Climbers from United Kingdom

Albert Hargreaves:

As a man he was a delightful companion on the hills, full of fun and interest in the things about him. He was kindliness itself and also most unassuming about his climbing, yet never carrying his modesty so far as to appear to be fishing for adulation. To those who did not know him well he may have appeared dull, but this was not so—he was a simple soul, not much interested in the complicated ways of modern life, finding his escape and true expression in his mountaineering. [3]

References

[1] https://footlesscrow.blogspot.com/2011/05/colin-kirkus-gemini-rising.html

[2] https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/ticklists/colin_kirkus_routes-3283

[3] In Memoriam, Albert Hargreaves and Jack Longland. Climbers' Club Journal 1943, page 168 https://ccjournals.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/1943%20Journal_web.pdf

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2015/07/dan_dark_horse_mcmanus-69822

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF6Ekdr59E4

One of the original Sheffield dole climbers of the 1980s, Pretty was there or thereabouts for much of the 1980s and 1990s and still (2026) climbs enthusiastically. His ascent of Make it Funky (8c) whilst not unusually prolonged by modern standards was an early example of multi-year siege.

Features in Fuk the System.

The first British woman to climb E7.

References

[1] Queens of the Stone by Lucy Ellis, 2003. On The Edge 126, page 46

[2] https://open.spotify.com/episode/6gO9VEuFebKaY2y9E6fUoL?

References

[1] https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/948094701923372

[2] Episode 1 - Chris Bonington | The Kapadia Interviews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc4b2sThIeA

[3] Everest - The Hard Way (1975) /library/7188/everest---the-hard-way

[4] https://archive.org/details/bonington

[5] Bonington Mountaineer (2026) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXRyk5xX6aE

[6] https://himalayan-database.climbing-history.org/climber/Christian%20John%20Storey%20(Chris)/Bonington/1934