Climber Jamie Fisher, who died on a 13,000ft Alpine peak, was cremated at a private family ceremony in Oxford.

Helicopters plucked 28-year-old Jamie's body off a ridge on Les Droites, near the French resort of Chamonix, after he was stranded for five days with a friend.

His body was flown to England on Friday and his family made their final farewells at Oxford Crematorium yesterday, followed by a brief gathering.

His mum Pam, 54, of Harpes Road, Oxford, said Edinburgh-based Jamie died doing what he loved.

His friend Jamie Andrew, 29, also from Edinburgh, is still recovering from frostbite. Jamie Fisher, a Barnardo's project worker, got involved in climbing through his father Stewart, 55, a consultant physician in Milton Keynes.

Jamie, formerly of Bishop Kirk School and the Cherwell School, devoted his life to climbing. He studied geography at Edinburgh University, where his love of the sport grew.

Recently he also spent a few months working at Northern House School in Oxford, where his mother is a teacher, helping children with behavioural and emotional difficulties.

Jamie leaves two brothers, Robbie, 22, and Matthew, 29.

Story date: Thursday 11 February

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