Climbers from United Kingdom

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth.

He wrote an evocative description of his descent of Broad Stand on Scafell in 1802, making this the first recorded recreational rock climb.

References

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge

On 20th June 2003 Shane and his partner for the day John Arran soloed or descended 502 routes in a mammoth single day.

References

[1] On The Edge Issue 130, page 11

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgHRLSBiGvo

Graham Hoey:

The last time I spoke to Simon he was going off to the Alps that week. I remember telling him to take care, to keep off the snow and ice and stick to rock routes. A short while later, at the end of a beautiful day at Tremadog I met a friend outside Eric’s. He told me Simon had just died in the Alps – on the approach to the South Face of the Aiguille de Fou – a pure rock route.

References

[1] https://www.climber.co.uk/outdoor/catharsis/