| From | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 |
| Date of birth | 7th Feb 1941 |
| Date of death | 11th Jun 2016 |
| Age | 75 years old |
| Gender | Male |
| Climbing | |
| Hardest Trad (Onsight) | E3 |
| Notable Partnerships | |
| Arnis Strapcans | |
| Contemporaries | |
| Bernard Newman | |
Ken Wilson was a prolific author and editor of the magazine Mountain from 1969 to 1978. In particular he is famous for the volumes Classic Rock, Hard Rock and Extreme Rock that list collections of high quality rock climbs in the UK.
You don't argue with Ken unless you are ready for a long winter and a hard campaign, and you had best have ear plugs because the noise is deafening. [4]
[1] Ken Wilson - Publisher, Visionary and Passionate Defender of British Climbing by Alan James
[2] Obituary in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/28/ken-wilson-obituary by Ed Douglas
[3] Ken at the top of Eroica on Pentire Point after making an early repeat https://www.ukclimbing.com/photos/dbpage.php?id=188383
[4] Mountain 59 (1978), page 44
| From | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 |
| Date of birth | 7th Feb 1941 |
| Date of death | 11th Jun 2016 |
| Age | 75 years old |
| Gender | Male |
| Climbing | |
| Hardest Trad (Onsight) | E3 |
| Notable Partnerships | |
| Arnis Strapcans | |
| Contemporaries | |
| Bernard Newman | |
Ken Wilson was a prolific author and editor of the magazine Mountain from 1969 to 1978. In particular he is famous for the volumes Classic Rock, Hard Rock and Extreme Rock that list collections of high quality rock climbs in the UK.
You don't argue with Ken unless you are ready for a long winter and a hard campaign, and you had best have ear plugs because the noise is deafening. [4]
[1] Ken Wilson - Publisher, Visionary and Passionate Defender of British Climbing by Alan James
[2] Obituary in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/28/ken-wilson-obituary by Ed Douglas
[3] Ken at the top of Eroica on Pentire Point after making an early repeat https://www.ukclimbing.com/photos/dbpage.php?id=188383
[4] Mountain 59 (1978), page 44