Climbers from United Kingdom

Guy Percival is a climber who has added many first ascents around the Bristol area in the UK. In particular he has been active at crags such as Avon Gorge and Cheddar Gorge as well as many other smaller venues.

John Menlove Edwards was a pioneering British rock climber of the 1930s and 1940s, responsible for many influential first ascents in Snowdonia and widely regarded as one of the great writers in climbing literature.

With Colin Kirkus he was regarded as the finest rock climber active in North Wales in the 1930s. His first ascents on the cliffs of the north side of the Llanberis Pass, which had hitherto been regarded as too steep and loose for climbing, paved the way for the exploits of Joe Brown, Don Whillans and others in the 1950s. Consequently, the epicentre of Welsh climbing moved from Ogwen to Llanberis where it has remained ever since.

Menlove Edwards trained and worked in Liverpool as a psychiatrist. He was gay, at a time when homosexual sex was illegal in the UK, and a conscientious objector for most of World War Two. His mental health deteriorated in the latter part of his life and he took his own life in 1958.

References

[1] Perrin, J. (1993). Menlove: The Life of John Menlove Edwards. United Kingdom: Ernest Press.

[2] https://open.spotify.com/episode/36tUZibMMhAB4fmjz3X1pq?

[3] https://footlesscrow.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-black-rainbow-life-and-times-of.html

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/kevin_thaw-4327

Indefatigable reequipper and guardian of UK Peak District limestone climbing. Handy climber too.

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/the_nuts_and_bolts_of_the_peak_bolt_fund-10404

[2] https://www.facebook.com/thepeakboltfund/

Martin started climbing in Yorkshire, England around 1974. He was part of the generation who took over from Pete Livesey and Ron Fawcett.

For the first part of my climbing...I just wanted to do everything that Ron did... The Vision, Eye of the Tiger, whatever it was as soon as he did it I just wanted to do it! [3]

References

[1] Statement of Youth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeqI9axxrco.

[2] Interview with Jon Barton of Vertebrate Publishing https://www.v-publishing.co.uk/blog/v-publishing-blog/the-climbers-of-84-hunter-house-road/

[3] Interview on his route Mecca - The Mid-life Crisis https://vimeo.com/68128640

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/paul_huffy_houghoughi_talks_climbing_olympics_and_new_chapters-16418

Guidebook writer, Mountain magazine contributing editor, president of BMC, climbing double for Sean Connery.

Not to be confused with the American climber of the same name.