Climbers from United Kingdom

John O'Keefe was born in Salford and joined the YMCA Climbing Club in 1951 before joining the Rucksack Club. He completed the Munros and tops between 1960 and 1997 and led the club's Marsden-Edale walk from 1978 to 1995. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 2016 /library/7714/rucksack-club-journal-2016

Joined the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club in 1948, was its president 1978–80 and climbed his first Alpine peak, Mont Blanc de Cheilon, at 64. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 2008, 13(6) /library/10962/yrcj-2008;-13(6)

Alpinist, writer and industrial safety consultant. Born in the USA and moved to Leeds in the early 1970s. He was part of a group of climbers notably Alex MacIntyre and Wojciech Kurtyka committed to Alpine-style ascents in the greater ranges such as the south face of Changabang in 1980. He survived this, going on to co-found the Kendal mountain festival with Jim Curran and Brian Hall and serving as vice president of the BMC and president of the Alpine Club. He is patron of Mountain Heritage Trust.

References

[1] https://rmbooks.com/collections/john-porter

[2] https://www.mountain-heritage.org/blog/new-patron-appointed/

[3] https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12197902900/Bandaka-and-Changabang

John Rennie of Wellcroft, Helensburgh, an early member of the Scottish Mountaineering Club, was a Vice-President from 1898 to 1901 and President from 1904 to 1907. His obituary remembers him for his knowledge of nature and for singing the Club Song at the Annual Dinner. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 124 - Vol 21 - Nov 1937 /library/7030/smcj-number-124---vol-21---nov-1937

[2] SMCJ Number 25 to 30 - Vol 5 - 1898-1899 /library/6982/smcj-number-25-to-30---vol-5---1898-1899

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

[4] SMCJ Number 43 to 48 - Vol 8 - 1904-1905 /library/6993/smcj-number-43-to-48---vol-8---1904-1905

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

SMC President 2012-2014. [1] [2] [1] [3]

References

[1] Officers lists in SMCJ Number 204 – Vol 42 - 2013 /library/7110/smcj-number-204-–-vol-42---2013

[2] SMCJ Number 205 – Vol 43 - 2014 /library/7111/smcj-number-205-–-vol-43---2014

[3] SMCJ Number 206 – Vol 43 - 2015 /library/7112/smcj-number-206-–-vol-43---2015

John Richardson was a long-distance walker and fell runner in the Rucksack Club; with Mike Cudahy he finished fourth in the elite section of the Karrimor Mountain Marathon in 1976, and in 1981 they were the first veteran pair to finish the Karrimor Mountain Trial. His time for the 120-mile Tan Hill to Cat and Fiddle walk was beaten in 1979, and he made the trophy that Ted Dance proposed for the first veterans' team in the High Peak Marathon. [1] [2] [3] [4]

References

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

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

[3] Rucksack Club Journal 1983 /library/7733/rucksack-club-journal-1983

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

John Rooke Corbett was a founder member of the Rucksack Club, a Cambridge wrangler and a government land valuer. He was the first Englishman to climb all the Munros, and his list of Scottish hills between 2,500 and 3,000 feet became known as the Corbetts. He served many times on the club committee, was a vice-president and an honorary member, and died on 13 August 1949. [1] [2]

References

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

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

Educated at Merchiston Castle School, he went into the family carpet-manufacturing business and was chairman of the Paisley Trustee Savings Bank in 1931-32. He joined the SMC in 1919, was Vice-President from 1939 to 1946 and President from 1950 to 1952, was elected Honorary President in 1959, and for many years sang the Club song at the annual dinner. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 157 - Vol 28 - May 1966 /library/7063/smcj-number-157---vol-28---may-1966

John Allen joined the Rucksack Club in 1961, was a hut warden from 1964 to 1969 and was president of the club in 1976-77. In 1974 he led an expedition to the Chamba Himal in northern India, and he completed the Munros in 1991. [1] [2]

References

[1] Rucksack Club https://rucksackclub.org/2020/06/28/on-the-hill-with-john-allen/

[2] Obituary of Ted Courtenay in Rucksack Club Journal 2001 /library/7693/rucksack-club-journal-2001

Scottish philosopher, poet and historian, elected to the Logic Chair at Glasgow in 1864. He was elected a Vice-President of the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1889 and was its President from 1892 until his death in September 1894. [1] [2] [3]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 13 to 18 - Vol 3 - 1894-1895 /library/6979/smcj-number-13-to-18---vol-3---1894-1895

[2] Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Veitch_(poet)

[3] SMCJ Number 1 to 6 - Vol 1 - 1890-1891 /library/6977/smcj-number-1-to-6---vol-1---1890-1891

John Christopher Whalley, a caver elected to the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club in 1973, was its president 2014–16 and went on the club's 2005 Guangxi caving expedition in China. [1] [2] [3]

References

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

[2] YRC Journal 2015, 13(19) /library/10973/yrcj-2015;-13(19)

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

John Wilding was an original member of the Rucksack Club who walked and climbed in Britain, the Alps, Norway and the Pyrenees. He served as an infantryman in the First World War. He was the club's outdoor organiser, became journal editor in 1922, took over as treasurer in 1928 and was president in 1952, the club's jubilee year. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 1960 /library/7634/rucksack-club-journal-1960

Jack Williamson potholed with Roberts, Hilton and Booth before moving to Galloway; a vice-president of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 1979, 11(38) /library/10960/yrcj-1979;-11(38)

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/ukc/jonathon_woods_killed_at_pembroke-451486