Climbers from United Kingdom

Arton Wesley Owen "Taffy" Davies was a farmer and later a park ranger at Lyme who joined the Rucksack Club in 1944, his father having been a member before him. He died in 1991 while Scottish dancing in Wilmslow. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 1991 /library/7639/rucksack-club-journal-1991

Glasgow-born chartered accountant and company director who, with two colleagues, set up Glengarnock Garments Ltd, and a climber and hill walker for over fifty years. He joined the Glasgow JMCS in 1959 and the SMC in 1977, was Honorary Treasurer 1989-1997 and President 1998-2000, then chaired the Scottish Mountaineering Trust. [1] [2] [3]

References

[1] Obituary in SMCJ Number 201 - Vol 41 - 2010 /library/7107/smcj-number-201---vol-41---2010

[2] Officers lists in SMCJ Number 190 - Vol 37 - 1999 /library/7096/smcj-number-190---vol-37---1999

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

Ted Courtenay joined the Rucksack Club in 1951, having started mountaineering through the YMCA Rambling Club. He was chief engineer at Manchester University for many years. He was on the 1955 Rolwaling Himalaya expedition, which made numerous first ascents, made the first continuous 120-mile walk from Tan Hill to the Cat and Fiddle, and crossed the Greenland ice cap on Nansen's route in his presidential year. [1]

References

[1] Obituary and committee report in Rucksack Club Journal 2001 /library/7693/rucksack-club-journal-2001

Ted Dance was born in Bangalore and moved to Manchester aged nine; he worked for ICI and joined the Rucksack Club in 1951, becoming one of its leading long-distance walkers and later its President. He was on Joe Walmsley's 1957 Masherbrum expedition, won the Lake District Mountain Trial in 1959, won the first two Karrimor two-day Mountain Marathons with Bob Astles, and was a founder and first chairman of the Manchester and District Orienteering Club. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in Rucksack Club Journal 2013 /library/7646/rucksack-club-journal-2013

Ted Moss was a textile research chemist and later a lecturer in medical statistics. He joined the Rucksack Club in about 1930 and by 1951 had climbed all the 2,500 ft and 2,000 ft hills of England and Wales and all the county tops; the obituarist believed he was the first to do so. He was the club's outdoor organiser for ten years, compiled its New Climbs section for seven years, and was elected president in 1958. [1]

References

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

Part of the party of six who were first to climb the highest peaks in Scotland, England and Wales in under 24 hours.

George Band:

Another time, in 1953, a party o f six squeezed into Ted's spacious Jaguar. From Helyg they drove to Fort William, climbed Ben Nevis, back to the Lakes, climbed Scafell, enjoyed dinner in Lancaster, then on to Pen y Pass and up Snowdon comfortably within 24 hours from departing Ben Nevis, the first party to achieve this. [1]

References

[1] Alpine Journal - In Memoriam (2009) /library/3524/alpine-journal-2009-359-394-in-memoriam

York ophthalmic surgeon, traveller and mountaineer who photographed and lectured on volcanoes and sat on the Royal Society commission on the 1902 eruptions in the West Indies; a vice-president of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club. He died on board ship on his way home: in the Suez Canal on 28 August 1913 according to the club journal, on the Red Sea on 26 August according to Wikipedia. [1] [2] [3]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 1913, 4(13) /library/11023/yrcj-1913;-4(13)

[2] Officers in YRC Journal 1901, 1(3) /library/10961/yrcj-1901;-1(3)

[3] Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_Anderson

References

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/oct/22/terry-lee-obituary

British Southern Sandstone enthusiast and promoter. Cafe owner 'Terry's Festerhaunt'. For many year voluntary guardian of Harrison's Rocks becoming official warden after it was acquired by the British Mountaineering Council.

References

[1] https://www.thebmc.co.uk/en/southern-sandstone-climbing-the-life-and-work-of-terry-tullis

Edinburgh stockbroker, for many years senior partner of the firm founded by his father, and an original member of the JMCS in 1926. He joined the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1927, was Slide Custodian in 1929 and 1930, Meets Secretary for many years, and a Vice-President from 1955 to 1957. [1]

References

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

Tom Gray, one of the first climbers on Almscliff and the second Englishman on the floor of Gaping Gill, edited the first Yorkshire Ramblers' Club Journal in 1899 and was the club's president in 1930–31. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 1952, 7(26) /library/11029/yrcj-1952;-7(26)

Timber merchant and woodturner, known in the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club as John Godley, who caved in Northern Ireland in 1938–39 including the discovery of Reyfad; he was the club's president in 1958–60 and a member for almost seventy years. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 2007, 13(4) /library/10998/yrcj-2007;-13(4)

Sir Thomas Kirke Rose, chemist and metallurgist, assayer of the Royal Mint, was an original member and the first treasurer of the Climbers' Club, later vice-president (1920–23) and president (1928–30). [1] [2]

References

[1] Obituary in Climbers' Club Journal 1954 /library/7370/climbers-club-1954-journal

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

Tom Booth made the first ascent of the direct Central Gully on Great Gable in 1896, was in the first English descent of Gaping Gill and led later explorations there; he was president of the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club in 1929–30. [1]

References

[1] Obituary in YRC Journal 1947, 7(24) /library/11047/yrcj-1947;-7(24)

References

[1] https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,34059.0/topicseen.html

[2] https://www.facebook.com/groups/1566324270279682/permalink/3823669777878442/

Caver, climber and RAF helicopter rescue pilot, a member of the Snowdonia Mountain Rescue Team and the Climbers' Club, who joined the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club as a junior member in 1965; president 1996–98, secretary 2012–19 and then meets secretary. [1] [2]

References

[1] YRC Journal 2024, 14(7) /library/11035/yrcj-2024;-14(7)

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