Climbers from United Kingdom

Evelyn Worsley Leech (née Lowe) grew up at Pont-y-Pant in the Lledr valley. At Easter 1932 she spotted the cottage in Cwm Dyli that became the Pinnacle Club's hut, and she was its hut secretary for many years and club president 1946–49. [1] [2] [3]

References

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

[2] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 7, 1950 /library/9597/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-07-1950

[3] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 27, 2006-2008 /library/9601/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-27-2006-2008

Early Pinnacle Club member and its honorary secretary in the late 1930s, who lived in Coniston with her sister Helen Bryan. [1] [2] [3]

References

[1] Obituary in Pinnacle Club Journal No. 18, 1979-1981 /library/9581/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-18-1979-1981

[2] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 6, 1935-1938 /library/9577/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-06-1935-1938

[3] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 17, 1977-1980 /library/9591/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-17-1977-1980

Climbers' Club honorary secretary from 2005, vice-president and then president 2010–12. [1] [2] [3]

References

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

[2] Climbers' Club Journal 2008-10 /library/7442/climbers-club-2008-10-journal

[3] Climbers' Club Journal 2012 /library/7386/climbers-club-2012-journal

Firth Burton joined the Rucksack Club in 1921, served on its committee for 31 years, was its president for three wartime years from 1940 and edited the Journal in 1945 and 1946. He was a noted mountain photographer, ran annual Alpine meets for the club, took part in the first ascent of the East Buttress of Clogwyn Du'r Arddu, and in 1926 made the first Colne to Rowsley walk with Fred Heardman and Harold Gerrard. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 1966 /library/7699/rucksack-club-journal-1966

David Smith, a chartered engineer, was in the 1960 Yorkshire Ramblers' Club party that bottomed the main shaft of Reyfad in Northern Ireland, completed the Munros in 1994 and led the club's Alpine meets from 1986; he was hut warden, secretary and president (1976–78) of the club and an honorary member. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 2008, 13(5) /library/10963/yrcj-2008;-13(5)

[2] YRC Journal 2008, 13(6) /library/10962/yrcj-2008;-13(6)

F. H. Keenlyside, Climbers' Club secretary in the late 1940s and editor of its journal in the early 1950s. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Climbers' Club Journal 1992 /library/7392/climbers-club-1992-journal

Frank Bennett joined the Rucksack Club in 1931 and was a strong all-round mountaineer and walker. At Easter 1934 he helped in the attempts to rescue Maurice Linnell on Ben Nevis and led the party that recovered his body. He served on the committee several times, was hut warden, and was vice-president in 1955-56. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 2001 /library/7637/rucksack-club-journal-2001

Frank Collins worked for the railway all his life, first in London and then in Manchester, and was known as 'Shunter Collins' for the special coaches he arranged for club members going to Scottish meets. He was the Rucksack Club's librarian for 50 years and a vice-president and honorary member. He walked and scrambled widely in the Scottish Highlands and died in October 1970. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 1970-1971 /library/7655/rucksack-club-journal-1970-1971

'Connie' Constantine was a member of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club for 55 years and one of its secretaries for 26, much of the time jointly with Lewis Moore; later a vice-president. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 1949, 7(25) /library/10967/yrcj-1949;-7(25)

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

Dr F. H. Mayo, a medical doctor, joined the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club in 1897, was on its committee when the first journal appeared in 1899 and was later a vice-president. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 1952, 7(26) /library/11029/yrcj-1952;-7(26)

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

Frank Kiernan was a walker and climber who joined the Rucksack Club in 1926 and was known for long moorland walks such as the Marsden to Edale. He organised the club's Jubilee Meet and its Langdale meets. During his term as president he opened the club hut at High Moss. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 2001 /library/7637/rucksack-club-journal-2001

[2] Committee report in Rucksack Club Journal 2001 /library/7693/rucksack-club-journal-2001

Insurance professional who joined the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1901 and the Alpine Club in 1906. He was the Club's Librarian, edited its Journal for ten years from 1910, and was President from 1926 to 1928. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 132 - Vol 22 - Nov 1941 /library/7038/smcj-number-132---vol-22---nov-1941

Francis Sydney Smythe, English mountaineer, explorer, author, photographer and botanist.

Frank Solari was a physics graduate of Birmingham University and a founder member of its mountaineering club, who joined the Rucksack Club in 1936 and worked in the civil service on aeronautical inspection. He developed testing methods and standards for climbing ropes and karabiners for the British Mountaineering Council, and was a vice-president of the BMC and of the Alpine Club. In 1955 he made the first ascent of South Kunzan peak in Lahoul. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 1996-1997 /library/7670/rucksack-club-journal-1996-1997

Rock climber who developed new climbs on Guy's Cliff and led Crowberry Ridge Direct in winter, and pot-holer in Juniper Gulf; president of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club 1960–62. [1]

References

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

During World War II Chapman was stationed in Singapore where he trained parties in guerilla warfare.

In what he later described as 'the mad fortnight' he and two companions, behind the Japanese lines, 'derailed seven or eight trains, severely damaged at least fifteen bridges, cut the railway line in about sixty places, damaged or destroyed some forty motor vehicles and killed or wounded somewhere between five and fifteen hundred Japs'. Later he was captured by the Japanese but after a series of dramatic adventures escaped to the coast. He spent 3 years as a fugitive in the Malayan jungle, returning to England in 1946. [1]

References

[1] Mountain 19 (1972), page 15

Fred Leach joined the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club in its first year and was an early rock climber, leading Moss Gill and the North Climb on Pillar soon after their first ascents; he was the club's president in 1925–27. [1] [2]

References

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

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