Climbers from United Kingdom

RAF bomber pilot and prisoner of war, photographer on the 1955–56 South Georgia Survey (Spenceley Glacier is named after him) and the sole survivor of the 1957 avalanche on the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club's Jugal Himal expedition; the first warden of Low Hall Garth and a vice-president of the club. [1] [2] [3]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 2013, 13(15) /library/11020/yrcj-2013;-13(15)

[2] YRC Journal 1958, 8(29) /library/11011/yrcj-1958;-8(29)

[3] Wikipedia: Spenceley Glacier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spenceley_Glacier

George Buckland Green was Senior Classical Master at the Edinburgh Academy for thirty-three years until 1925, having been a scholar at Oxford and a running Blue; he died suddenly at the cricket nets in Oxford. He joined the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1911, was its Librarian from 1918 to 1924 and Hon. Editor (1924-1927), producing the 100th number of the Journal. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 104 - Vol 18 - Nov 1927 /library/7010/smcj-number-104---vol-18---nov-1927

Cyril Marshall, a chemistry graduate who joined ICI at Billingham, took part in the pre-war explorations of Goyden Pot and Lost John's and was a vice-president of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club. [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)

Professor of Humanity at the University of Glasgow and the first president of the Scottish Mountaineering Club. [1]

References

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

Glasgow-born doctor who settled in Liverpool, a First World War RFC pilot, who made no fewer than twenty first ascents on Ben Nevis and edited its rock-climbing guide. He joined the SMC in 1926, was President from 1952 to 1954, completed the Munros in 1955, and was killed descending El Teide in the Canary Islands in February 1963. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 155 - Vol 28 - May 1964 /library/7061/smcj-number-155---vol-28---may-1964

Lawyer and Depute County Clerk of Midlothian Council, a founder of the Edinburgh University Mountaineering Club, who made the first ascent of Surgeon's Gully with Haworth. He joined the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1947. [1]

References

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

Dundee man who served in the Black Watch in the First World War (MBE), became an Honorary Sheriff Substitute in 1916 and received an honorary LLD from St Andrews in 1957. He was a founder member of the Scottish Ski Club and first Honorary President of the Grampian Club (1931-1936), joined the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1908, served on the Committee from 1915 to 1919 and was a Vice-President from 1939 to 1945. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 154 - Vol 27 - May 1963 /library/7060/smcj-number-154---vol-27---may-1963

George Sang joined the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1898 and was its Assistant Secretary and then its Secretary; he was also a member and committee member of the Alpine Club and Secretary of the Scottish Ski Club. He climbed extensively in the Alps with W. N. Ling, and was awarded the Albert Medal for rescuing four girls from a burning explosives factory at Rosslyn in June 1916. [1]

References

[1] Obituary by W. Inglis Clark and W. N. Ling in SMCJ Number 111 - Vol 19 - Apr 1931 /library/7017/smcj-number-111---vol-19---apr-1931

George Roger remained an active climber at home and in the Alps into old age; his Alpine routes included the Forbes arete on the Chardonnet, the Biancograt, the Weisshorn and the Matterhorn. He was the SMC's President in 1971. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 175 - Vol 33 - 1984 /library/7081/smcj-number-175---vol-33---1984

[2] Addendum in SMCJ Number 176 - Vol 33 - 1985 /library/7082/smcj-number-176---vol-33---1985

One of the founders of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club, voted to the chair at its meeting of 6 October 1892 and its first president (1892–93). With Slingsby in 1895 he made the first ascent of the south-west ridge of the Rotstock and the first traverse of the south-east ridge of the Nesthorn. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 1947, 7(24) /library/11047/yrcj-1947;-7(24)

Gerry Gee joined the Rucksack Club in 1960 and in 1971 took over the editing of the club newsletter Quarterstaff. In 1962 he toured the Bregaglia and Bernina with Brian Rhodes and John Allen, and in 1973 led the club's Barmouth to Aber walk. [1] [2] [3] [4]

References

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

[2] Rucksack Club Journal 1972 /library/7718/rucksack-club-journal-1972

[3] Rucksack Club Journal 1973 /library/7732/rucksack-club-journal-1973

[4] Obituary of Brian Rhodes in Rucksack Club Journal 2012 /library/7696/rucksack-club-journal-2012

A Glasgow JMCS climber, he proposed and led the building of the Meagaidh Hut, made the first ascent of The Pumpkin on Creag Meagaidh in 1968, and climbed Zero and Point Five Gullies on Ben Nevis. He was Custodian of the CIC Hut 1967-1980 and Huts Convenor 1980-1998, overseeing the building of the Raeburn and Naismith huts; he was made an Honorary Member in 1977, served as Vice-President (the obituary gives 1985 to 1987), and became an Honorary Vice-President in 2004. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 202 – Vol 41 - 2011 /library/7108/smcj-number-202-–-vol-41---2011

Gilbert Thomson was one of the three founders of the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1889. He was the Club's Hon. Librarian until 1901 and Hon. Secretary from 1896 to 1901, then Vice-President, and was elected President in 1907. [1] [2] [3] [4]

References

[1] SMCJ Number 19 to 24 - Vol 4 - 1896-1897 /library/6980/smcj-number-19-to-24---vol-4---1896-1897

[2] SMCJ Number 37 to 42 - Vol 7 - 1902-1903 /library/6992/smcj-number-37-to-42---vol-7---1902-1903

[3] SMCJ Number 55 to 60 - Vol 10 - 1908-1909 /library/6994/smcj-number-55-to-60---vol-10---1908-1909

[4] SMCJ Number 139 - Vol 24 - May 1948 /library/7045/smcj-number-139---vol-24---may-1948

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2025/12/gill_wootton_1961-2025_-_a_true_friend_of_climbing-74081

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/literature/the_beauty_of_cold-16983