Climbers / Index

Climbers from United Kingdom

Ordered by the number of ascents recorded.

Climber Name # Ascents Recorded Notes
Will Birkett 1

Climber, fell-runner and stonemason from Langdale, UK Lake District. Part of the Birkett clan, nephew of Dave.

Will Buck 1
Will East 1
William Cecil Slingsby 1

A founding member of the Climbers' Club and a member of it's first committee.

References

[1] http://www.theslingsbys.co.uk/willcecilarticle.htm

[2] https://footlesscrow.blogspot.com/2021/01/remembering-slingsby.html by Tony Howard (2021)

William Inglis Clark 1
William John Watson 1
William Smithard 1
William W. Naismith 1
Will Kelsall 1
Wong Leong Shaun 1
Zoe Allin 1
Zoe Ogden 1
A. Colin Stead 0

Known as Colin Stead, a regular rock and ice partner of Doug Lang. He was SMC Honorary Librarian 1975-1992, Vice-President 1980-1982 and President 2004-2006, then a trustee and chairman of the Scottish Mountaineering Trust. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

References

[1] Officers lists in SMCJ Number 167 - Vol 31 - 1976 /library/7073/smcj-number-167---vol-31---1976

[2] SMCJ Number 172 - Vol 32 - 1981 /library/7078/smcj-number-172---vol-32---1981

[3] SMCJ Number 173 - Vol 32 - 1982 /library/7079/smcj-number-173---vol-32---1982

[4] SMCJ Number 183 - Vol 35 - 1992 /library/7089/smcj-number-183---vol-35---1992

[5] SMCJ Number 196 - Vol 39 - 2005 /library/7102/smcj-number-196---vol-39---2005

[6] SMCJ Number 197 - Vol 39 - 2006 /library/7103/smcj-number-197---vol-39---2006

[7] SMCJ Number 200 – Vol 40 - 2009 /library/7106/smcj-number-200-–-vol-40---2009

[8] SMCJ Number 202 – Vol 41 - 2011 /library/7108/smcj-number-202-–-vol-41---2011

Adam Brown 0
Adrian Burgess 0
Adrian Donald Cree Bridge 0

Chemical engineer and Craven Pothole Club caver, one of a team of six who reached the bottom of the Gouffre Berger 'Alpine style'; president of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club 2008–10, he died in a climbing accident at Pothole Quarry. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 2011, 13(11) /library/11018/yrcj-2011;-13(11)

A. Ian L. Maitland 0

Glasgow surgeon (FRCS) at the Western Infirmary who joined the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1945. In 1946 he was appointed convener of a new First Aid Committee and, helped most of all by Donald Duff and Ben Humble, set up the post-war Scottish mountain rescue service. He was a Vice-President from 1958 to 1960. [1] [2] [3]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 181 - Vol 34 - 1990 /library/7087/smcj-number-181---vol-34---1990

[2] Officers list in SMCJ Number 150 - Vol 26 - May 1959 /library/7056/smcj-number-150---vol-26---may-1959

[3] Officers list in SMCJ Number 151 - Vol 27 - May 1960 /library/7057/smcj-number-151---vol-27---may-1960

Al Alvarez 0

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/al_alvarez_-_a_climbing_obituary-12303

[2] https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/23/al-alvarez-obituary

Alan Blackshaw 0
Alan Carne 0

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/C1XFRplOlau/?img_index=1

[2] http://alanduverdon.com/bio.php

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