip director. A postman by trade, his seemingly shy exterior concealed a passionate, energetic climber who recorded a long list of first ascents in the local mountains.