Climbers from United Kingdom

Tim Watts, ICI research chemist and later head of ICI Belgium, wartime saboteur in the Romanian oilfields and an authority on pot-holing, edited the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club Journal for twenty years from 1950; he died skiing near Gstaad. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 1970, 10(35) /library/11022/yrcj-1970;-10(35)

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

Harold Gerrard was an electrical engineer and Senior Lecturer at Manchester University. He joined the Rucksack Club in 1924, devised the Colne-Rowsley walk with Fred Heardman in 1926 and completed it in 1927, and assisted at the foundation of the MUMC in 1928. He died in 1975. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 1975 /library/7651/rucksack-club-journal-1975

Harold Woolley studied physics at Manchester University and joined the Rucksack Club in 1957. He served on the committee in 1978-80, 1982-84 and 1987-88, edited Meetstaff from 1990 to 1995 and was elected vice-president in 1997. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 2011 /library/7672/rucksack-club-journal-2011

Founder member of the Pinnacle Club and a first-rate climber who learned on gritstone. She was the club's treasurer for some years and afterwards its auditor. [1]

References

[1] In Memoriam in Pinnacle Club Journal No. 10, 1961-1962 /library/9599/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-10-1961-1962

Harry Doughty was a Manchester schoolmaster with a first in mathematics from Manchester University, who was drawn into rock climbing by H. M. Kelly and climbed in Britain and the Alps. He edited the Rucksack Club Journal from 1927 to 1934, was president in 1934-35, and was much in demand as an after-dinner speaker. After his death Kelly undertook, at the Committee's request, to edit a volume of his writings. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 1937 /library/7656/rucksack-club-journal-1937

[2] Rucksack Club Journal 1976 /library/7703/rucksack-club-journal-1976

Harry Entwisle was one of the two founders of the Rucksack Club in 1902, whose letter with A. E. Burns to the City News led to its formation. He was joint honorary secretary for its first years, later vice-president and president in 1932-33. A walker rather than a rock climber, at 82 he walked from Land's End to John o' Groats. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 1962 /library/7712/rucksack-club-journal-1962

With Alf Gregory in 1963 he made three first ascents above 18,000 ft in the Cordillera Blanca, and he was a driving force behind the club's 1957 Jugal Himal expedition; librarian and president (1954–56) of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club. [1] [2]

References

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

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

Chartered accountant, partner in Wyllie, Guild & Ballantine, who climbed from 1892 and ascended Ben Nevis forty-four times. He joined the SMC in 1905, was Treasurer from 1914 to 1927, edited the Ben Nevis and Central Highlands guides, co-edited the Skye guide and was President from 1932 to 1934; he joined the Alpine Club in 1914. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 146 - Vol 25 - May 1955 /library/7052/smcj-number-146---vol-25---may-1955

Burnley local-government officer and Scottish winter climber, Lowstern hut warden and vice-president of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 2022, 14(5) /library/10965/yrcj-2022;-14(5)

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

Harry B. Sales, solicitor and later barrister from Stockport, joined the Climbers' Club in 1959 and was its secretary (1968–71) and president (1975–78), and an honorary member. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Climbers' Club Journal 2017-18 /library/7340/climbers-club-2017-18-journal

Harry Scott joined the Rucksack Club a few months after its formation and served it as librarian, editor of the Journal for eight years, president and long-serving vice-president. He climbed in Britain and the Alps, qualifying for the Alpine Club, and was noted as an after-dinner speaker. He was made an honorary member in 1947. [1] [2] [3]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 1950 /library/7664/rucksack-club-journal-1950

[2] Death notice in Rucksack Club Journal 1949 /library/7661/rucksack-club-journal-1949

[3] Rucksack Club Journal 1948 /library/7654/rucksack-club-journal-1948

Harry Spilsbury was an H.M. Inspector of Taxes serving in Manchester, Warrington and Liverpool, a skier and mountain photographer, and wrote a guide to the Lofoten Islands for the Wayfarers' Club journal in 1937. He joined the Rucksack Club in 1936 and was its president in 1946-47, and was also President of the Wayfarers' Club in 1935-36 and of the Fell and Rock Climbing Club from 1958. He was killed in a fall on Beinn Alligin in May 1970. [1]

References

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

Born at Newport, Fife, Harry Walker was a director of Harry Walker, Sons, Ltd. in Dundee and commanded the 4th Black Watch, dying of wounds received at Loos in September 1915. He joined the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1894 and the Alpine Club in 1906, climbed in the Alps and the Lofoten Islands, climbed Cousins' Buttress on Ben Nevis with his cousin Charles W. Walker, and was a Vice-President of the Club (1911-1913). [1]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 79 to 81 - Vol 14 - 1916 /library/6998/smcj-number-79-to-81---vol-14---1916

Pinnacle Club treasurer around 2008–14, president 2017–19 and then vice-president, and a trustee. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

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

[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

[4] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 30, 2015-2017 /library/9604/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-30-2015-2017

[5] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 31, 2018-2021 /library/9595/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-31-2018-2021

Mrs H. C. Bryan of Coniston, a member of the Fell and Rock Climbing Club, edited the 1950 Pinnacle Club Journal and was president of the club for two years in the mid-1950s. She painted the club's dinner menus. [1] [2] [3]

References

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

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

[3] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 8, 1951-1958 /library/9603/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-08-1951-1958