Climbers from United Kingdom

Began climbing in 1952 while living in Manchester; a Pinnacle Club committee member from the 1960s, president in 1973, then vice-president and in 1987 meets secretary. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

[1] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 11, 1963-1964 /library/9602/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-11-1963-1964

[2] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 15, 1971-1973 /library/9579/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-15-1971-1973

[3] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 16, 1974-1976 /library/9606/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-16-1974-1976

[4] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 20, 1985-1987 /library/9578/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-20-1985-1987

[5] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 28, 2009-2011 /library/9590/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-28-2009-2011

Climbing equipment manufacturer.

Moorhouse and Shirley Smith founded Clogwyn Climbing Equipment (abbreviated to Clog) in North Wales in 1966. Clog manufactured climbing gear including carabiners, pitons and the first full range of hexagonal climbing nuts. Moorhouse left Clog in 1981 and started DMM (Denny Moorhouse Mountaineering) with Fred Hall, Richard Cuthbertson, and Paul Simkiss. DMM continues to produce climbing, arborist and rope access equipment much of which is manufactured in Llanberis.

References

[1] https://www.karabinclimbingmuseum.com/clog-pitons.html

[2] https://dmmwales.com/pages/about-dmm

[3] https://www.checkcompany.co.uk/director/2583234/-DENNY-MARSDIN-MOORHOUSE

Marine engineer and a founding member of the Cleveland Mountaineering Club, who devised the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club's 1992 centenary meet on Slingsby's Norwegian mountains; president of the club 1990–92. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 2023, 14(6) /library/10964/yrcj-2023;-14(6)

President of the Climbers' Club in the mid-1980s, 'a President who has done the Club proud since he took office', who gave the presidential speech at the 1985 Helyg jubilee dinner. [1] [2]

References

[1] Climbers' Club Journal 1985-86 /library/7435/climbers-club-1985-86-journal

[2] Climbers' Club Journal 2006-07 /library/7477/climbers-club-2006-07-journal

Pete O'Sullivan:

It is with great sadness that I write to announce the death of Des Hannigan. He was a central figure in West Cornish climbing for over 40 years. He was in many ways a polymath as a writer, poet, journalist and climber. He wrote and/or edited 7 guidebooks to the area over 30 years and was a great help to me when I wrote the 1984 West Penwith guide. His first contact with climbing in Cornwall was in the 1960s before as he said he 'ran away to sea' finally becoming a trawler skipper.

His exploits can be seen in the trilogy of short books in the brilliant The Almost Island series. He was given his first opportunity in journalism by Toni Carver of the St Ives Times and Echo to whom he was eternally grateful. He wrote guides for Lonely Planet and AA Publishing and contributed to local newspapers and the Associated Press.

The contacts he made through this with key members of the National Trust and RSPB enabled him to diplomatically and quietly sort out access issues. He was also a gifted poet and was highly acclaimed on a regional level.

As a climbing companion he was second to none with a seemingly endless store of anecdotes of his various lives and an encyclopaedic knowledge of unclimbed rock. His contribution to new routes in the area was huge and with characters such as Dennis Bateman he fruitfully pioneered in quiet and remote areas.

He was a key figure in the anti bolting campaign in the 1990s and 2000s and was a formidable advocate against bolting. In the 1960s he was a key figure in the area's folk music scene and he admitted to me once he had 2 songs in the Cecil Sharp folk Archives.

His passing will be felt by many in the South West because he was a very warm and generous person both with time and encouragement but mostly for his humour and integrity. I am honoured to call him a friend as will many others as we grieve for a real larger than life figure. [1]

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/rock_talk/des_hannigan-777326

Known as Des Rubens. A teacher of outdoor activities at Craigroyston Community High School in Edinburgh for over 30 years, he climbed on expeditions to Afghanistan, Pakistan (including Drifika in 1980 and an attempt on Gasherbrum III in 1985) and Zanskar. He was SMC Vice-President 2003-2005 and President 2008-2010, and died in a fall on the Finsteraarhorn in 2016. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 208 – Vol 45 - 2017 /library/7114/smcj-number-208-–-vol-45---2017

[2] Officers lists in SMCJ Number 195 - Vol 38 - 2004 /library/7101/smcj-number-195---vol-38---2004

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

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

[5] SMCJ Number 201 - Vol 41 - 2010 /library/7107/smcj-number-201---vol-41---2010

