Climbers from United Kingdom

Noel Kirkman was a Manchester surgeon who joined the Rucksack Club in 1944 from the Manchester University Mountaineering Club. He served the Mountain Rescue Committee as equipment officer, chairman and president, and was a vice-president of the Rucksack Club. [1]

References

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

Oscar Eckenstein was an English rock climber, mountaineer and bouldering pioneer. Inventor of the modern crampon, and the short-shafted ice axe. Leader of the first serious expedition to attempt K2.

References

[1] The Eckenstein Boulder which Eckenstein is said to have described as embodying 'all the fundamental problems that are such a joy to mountaineers'

[2] https://open.spotify.com/episode/351IFQ6dWHAvGjYlhk2JfL

[3] https://www.instagram.com/p/DYM68ZlEej5/?img_index=2

[4] https://www.alexroddie.com/2012/12/oscar-eckenstein-first-true-innovator/

Annie 'Paddy' Hirst (née Wells), the eldest of the three Wells sisters and an original member of the Pinnacle Club, took on its secretaryship after Pat Kelly's death in 1922 and became its second president. She and her husband John Hirst were the first married couple to complete the Munros, and she was the first woman to do so. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in Pinnacle Club Journal No. 17, 1977-1980 /library/9591/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-17-1977-1980

[2] Pinnacle Club Journal No. 16, 1974-1976 /library/9606/the-pinnacle-club-journal-no.-16-1974-1976

Stakhanovite new-router and chronicler of Pembroke sea cliffs.

SMC President 2006-2008 and afterwards chairman of the Scottish Mountaineering Trust as immediate past President. [1] [2] [3] [4]

References

[1] Officers lists in SMCJ Number 198 - Vol 39 - 2007 /library/7104/smcj-number-198---vol-39---2007

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

[3] SMCJ Number 200 – Vol 40 - 2009 /library/7106/smcj-number-200-–-vol-40---2009

[4] SMCJ Number 201 - Vol 41 - 2010 /library/7107/smcj-number-201---vol-41---2010

Civil engineer educated at Eton and Cambridge who died alone on Beinn Eunaich. He joined the SMC in 1905 and the Alpine Club in 1904, served in the Navy as a Lieutenant-Commander in command of an auxiliary patrol vessel, was elected SMC Vice-President in 1933 and succeeded to the Presidency in 1936. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 142 - Vol 24 - Apr 1951 /library/7048/smcj-number-142---vol-24---apr-1951

Former racing cyclist and an expert camper and cook at the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club's Gaping Gill meets, skilled on rope ladders in 1904–08; a vice-president of the club. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 1949, 7(25) /library/10967/yrcj-1949;-7(25)

Percy Weightman died in an accident on Tryfan on Easter 1901. While descending he slipped and fell over a cliff. A memorial cross was carved into the rock where his body was found.

Peregrine Watson was a solicitor who practised in Bury for over half a century. Between 1870 and 1880 he visited the Alps every year, and he made the first traverse of the Täschhorn from Saas to Zermatt in 1876. He was an original vice-president of the Rucksack Club and gave the club library his volumes of the Alpine Journal. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 1919 /library/7632/rucksack-club-journal-1919

UK Peak District activist of the 1980s and guidebook writer. His company, Podsacs, were early manufacturers of bouldering pads and produced high quality rucksacks.

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/gear/brands/podsacs/

Peter Benson was an industrial chemist from Eccles who climbed hard routes in North Wales in the 1950s and made the first ascent of Grey Arête on Glyder Fawr with Ron James. He joined the Rucksack Club in 1976, edited its journal and was a vice-president in 2000; his articles were collected in 'Rucksacks at Dawn!!'. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 2018 /library/7659/rucksack-club-journal-2018

Architect and lecturer at Cambridge; joined the Climbers' Club in 1927, served on its committee, as vice-president and as president in the early 1950s, and was made an honorary member in 1972. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Climbers' Club Journal 1995 /library/7315/climbers-club-1995-journal

Peter Boardman was known for his bold and lightweight ascents, particularly in the Himalayas.

He died while on the North East ridge of Everest in 1982.

Peter is also known for his contribution to the mountaineering literature. After his death the Boardman Tasker Prize was established.

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdq2Kh1jJ2Z/