Climbers from United Kingdom

References

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/aug/19/3

Bryan Davies grew up in North Wales, was secretary of the South Wales Mountaineering Club and later of the Black and Tans, and worked as an insurance assessor. He joined the Rucksack Club in 1994. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 2008 /library/7722/rucksack-club-journal-2008

Son of S. B. Donkin; elected to the Climbers' Club in 1926, honorary treasurer through the Second World War and president 1948–51. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Climbers' Club Journal 1965 /library/7428/climbers-club-1965-journal

Pinnacle Club secretary in the early 1990s, president from 1998, and later journal editor and a trustee. She was the first of the club's current members to attend a Rendezvous Hautes Montagnes meet, in 1979. [1] [2] [3] [4]

References

[1] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 22, 1991-1993 /library/9588/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-22-1991-1993

[2] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 24, 1997-1999 /library/9584/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-24-1997-1999

[3] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 29, 2012-2014 /library/9605/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-29-2012-2014

[4] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 31, 2018-2021 /library/9595/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-31-2018-2021

Cec Rhodes was a rock climber in the Rucksack Club who in 1990 climbed the North Face of the Eiger with Bill Deakin. He was President of the club in 2000-2001. [1] [2] [3]

References

[1] Rucksack Club Journal 1990 /library/7695/rucksack-club-journal-1990

[2] Rucksack Club Journal 2001 /library/7637/rucksack-club-journal-2001

[3] Rucksack Club Journal 2006 /library/7649/rucksack-club-journal-2006

Roger Allen, a physical chemistry graduate who lectured at the University of Dundee and Alpine Club member from 1965, was secretary and vice-president of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club; he was killed by rockfall on Trollvasstind in Norway. His surname is printed 'Allan' in the obituary and 'Allen' in the Record of Members. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 1992, 11(40) /library/10977/yrcj-1992;-11(40)

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

Doctor of medicine and Liverpool city councillor, a founder of the Wayfarers' Club and a prolific Ingleborough pot-holer, with nine first recorded descents in 1904 including Rift Pot; he was a vice-president of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club when he died. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 1921, 4(14) /library/10990/yrcj-1921;-4(14)

Charles Ashley was one of the group who met in October 1902 to form the Rucksack Club, and he served on its committee. He explored little-known mountain areas of Ireland and wrote about them in the early journals. After moving to London in about 1920 he started the club's annual London dinners with Bennison in 1922, from which the London Section grew. He was made a vice-president in the club's Jubilee year and died on 23 August 1960. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 1961 /library/7725/rucksack-club-journal-1961

Derek Bush was secretary of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club for ten years, its president 1994–96 and then its auditor, and was made an honorary member in 1997. [1] [2] [3]

References

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

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

[3] YRC Journal 2022, 14(5) /library/10965/yrcj-2022;-14(5)

A founder of the Yorkshire Speleological Association at 19, who with his cousin Davis Burrow found the Flood Entrance into Gaping Gill; secretary and later president (1948–50) of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club. [1] [2] [3]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 1957, 8(28) /library/11033/yrcj-1957;-8(28)

[2] YRC Journal 1966, 10(33) /library/11024/yrcj-1966;-10(33)

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

References

[1] https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1912_supplement/Mathews,_Charles_Edward

Educated at Dunfermline High School and Edinburgh University, he worked as an engineer and later as a teacher, including at Braehead School in Fife; he climbed in North Wales, at Harrison's Rocks and on Beachy Head, and in the Alps with Iain Ogilvie. He joined the SMC in 1937 and was Vice-President from 1976 to 1978. [1] [2] [3]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 188 - Vol 36 - 1997 /library/7094/smcj-number-188---vol-36---1997

[2] Officers list in SMCJ Number 168 - Vol 31 - 1977 /library/7074/smcj-number-168---vol-31---1977

[3] Officers list in SMCJ Number 169 - Vol 31 - 1978 /library/7075/smcj-number-169---vol-31---1978

The CIC hut at the base of Ben Nevis is named after Charles. The hut was built in his memory after he was killed during WW1.

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/culture_bunker/in_memory_of_charles_inglis_clark-680631

[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20130118234113/[http://www.smc.org.uk/huts/cic](http://www.smc.org.uk/huts/cic)