Climbers from United Kingdom

Fred Booth, son of Tom Booth, was a cragsman and caver who took part in the discovery of Pollnagollum in 1938 and the Rowten Pot rescue of 1939; assistant secretary (1926–46) and then secretary (1946–52) of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club and an honorary member from 1959. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 1973, 11(36) /library/11039/yrcj-1973;-11(36)

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjRBkccWB4c

Fred Heardman was a moorland walker who fought on the Somme with the Manchester Pals and later ran the Church Hotel and the Nag's Head Inn in Edale, where he set up the first information centre in the Peak District. He inaugurated the Colne-Rowsley walk in 1926 by covering 73 miles in 24 hours, took part in many mountain rescues, and was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1960. He joined the Rucksack Club in 1922, was hut warden at Tal y Braich, and died at Edale in May 1973. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 1973 /library/7732/rucksack-club-journal-1973

Fred (Alfreda) Reynolds edited the Pinnacle Club Journal in the mid-2000s, was the club's president from 2011 and then vice-president. [1] [2] [3]

References

[1] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 26, 2003-2005 /library/9576/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-26-2003-2005

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

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

Gerard (Ged) Campion, caver, president of the European Speleological Federation and for many years on the bureau of the International Union of Speleology; vice-president, tacklemaster and hut warden of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club and its president from 2024. [1] [2] [3]

References

[1] YRC Journal 2014, 13(18) /library/11008/yrcj-2014;-13(18)

[2] YRC Journal 2024, 14(7) /library/11035/yrcj-2024;-14(7)

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

Geoff Bell was a long-distance walker in the Rucksack Club who walked the Pennine Way self-sufficient in under five days, for which the Bob Graham Club gave him its Achievement of the Year award in 1982. In 1979 he and Mike Cudahy completed the North Wales Horseshoe walk devised by Ted Dance. [1] [2] [3] [4]

References

[1] Rucksack Club Journal 1978 /library/7715/rucksack-club-journal-1978

[2] Rucksack Club Journal 1981 /library/7648/rucksack-club-journal-1981

[3] Rucksack Club Journal 1982 /library/7706/rucksack-club-journal-1982

[4] Obituary of Ted Dance in Rucksack Club Journal 2013 /library/7646/rucksack-club-journal-2013

References

[1] Obituary in Mountain Issue 20, page 17

References

[1] https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61402-X/fulltext

[2] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/literature/mountain_literature_classics_the_ridiculous_mountains_by_gjf_dutton-13507

Geoff Pigott was the son of Fred Pigott and applied to join the Rucksack Club in March 1946 as a 19-year-old naval officer. He made first ascents on Peak gritstone, Welsh granite and Skye gabbro up to 1956, compiled the journal's New Climbs section and edited the journal from 1961 to 1965. He was president in 1970 and 1971, and ran the sugar merchants A S Pigott and Son. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 2012 /library/7696/rucksack-club-journal-2012

Mountaineer, a member of the Alpine Club for almost fifty years, a member of the Abrahams' party in Skye about 1904 and a regular at Geoffrey Winthrop Young's Pen-y-Pass parties; president of the Climbers' Club from 1939 to 1944. [1] [2] [3]

References

[1] Obituary in Climbers' Club Journal 1961 /library/7445/climbers-club-1961-journal

[2] Officers lists in Climbers' Club Journal 1939 /library/7487/climbers-club-1939-journal

[3] Climbers' Club Journal 1944 /library/7456/climbers-club-1944-journal

Bradford chartered accountant who spent some thirty Alpine holidays; auditor of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club for over twenty years and a vice-president. [1]

References

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

Worked for ICI at Billingham and was in the first party to descend Battleaxe Pitch in Lost John's; assistant editor and vice-president of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 1985, 11(39) /library/11036/yrcj-1985;-11(39)

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

British mountaineer, writer, and founder of the BMC.

Who has the hills for friend,
Has a God-speed to end
His path of lonely life,
And wings of golden memory to depart. [3]

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/literature/mountain_literature_classics_mountains_with_a_difference_by_geoffrey_winthrop_young-14204

[2] https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199633100/Geoffrey-Winthrop-Young-Poet-Educator-Mountaineer

[3] FRCC Journal (1920) page 140 /library/7570/fell-and-rock-climbing-club-journal-1920

Dr Arthur Salmon, a chemist who climbed in the Cascades and was water chemist on the club's 2000 Guangxi caving expedition, was president (1992–94), treasurer and librarian of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

[1] YRC Journal 1962, 9(31) /library/10979/yrcj-1962;-9(31)

[2] YRC Journal 2001, 12(15) /library/11015/yrcj-2001;-12(15)

[3] YRC Journal 1994, 12(1) /library/11007/yrcj-1994;-12(1)

[4] Officers lists in YRC Journal 1997, 12(7) /library/11043/yrcj-1997;-12(7)

[5] YRC Journal 2014, 13(18) /library/11008/yrcj-2014;-13(18)