Climbers from United Kingdom

W. C. I. (Ian) Crowther, elected to the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club in 1962, was its assistant secretary, Lowstern hut warden, vice-president and president (1998–2000). [1] [2]

References

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

[2] YRC Journal 1998, 12(10) /library/10975/yrcj-1998;-12(10)

Bank of Scotland manager who grew up in Oban; he joined the SMC in 1938 and, with W. E. Ford, made the first traverse of the Cuillin ridge including Blaven and Clach Glas. He was SMC Secretary from 1946 to 1950, Vice-President from 1950 to 1952 and President from 1960 to 1962. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 165 - Vol 30 - 1974 /library/7071/smcj-number-165---vol-30---1974

Ian Howie studied maths and physics at Manchester University, became an electrical engineer and retired in 1989 as a principal lecturer in electronic engineering at Manchester Polytechnic. He joined the Rucksack Club in 1970, was hut warden of High Moss and organised the Wednesday Walkers. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 2003-2004 /library/7669/rucksack-club-journal-2003-2004

I. J. (Ian) Smith was a Climbers' Club guidebook editor, a vice-president and deputy editor of High magazine in 1999–2000, and the club's president from 2001. He compiled the club's 2008–10 officers list. [1] [2] [3]

References

[1] Climbers' Club Journal 1999-2000 /library/7459/climbers-club-1999-2000-journal

[2] Climbers' Club Journal 2001 /library/7458/climbers-club-2001-journal

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

Strong Bradford-based sport climber active in the 80s and 90s.

References

[1] https://ukbouldering.com/threads/ian-vincent-rip.23577/page-2

Jack Caldwell was educated at William Hulme Grammar School and took an honours degree in German at Manchester University in 1932. He joined the Rucksack Club in 1944 and climbed in the Alps; in later life he travelled to the Andes and North America. He was the club's treasurer from 1961 to 1972 and vice-president in 1973, and died at his home in Guernsey on 17 July 1991. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 1991 /library/7639/rucksack-club-journal-1991

Jack Cooper was born in Buenos Aires and came to England for his education, reading mechanical engineering and joining the Rucksack Club in 1933. He founded a civil engineering consulting firm. While he was president a sub-committee was formed to look for a Lakeland hut, which led to High Moss in Dunnerdale. He also edited the Mountain Rescue handbook. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 1991 /library/7639/rucksack-club-journal-1991

[2] Committee report in Rucksack Club Journal 1992 /library/7678/rucksack-club-journal-1992

Jack Harris was a cloth snipper by trade and a fast, tough walker in the Rucksack Club, known for leading the annual Langsett meets. He came back from the First World War with a shrapnel wound. He was made a vice-president of the club while already very ill and died on 24 July 1954. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 1955 /library/7685/rucksack-club-journal-1955

John (Jack) Hilton, rugby forward who captained Headingley and Yorkshire, climbed with C. D. Frankland and was still rock climbing at 90; president of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club 1952–54. [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)

Jack (John) MacRobert was a lawyer and an elder of Paisley Abbey who contested West Fife as a Conservative in 1924, served as a Captain in the 6th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in the First World War and commanded a Home Guard battalion in the Second. He joined the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1913 and edited its Journal (1928-1932). [1] [2]

References

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

[2] SMCJ Number 115 - Vol 20 - Apr 1933 /library/7021/smcj-number-115---vol-20---apr-1933

Civil engineer and Engineer of the Great North of Scotland Railway from 1906, and one of the first to complete all the Munros. He was President of the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1925 and 1926 and of the Cairngorm Club from 1928 to 1930. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 138 - Vol 23 - Apr 1947 /library/7044/smcj-number-138---vol-23---apr-1947

[2] Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Alexander_Parker