Q:Facts: - main discipline: mountaineering - other discipline: climbing , alpinism - name: roger payne - nationality: british - notable ascents: lobuje - birth place: england Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of roger payne -lrb- mountaineer -rrb- .
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roger payne -lrb- 16 july 1956 -- 12 july 2012 -rrb- was a british mountaineer .he was formerly general secretary of the british mountaineering council -lrb- bmc -rrb- and a qualified mountain guide from 1983 , taking part in over 20 expeditions to the karakoram and himalayan ranges , including k2 and the north face of changabang .he was an avalanche instructor and climbed in the alps every year from 1977 .