Dick Jennings was a consulting engineer from Newcastle upon Tyne who founded the firm R.R. Jennings & Partners. He was admitted to the Rucksack Club in 1926, was warden of the club hut at Tal y Braich in 1930, served on the committee until 1954 and became president in 1948. He made an ascent of the Matterhorn when past sixty. [1]

References

[1] Obituary and committee report in Rucksack Club Journal 1979 /library/7673/rucksack-club-journal-1979

SMC Vice-President 1997-1999, Honorary Editor of the SMC Journal 2007-2014 and President 2014-2016. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [5]

References

[1] Officers lists in SMCJ Number 189 - Vol 36 - 1998 /library/7095/smcj-number-189---vol-36---1998

[2] SMCJ Number 190 - Vol 37 - 1999 /library/7096/smcj-number-190---vol-37---1999

[3] SMCJ Number 199 – Vol 40- 2008 /library/7105/smcj-number-199-–-vol-40--2008

[4] SMCJ Number 205 – Vol 43 - 2014 /library/7111/smcj-number-205-–-vol-43---2014

[5] SMCJ Number 206 – Vol 43 - 2015 /library/7112/smcj-number-206-–-vol-43---2015

[6] SMCJ Number 207 – Vol 44 - 2016 /library/7113/smcj-number-207-–-vol-44---2016

Dominic Oughton is a rock climber in the Rucksack Club who climbed The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite during a nine-month round-the-world climbing trip with his wife Helen and their children. He edited the club journal for three years and was President for two years from 2011. [1] [2]

References

[1] Rucksack Club Journal 2005 /library/7704/rucksack-club-journal-2005

[2] Rucksack Club Journal 2010 /library/7677/rucksack-club-journal-2010

Donald Bennet was an engineer who became Reader in Applied Thermodynamics and Nuclear Engineering at the University of Strathclyde; he climbed widely abroad, with first ascents in the Himalaya and Peru, and was a prime mover in founding the Mountaineering Council of Scotland. He joined the SMC in 1955, was Hon. Secretary from 1967 to 1979 and President from 1986 to 1988, edited the SMC guides to the Munros and Corbetts, and was made OBE in 2001. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 204 – Vol 42 - 2013 /library/7110/smcj-number-204-–-vol-42---2013

[2] Officers lists in SMCJ Number 159 - Vol 29 - May 1968 /library/7065/smcj-number-159---vol-29---may-1968

[3] SMCJ Number 170 - Vol 31 - 1979 /library/7076/smcj-number-170---vol-31---1979

[4] SMCJ Number 178 - Vol 33 - 1987 /library/7084/smcj-number-178---vol-33---1987

[5] SMCJ Number 179 - Vol 34 - 1988 /library/7085/smcj-number-179---vol-34---1988

English climber of the late 1940s and 1950s, one of the leading spirits of the Valkyrie Club and a founding member of the Rock and Ice Club in 1951. [1] [2]

References

[1] Wikipedia: Rock and Ice Club https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Ice_Club

[2] Footless Crow: Slim Sorrell, Northern Grit https://footlesscrow.blogspot.com/2015/08/slim-sorrell-northern-grit.html

Founding member of the Rock and Ice Club.

Don Cowans taught science in Manchester and joined the Rucksack Club in the late 1960s. He lived in Peru for five years, and died in January 1985 while climbing in Wales. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 1984-1985 /library/7726/rucksack-club-journal-1984-1985

Don Talbot was a fell runner and long-distance walker, a friend of Stan Bradshaw, and in 1971 became member No. 7 of the Bob Graham Club. In 1982 he extended the Bob Graham Round to 52 peaks, and he was the first to complete the Joss Naylor Lakeland Challenge within its time limit. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 2017 /library/7734/rucksack-club-journal-2017

British mountaineer (née Briggs), possibly the first woman to climb Kilimanjaro, who took over the leadership of the 1959 women's expedition to Cho Oyu. She joined the Pinnacle Club in 1956, aged 51, and was its secretary, president from 1963 and vice-president. [1] [2] [3] [4]

References

[1] Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Gravina

[2] Obituary in Pinnacle Club Journal No. 21, 1988-1990 /library/9594/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-21-1988-1990

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

[4] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 12, 1965-1966 /library/9592/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-12-1965-1966