Climbers / Index

Climbers from United Kingdom

Ordered by the number of ascents recorded.

Climber Name # Ascents Recorded Notes
Matt Cousins 4

References

[1] Board session with Matt on his home board https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daykuSz-ii8

Matt Pickles 4
Matt Troilet 4
Max Haworth 4
Mia Stacey 4
Mike Weeks 4
Mimi White 4
Mo Overfield 4
Morley Wood 4

Gritstone climbing, as most English climbing, has become so specialised that it is in danger of loosing its value as a training for mountaineering [1]

Manchester-based Rucksack Club member and climbing partner of Fred Pigott who were collectively known as 'The Inseparables' [2]. Wood was one of the first people to use double ropes. His work on Pigott's Climb (HVS) was the first recoded instance of inserting chockstones into cracks which could be threaded for aid or protection, the precursor to modern nuts.

References

[1] https://rucksackclub.org/2020/08/16/classic-rcj-article-gritstone-rocks-1921-by-morley-wood-1922/

[2] https://test.rucksackclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1922-Gritstone-Morley-Wood.pdf

Morus Sanderson 4

References

[1] Interview with Franco Cookson, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIN6MQL0Iys

Murray Hamilton 4
Neil Travers 4
Nic Duboust 4
Paul Ingham 4
Paul Ross 4

Prolific and feisty Lake District and western USA activist from 1950s to 2010s. Also cafe and folk club proprietor and breeder of award-winning Jack Russel terriers.

References

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/aug/07/mountaineering-paul-ross-lake-district-borrowdale-keswick-utah-colorado-rock-climbing

[2] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2010/10/paul_ross_-500th_new_route-_aged_73-58102

[3] https://footlesscrow.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-paul-ross-interviewpart-one.html

Pete Chadwick 4
Pete Hurley 4
Phoebe Knight 4
Quentin Fisher 4
Rae Cowie 4

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