Climbers from United Kingdom

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/john_cullen_creagh_dhu_climber-9547

The leading light in founding the St Andrews University Mountaineering Club when he went there in 1933, and editor of the first edition of the Southern Highlands District Guide. He made the first ascent of the Long Climb on Ben Nevis with J. H. B. Bell and a high-level ski traverse of the Alps from Galtur to Chamonix. He was a Vice-President of the Scottish Mountaineering Club from 1967 to 1969. [1] [2] [3] [4]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 182 - Vol 34 - 1991 /library/7088/smcj-number-182---vol-34---1991

[2] Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._H._B._Bell

[3] Officers list in SMCJ Number 159 - Vol 29 - May 1968 /library/7065/smcj-number-159---vol-29---may-1968

[4] Officers list in SMCJ Number 160 - Vol 29 - May 1969 /library/7066/smcj-number-160---vol-29---may-1969

Denis Driscoll ran The Grove guest house in Kentmere, home of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club's Christmas meets, and was hut warden of Low Hall Garth and a vice-president of the 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)

Dennis Armstrong, an accountant, was treasurer and president (1984–86) of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club; as president he was heavily involved in rebuilding the Lowstern hut. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 2019, 14(2) /library/10982/yrcj-2019;-14(2)

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

Introduced to the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club by George Spenceley, he went on a pulk trip to Spitsbergen in 2010 and was the club's president 2020–22. [1] [2]

References

[1] YRC Journal 2020, 14(3) /library/10978/yrcj-2020;-14(3)

[2] YRC Journal 2010, 13(9) /library/10980/yrcj-2010;-13(9)

Professional flautist who re-scored the club song 'Yorkshire' and wrote the history of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club's first seventy years; its librarian and a vice-president. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 2001, 12(16) /library/11001/yrcj-2001;-12(16)

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

Managing Director of a Leith tannery, Chairman of the Edinburgh Savings Bank, and a founder of Linburn, the Scottish National Institute for the War Blinded; he was made an OBE in 1970. He was the first President of the Edinburgh Section of the JMCS in 1925, joined the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1931, and was Hon. Treasurer from 1936 to 1949 and a Vice-President from 1949 to 1951. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 177 - Vol 33 - 1986 /library/7083/smcj-number-177---vol-33---1986

John Hirst was the son of John Hirst, the club's songwriter and president in 1944. He was the Rucksack Club's outdoor organiser in 1939, its treasurer from 1946 to 1960 and its president in 1962-63. He was a keen photographer of club meets and wrote journal articles about the Alps, Crowberry Ridge and a solo walk in Corsica. [1] [2]

References

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

[2] Obituary of his father in Rucksack Club Journal 1970-1971 /library/7655/rucksack-club-journal-1970-1971

John Hirst founded the electrical contracting firm Hirst, Ibbetson & Taylor and joined the Rucksack Club in 1918. He was best known for his climbing songs and parodies; he compiled Songs of the Mountaineers (1922), a collection of climbers' songs, and in 1959 printed a volume of his own songs, and with his wife completed the Munros after the Second World War. He was president of the club from 1944 and an honorary member from 1955. [1]

References

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

British Army officer best known as leader of the successful 1953 British expedition to Mount Everest. [1]

References

[1] Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hunt,_Baron_Hunt

John Llewellyn was elected a member of the Rucksack Club in 1958 and was President of the club in the mid-1980s. In 1990 he finished first in his class in the 32-mile Isle of Man fell race while being its oldest competitor. [1] [2] [3]

References

[1] Rucksack Club Journal 1959 /library/7643/rucksack-club-journal-1959

[2] Rucksack Club Journal 1984-1985 /library/7726/rucksack-club-journal-1984-1985

[3] Rucksack Club Journal 1991 /library/7639/rucksack-club-journal-1991

Glasgow chartered accountant who ran the family firm of Aikman and Glen, and joined the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1928. He was Assistant Secretary from 1931 and Hon. Secretary from 1935 to 1946, and organised the Club's 1938 Jubilee Dinner in Glasgow. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 194 - Vol 38 - 2003 /library/7100/smcj-number-194---vol-38---2003

Son of Sir Jack Longland, elected to the Climbers' Club in 1954 and a member of the 1957 Pumasillo expedition. He held several club offices between 1963 and 1984, including vice-president (1982–84). [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Climbers' Club Journal 1991 /library/7366/climbers-club-1991-journal

Caver who in 1957 suggested the derelict building that became the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club's Lowstern hut, and was its warden; vice-president 1959–61 and a member for seventy years. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 2020, 14(3) /library/10978/yrcj-2020;-14(3)

Britain's first professional mountain guide. MacKenzie was from a Skye crofting family who started guiding through helping tourists reach increasingly inaccessible spots on the island. He is credited with first climbing several key sections of the Cuillin Ridge and other major features of the Cuillin, often with John Norman Collie.

References

[1] Appearance on Desert Isalnd Discs, 16 February 1959 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009y7x7