Climbers from United Kingdom

Scottish mountaineer and writer, born in Liverpool, whose books Mountaineering in Scotland (1947) and Undiscovered Scotland (1951) are widely credited with helping to inspire the post-war renaissance in Scottish winter climbing. He was deputy leader on the 1951 Everest Reconnaissance Expedition and was SMC President from 1962 to 1964. [1] [2] [3]

References

[1] Officers lists in SMCJ Number 154 - Vol 27 - May 1963 /library/7060/smcj-number-154---vol-27---may-1963

[2] SMCJ Number 155 - Vol 28 - May 1964 /library/7061/smcj-number-155---vol-28---may-1964

[3] Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._H._Murray

In the 1930s Bill Mackenzie led the group climbing new and harder routes in summer and winter, mostly in Glen Coe, on Ben Nevis and in the Cuillin of Skye, and he joined the SMC in 1937; during the war his climbing and ski-ing experience led to service with Special Forces in mountain warfare training. He wrote the 1958 climbers' guide The Cuillin of Skye, was the first president of the Mountaineering Council of Scotland, and was elected President of the SMC in 1966. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 194 - Vol 38 - 2003 /library/7100/smcj-number-194---vol-38---2003

Carlisle grain merchant who climbed guideless with Harold Raeburn in Norway, the Alps and the Caucasus, making many first ascents, and attended 105 Scottish Mountaineering Club meets. He was Vice-President of the Club from 1914 to 1919 and President from 1919 to 1922, and Vice-President of the Alpine Club in 1929-30. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 145 - Vol 25 - May 1954 /library/7051/smcj-number-145---vol-25---may-1954

William Peascod died while climbing Great Slab on Clogwyn Du'r Arddu with Don Whillans.

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOBJ2bnCgEs

[2] Obituary by Tony Greenbank in Mountain Issue 104, page 13 /library/11125/mountain-104

[3] https://footlesscrow.blogspot.com/2011/02/lakeland-pioneer-bill-peascod.html

Bill Lofthouse, skier, mountaineer and climber, oversaw the design and project management of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club's Lowstern hut development with Ron Goodwin and was the club's president 1980–82. [1] [2] [3]

References

[1] Obituaries in YRC Journal 2020, 14(3) /library/10978/yrcj-2020;-14(3)

[2] YRC Journal 2019, 14(2) /library/10982/yrcj-2019;-14(2)

[3] YRC Journal 2012, 13(13) /library/10991/yrcj-2012;-13(13)

Leeds businessman, pot-holer in Gingling Hole, Gavel Pot and Lost Johns', rock climber with C. D. Frankland in the Lake District and Alpine Club member; president of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club 1932–34. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 1938, 7(23) /library/11027/yrcj-1938;-7(23)

[2] YRC Journal 2012, 13(13) /library/10991/yrcj-2012;-13(13)

Scottish rock, ice, mixed and competition ice climber.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_Biggest_Liar

Wilson Hey was a Manchester surgeon at the Manchester Royal Infirmary and the Christie Hospital, known for his prostatectomy operation, and a member of the Alpine Club who climbed for many seasons with Alexander Taugwalder. He founded the Manchester University Mountaineering Club in 1928 and chaired the Mountain Rescue Committee from 1939, and in 1949 was prosecuted over his supply of morphia to rescue kits. He was president of the Rucksack Club in 1936-37. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 1957 /library/7647/rucksack-club-journal-1957

[2] Death notice in Rucksack Club Journal 1956 /library/7728/rucksack-club-journal-1956

Miss K. W. H. (Winifred) Jackson served on the Pinnacle Club committee and was the club's president in the early 1960s and then vice-president. [1] [2] [3] [4]

References

[1] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 7, 1950 /library/9597/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-07-1950

[2] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 9, 1959-1960 /library/9600/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-09-1959-1960

[3] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 10, 1961-1962 /library/9599/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-10-1961-1962

[4] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 11, 1963-1964 /library/9602/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-11-1963-1964