A mountain in Greenland has been named in memory of a Haworth climber.

Village GP Dr John Burton and his wife Diane placed a plaque on the previously unclimbed mountain in tribute to Simon Turner-Bottomley. They named the peak 'Simon's Mount'.

Mr Turner-Bottomley, the couple's friend, died a year ago in a fall after reaching the summit of the Matterhorn in the Alps on his 11th solo attempt.

The platinum plaque was left on the Greenland peak beneath a cairn of stones built by the Burtons in a raging Arctic blizzard. It was inscribed and donated by Ogden's, the Harro-gate jewellers. The company's boss, Glen Ogden, chose the world's most precious metal because it will not fade or tarnish, saying it was a perfect choice for a tribute.

Dr and Mrs Burton were accompanied on the trip to Greenland by Mr Turner-Bottomley's widow Marolyn, though she did not make the mountain ascent.

Mrs Turner-Bottomley spent four hours alone on the ice cap not far from the remote peak which was to be named in her husband's honour while the Burtons and other members of an expedition set up camp. She later left on a ski-plane to holiday alone in Greenland and Iceland, leaving them to conquer several previously unclimbed peaks. She descri-bes the whole trip as 'an inspirational experience'.

The Burtons left the plaque atop the newly-named Simon's Mount on the first anniversary of Mr Turner-Bottomley's death.

The peak is 2,410 metres high, more than two and a half times that of England's highest mountain, Scafell Pike in the Lake District.

Dr Burton is one of the trustees of a fund set up in memory of his friend. He says a blizzard was howling when the group of nine climbers reached the summit. There they built a small cairn of stones and placed the plaque beneath it. "It was a moving moment," he says. "It was pretty magic doing something like that. Everyone felt touched."

Mr Turner-Bottomley, 41, was a training co-ordinator at City Training Services, of Brad-ford, where he helped nurture young people lacking self-confidence.

A keen walker and climber, he realised that young people from all walks of life could benefit from the challenges offered by the outdoors.

The trust established to keep his ideals alive is helping young people develop team spirit, care for others and build self-confidence. It will also assist particularly talented climbers.

Already £6,000 has been raised, much of it through sponsorship of Dr Burton in this year's London Marathon. The first five young people to benefit will take part in a residential course at an outdoor pursuits centre in the Lake District next month.

If support and finances allow it may be possible for the trust to establish a centre of its own. There are also hopes of sending talented climbers on expeditions to the Himalaya or Greenland.

City Training Services has set up a fundraising committee and Mrs Turner-Bottomley is willing to give illustrated talks on her experiences in Iceland and Greenland to any interested groups in return for a donation to the trust. Anyone wanting to contact her, to help the trust or to make a donation is asked to contact Robert Swift, a solicitor at Turner and Wall, in North Street, Keighley.

Climbing high:

right: Dr John Burton and his wife Diane leave the plaque at the top of Mount Simon

Left: Glen Ogden, Dr John Burton and Marolyn Turner-Bottomley with the

platinum plaque

Top: the logo of the trust fund set up in memory of Simon turner-Bottomley

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