Climbers from United Kingdom

Known as Bob, an accountant from Renfrew who worked for the National Trust for Scotland in the 1950s and 1960s, he climbed the Matterhorn by the Hörnli Ridge and later lived in Aviemore, skiing until about 85. He joined the SMC in 1961 and was Hon. Treasurer from 1979 to 1989. [1]

References

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

Actuary and manager of the Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Company who joined the SMC in 1911 and climbed in the Alps most seasons from 1925 to 1955, often with his wife Mabel, daughter of Dr Inglis Clark. He was SMC Vice-President from 1934 to 1936 and President from 1938 to 1945, joined the Alpine Club in 1928 and was Vice-President of the Scottish Ski Club from 1950. [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 148 - Vol 26 - May 1957 /library/7054/smcj-number-148---vol-26---may-1957

[2] Death notice in SMCJ Number 147 - Vol 26 - May 1956 /library/7053/smcj-number-147---vol-26---may-1956

Robert Elton was a founder member of the Junior Mountaineering Club of Scotland in 1925 and joined the SMC in 1926; with the Speirs brothers he made the first ascent of Speirs' Variation on the Crowberry Ridge. A chartered accountant and later a director of a paper-making company, he served the SMC as auditor, custodian of slides and Vice-President, and was President from 1978 until his death in 1980. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 172 - Vol 32 - 1981 /library/7078/smcj-number-172---vol-32---1981

Glasgow bookseller with John Smith & Son who ran Wylie's bookshop in Sauchiehall Street, and a liaison officer with the 2nd Polish Corps in the Second World War. He joined the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1946, was Hon. Secretary for about ten years until 1959 and then a Vice-President from 1959 to 1961, and later represented the Club to the National Trust for Scotland. [1] [2] [3]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 190 - Vol 37 - 1999 /library/7096/smcj-number-190---vol-37---1999

[2] Officers list in SMCJ Number 151 - Vol 27 - May 1960 /library/7057/smcj-number-151---vol-27---may-1960

[3] Officers list in SMCJ Number 152 - Vol 27 - May 1961 /library/7058/smcj-number-152---vol-27---may-1961

Known as Bob Richardson. He was Convener of the SMC Huts Sub-Committee 1976-1980, Custodian of the C.I.C. Hut from 1980, Vice-President 1986-1988 and President 1996-1998 (succeeding Robin Campbell at the 1996 AGM), and later an Honorary Vice-President. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [6]

References

[1] Officers lists in SMCJ Number 168 - Vol 31 - 1977 /library/7074/smcj-number-168---vol-31---1977

[2] SMCJ Number 172 - Vol 32 - 1981 /library/7078/smcj-number-172---vol-32---1981

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

[4] SMCJ Number 179 - Vol 34 - 1988 /library/7085/smcj-number-179---vol-34---1988

[5] SMCJ Number 184 - Vol 35 - 1993 /library/7090/smcj-number-184---vol-35---1993

[6] SMCJ Number 188 - Vol 36 - 1997 /library/7094/smcj-number-188---vol-36---1997

[7] SMCJ Number 189 - Vol 36 - 1998 /library/7095/smcj-number-189---vol-36---1998

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

Alpine climber who climbed for thirty seasons with the guide Josef Pollinger. He was honorary treasurer of the Alpine Club and treasurer of the 1953 Everest expedition, and a Climbers' Club committee member (1908–11) and vice-president (1945–48). [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Climbers' Club Journal 1959 /library/7343/climbers-club-1959-journal

Rob Ferguson was one of three Rucksack Club members in the six-man party that crossed the Greenland ice cap by manhauling sledges in 1982. In 1987 he took part in an expedition that climbed Gunnbjornsfjeld, the highest peak within the Arctic Circle, by a new route. [1] [2]

References

[1] Rucksack Club Journal 1982 /library/7706/rucksack-club-journal-1982

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

References

[1] https://www.cicerone.co.uk/authors/robin-walker

Son of Anglesey parents who settled in Liverpool, and a pioneer of Welsh climbing in the 1880s who moved the resolution 'That a Climbing Club should be formed' in December 1897; on the first committee and vice-president 1930–34. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Climbers' Club Journal 1942 /library/7373/climbers-club-1942-journal

References

[1] Obituary by Paul Braithwaite in Mountain Issue 104, page 17

Roger Booth joined the Rucksack Club's London Section in the early 1960s. He was warden of the club's Craigallan hut at Ballachulish from its purchase in 1993. [1] [2] [3]

References

[1] Rucksack Club Journal 1962 /library/7712/rucksack-club-journal-1962

[2] Rucksack Club Journal 1995-1996 /library/7680/rucksack-club-journal-1995-1996

[3] Rucksack Club Journal 1997 /library/7713/rucksack-club-journal-1997

References

[1] https://www.boardmantasker.com/news/2024/4/17/steve-dean-bt-secretary-remembers-his-friend-roger-hubank

References

[1] Obituary in The Guardian, November 2011 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/nov/15/roger-redfern-obituary

References

[1] https://substack.com/@newredronald

Climber, mountain guide, outdoors educationalist, guidebook author and mountain rescue team leader.

James helped set up the Ogwen Cottage Mountaineering School outdoors pursuits centre and was a founder member of the Ogwen Valley mountain rescue team. He wrote an early example of a selected rock climbs guide, to his local North Wales.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_James_(mountaineer)

[2] https://www.climber.co.uk/people/ron-james-mbe-1933-2023/

[3] https://www.climbing.com/culture-climbing/a-climber-we-lost-ron-james/

[4] https://ogwen-rescue.org.uk/about-us/tributes/