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Two books written by historian Maurice Isserman published in 2010 and 2016 revealed that Underhill had made antisemitic attacks in letters, directed in particular at Jewish mountaineering writer James Ramsay Ullman. In these letters, Underhill referred to Jewish climbers as "kikes", "mutts" and "lowgrade". In 2022, the American Alpine Club announced that it had removed the Underhill name from its annual award because of his antisemitism. Three prominent recipients of the award, Lynn Hill, Peter Croft and Alex Honnold expressed support for the renaming. There was no evidence that Underhill's wife shared his antisemitic views.