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Guy Percival is a climber who has added many first ascents around the Bristol area in the UK. In particular he has been active at crags such as Avon Gorge and Cheddar Gorge as well as many other smaller venues.

Producer of the best climbing films of all time (with the possible exception of Ben Cossey on Groove Train).

French climber, mountain guide and former member of the Groupe de Haute Montagne. Droyer was a pioneer of free climbing in France, on a British Mountaineering Council international meet in North Wales in 1973 he witnessed the standards achieved using 'Anglo-Saxon' ethics rather than 'Tire clous' (pulling on gear, whether threads, pegs or bolts, to get up the route faster) and EB-style footwear rather than cleated boots more common on French crags at the time. He went on to make first ascents and first free ascents in the Saussois and Verdon in particular.

... a kind of French (Pete) Livesey [2]

References

[1] https://www.eb-escalade.com/chausson-escalade/histoire-eb/

[2] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/the_stone_children_-_cutting_edge_climbing_in_the_1970s-13297

References

[1] http://www.grimporama.com/francais/bleau/itw/bl_jpb-interview.htm

John Menlove Edwards was a pioneering British rock climber of the 1930s and 1940s, responsible for many influential first ascents in Snowdonia and widely regarded as one of the great writers in climbing literature.

With Colin Kirkus he was regarded as the finest rock climber active in North Wales in the 1930s. His first ascents on the cliffs of the north side of the Llanberis Pass, which had hitherto been regarded as too steep and loose for climbing, paved the way for the exploits of Joe Brown, Don Whillans and others in the 1950s. Consequently, the epicentre of Welsh climbing moved from Ogwen to Llanberis where it has remained ever since.

Menlove Edwards trained and worked in Liverpool as a psychiatrist. He was gay, at a time when homosexual sex was illegal in the UK, and a conscientious objector for most of World War Two. His mental health deteriorated in the latter part of his life and he took his own life in 1958.

References

[1] Perrin, J. (1993). Menlove: The Life of John Menlove Edwards. United Kingdom: Ernest Press.

[2] https://open.spotify.com/episode/36tUZibMMhAB4fmjz3X1pq?

[3] https://footlesscrow.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-black-rainbow-life-and-times-of.html

References

[1] Vimeo channel https://vimeo.com/user9534812

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/kevin_thaw-4327

Killian Fishhuber is an Austrian climber known for his success in bouldering world cups. He won the world cup five times, including in three consecutive years: 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011.

References

[1] https://archive.org/details/climbtalk-9-2-2011

Indefatigable reequipper and guardian of UK Peak District limestone climbing. Handy climber too.

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/the_nuts_and_bolts_of_the_peak_bolt_fund-10404

[2] https://www.facebook.com/thepeakboltfund/