I lost my brave mum and brother on the mountains ... but they're the only place I can ever feel close to them again - PressReader
![Jim Ballard on his missing climber son: 'Alison would have watched Tom go into mountaineering with gritted teeth' Jim Ballard on his missing climber son: 'Alison would have watched Tom go into mountaineering with gritted teeth'](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/men/2019/03/08/309071_Chris-Watt_walk-23-cwjpg_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqiojGughmB-3Nj3RsxN2RpoajNquUggfouyJQLRRkqBc.jpg)
Jim Ballard on his missing climber son: 'Alison would have watched Tom go into mountaineering with gritted teeth'
![Kate Bollard (4) and Tom Ballard (7) Ballard, children of mountaineer Alison Hargreaves who died on K2, last year, try out Britains longest chairlift, 1.1km long at the Nevis Range Fort William Kate Bollard (4) and Tom Ballard (7) Ballard, children of mountaineer Alison Hargreaves who died on K2, last year, try out Britains longest chairlift, 1.1km long at the Nevis Range Fort William](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/RW8WEE/kate-bollard-4-and-tom-ballard-7-ballard-children-of-mountaineer-alison-hargreaves-who-died-on-k2-last-year-try-out-britains-longest-chairlift-11km-long-at-the-nevis-range-fort-william-RW8WEE.jpg)
Kate Bollard (4) and Tom Ballard (7) Ballard, children of mountaineer Alison Hargreaves who died on K2, last year, try out Britains longest chairlift, 1.1km long at the Nevis Range Fort William
![Escaping her marriage, Britain's most famous female climber died in climb of K2 - now son is missing | Daily Mail Online Escaping her marriage, Britain's most famous female climber died in climb of K2 - now son is missing | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/28/22/10430204-0-image-a-45_1551392263920.jpg)
Escaping her marriage, Britain's most famous female climber died in climb of K2 - now son is missing | Daily Mail Online
![Escaping her marriage, Britain's most famous female climber died in climb of K2 - now son is missing | Daily Mail Online Escaping her marriage, Britain's most famous female climber died in climb of K2 - now son is missing | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/03/01/02/10430258-6757893-Then_the_UK_s_most_famous_female_climber_with_Tom_and_his_sister-a-1_1551408520283.jpg)
Escaping her marriage, Britain's most famous female climber died in climb of K2 - now son is missing | Daily Mail Online
![Sister of tragic Scots climber makes heartbreaking pilgrimage to Himalayan peak where he died - Daily Record Sister of tragic Scots climber makes heartbreaking pilgrimage to Himalayan peak where he died - Daily Record](https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article20952008.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200b/0_Tom-BallardJPG.jpg)
Sister of tragic Scots climber makes heartbreaking pilgrimage to Himalayan peak where he died - Daily Record
![Sister of tragic Scots climber makes heartbreaking pilgrimage to Himalayan peak where he died - Daily Record Sister of tragic Scots climber makes heartbreaking pilgrimage to Himalayan peak where he died - Daily Record](https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article20952007.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/2_Climber-Tom-Ballard-missing-on-a-winter-attempt-of-Nanga-Parbat.jpg)