Climbers from United Kingdom

Ella Mann (later Standring) joined the Pinnacle Club in 1923 and was its honorary secretary. In 1928 she became the first woman to lead Abraham's Direct Route on the Crowberry Ridge of Buachaille Etive Mòr. [1]

References

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

John Hubert Emlyn Jones, chartered surveyor and wartime bomb-disposal officer (MBE), joined H. W. Tilman's exploration of the Annapurna region, led the reserve team for the 1953 Everest expedition and led the 1959 Ama Dablam expedition. He was president of the Climbers' Club (1966–69) and of the Alpine Club (1980–82). [1]

References

[1] Alpine Journal 2015, In Memoriam /library/767/alpine-journal-2015-399-441-in-memoriam

Pembroke developer and guidebook author.

Eric Byrom was a bank clerk from Altrincham who climbed with Douglas Milner, did the classic gritstone, Welsh and Lake District routes and climbed the Matterhorn six times. He was honorary secretary of the Rucksack Club for 29 years (1942-1971) and its president in 1974-75. He later chaired the finance committee of the British Mountaineering Council and became its vice-president. [1]

References

[1] Obituaries and committee report in Rucksack Club Journal 1978 /library/7715/rucksack-club-journal-1978

Eric Paton Buchanan was an Edinburgh law agent, at his death senior partner of Steedman, Ramage & Co., W.S. He joined the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1910, took up rock and snow climbing through his friendship with Charles Inglis Clark, learned from Harold Raeburn, and was Assistant Editor of the Journal in 1920 and Hon. Editor (1921-1924). [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 149 - Vol 26 - May 1958 /library/7055/smcj-number-149---vol-26---may-1958

[2] SMCJ Number 99 to 100 - Vol 17 - 1925 /library/7007/smcj-number-99-to-100---vol-17---1925

Early member of Rock and Ice Club.

References

[1] Interview with Natalie Berry for UKClimbing.com, Feb 2025 https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/team_gb_olympian_erin_mcneice_on_her_breakout_2024_season-16148

Cliff Downham, a key rescuer in the 1934 Gingling Hole accident and the first secretary of the Cave Rescue Organisation, restored the Lowstern hut and was secretary of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club for over twenty years and its president 1966–68. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 1997, 12(7) /library/11043/yrcj-1997;-12(7)

[2] YRC Journal 1998, 12(9) /library/11034/yrcj-1998;-12(9)

Board of Education inspector and a leading pot-holer, who joined the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club in 1908, edited its journal for almost thirty years and was its president in 1923–25; he was the first chairman of the Cave Rescue Organisation and started Frank Smythe climbing at Almscliff. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 1960, 9(30) /library/11026/yrcj-1960;-9(30)

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/rock_talk/ernest_phillips_rip-480793?v=1#x6617784

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2019/07/es_tresidder_on_his_ramsay_round_record-71998

Eustace Thomas was an electrical engineer, a partner in Bertram Thomas (Engineers) Ltd of Manchester, who joined the Rucksack Club in 1909 and was its president from 1924. He extended the Lake District fell record in the early 1920s and in 1928 became the first Englishman to complete the list of Alpine 4000-metre peaks, climbing with Joseph Knubel. He was also involved in the 1930s in developing mountain rescue equipment. [1] [2]

References

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

[2] Article by Steve Dean in Rucksack Club Journal 2002 /library/7692/rucksack-club-journal-2002