Climbers from United Kingdom

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/rock_talk/sutty-720442

Keith Towell joined the Rucksack Club in 1973 as one of Keith Treacher's protégés. He led the club's canoeing meet on the Anglesey coast in 1987, and was the club's 53rd President. [1] [2]

References

[1] Rucksack Club Journal 1988 /library/7686/rucksack-club-journal-1988

[2] Rucksack Club Journal 2016 /library/7714/rucksack-club-journal-2016

Keith Treacher was a Unitarian minister and later warden of the Waterside Centre in Newbury who joined the Rucksack Club in 1959. He was elected vice-president in 1986, became one of the club's first archivists in 1988 and chaired the London Section from 1989. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 2012 /library/7696/rucksack-club-journal-2012

Kenneth Aldred, a chartered mechanical engineer and lecturer, walked the Alps end to end on retiring and wrote on Bill Tilman's flower for the Alpine Journal; he was huts secretary, vice-president and president (2004–06) 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)

Ken Davidson joined the Rucksack Club in 1946 after RAF service in Burma, and was a strong climber who made a long solo round of North Wales crags in one day. He was an expert photographer, and many of his photographs were used in the Manchester Guardian, where he worked for many years. He died in March 1995. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 1995-1996 /library/7680/rucksack-club-journal-1995-1996

Sir Kenneth Berrill, economist and later Chief Economic Adviser to the Treasury, reached the summit plateau of Abi Gamin in 1950; for the Climbers' Club he was meets secretary, assistant secretary, secretary and treasurer, and an honorary member from 1969. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Climbers' Club Journal 2008-10 /library/7442/climbers-club-2008-10-journal

British Army officer, Survey of India surveyor and geographer, later the first professor of geography at Oxford. With Geoffrey Corbett he co-founded the Himalayan Club in 1928, and he edited its Himalayan Journal until 1940. [1]

References

[1] Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Mason_(geographer)

Known as Ken Crocket. He was SMC Vice-President 1983-1985, Honorary Editor of the SMC Journal 1986-2000, President 2000-2002 and later the club's webmaster. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

References

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

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

[3] SMCJ Number 178 - Vol 33 - 1987 /library/7084/smcj-number-178---vol-33---1987

[4] SMCJ Number 191 - Vol 37 - 2000 /library/7097/smcj-number-191---vol-37---2000

[5] SMCJ Number 192 - Vol 37 - 2001 /library/7098/smcj-number-192---vol-37---2001

[6] SMCJ Number 193 - Vol 38 - 2002 /library/7099/smcj-number-193---vol-38---2002

[7] SMCJ Number 199 – Vol 40- 2008 /library/7105/smcj-number-199-–-vol-40--2008

Leicestershire climber and guidebook author, founder of Cordee.

Iain McKenzie:

A number of people have contacted me at the wall asking if the rumours were true. It is with great regret that I must report they are true, Ken Vickers died on Tuesday.

I personally only knew Ken through my contact with the Midlands BMC and I had the upmost respect and admiration for the man. He was somewhat of an inspiration and flew the flag for Climbing in Leicestershire and further a field for many years with most of his activity taking place in the 1960’s.

It was Ken’s pressure at a BMC meeting some 18 months ago that lead to me staring to look into the prospect of producing a Leicestershire Guide Book and from the meeting with some 30+ people on Monday night, I can only say he was right, there is interest in a new guide book.

I am sure we will have many opportunities in the coming days, months and years to remember Ken, if on the end of a rope cleaning one of his routes or stood trembling on one of his classics like Sailaway in the Brand or Virago at Craig Buddon, remembering him for all that he meant to us, a community of climbers in Leicestershire.

It cannot be overstated or captured in words alone. But for the moment, the finest tribute we can give is to continue to do the work he loved so much and inspired us to do in the writing of the Leicestershire Guide Book and dedicate the book to Ken to make sure his enthusiasm and dedication to local climbing is remembered and not forgotten.

Richard Robinson, director of Cordee said, "It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Ken Vickers earlier this week."

"Ken was an active Leicestershire climber and was a member of several local and national guidebook committees."

"It was Ken’s involvement with climbing guidebook production which is perhaps his most enduring legacy and he should be remembered as one of the main reasons why climbing guidebooks are available today."

"He also lives on through Cordee – the Leicester based book distributor which he founded over 30 years ago. We knew Ken locally through the Bowline Climbing Club and he was helping with a forthcoming new edition of his guidebook Leicestershire Climbs in conjunction with the BMC."

"Ken leaves a family he can be proud of and our thoughts are with them, in particular June and his two sons James and Simon."

Ken was the guiding light for the early Leicestershire Climbing Activists and leaves a legacy which will continues to inspire. [1]

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/rock_talk/ken_vickers-244169

The Rev. L. S. Calvert, headmaster of Batley Grammar School for thirty years, spent every season from 1883 to 1897 at Saas Grund, where he was known as 'the King of Saas', and was elected to the Alpine Club in 1895. He was president of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club when he died suddenly in 1909. [1]

References

[1] Obituary and club proceedings in YRC Journal 1909, 3(9) /library/11021/yrcj-1909;-3(9)

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/in_focus/lena_drapella-16833

Brother of Lewis Moore, with whom he joined the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club in 1892; the last surviving founder member. His obituary says he held no club office, but the 1925 and 1926 officers lists name him a vice-president. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 1957, 8(28) /library/11033/yrcj-1957;-8(28)

[2] YRC Journal 1927, 5(17) /library/10995/yrcj-1927;-5(17)