Climbers

One of the driving forces behind the news site planetmountain.com.

References

[1] https://www.memoryofnations.eu/en/prochazka-vladimir-1948

Volker Schöffl is a German climber and medical doctor. He is one of the leading experts in treating climbing related injuries.

References

[1] https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/climbing-has-a-red-s-problem-eugen-burtscher-volker-schoffl-resign-ifsc-medical-commission.html

References

[1] https://mojagear.com/climber-spotlight-walker-emerson/

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/CTypbeYjD4X/

Editor of Climber and Rambler magazine, founder of Cicerone Press with Brian Evans.

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/rock_talk/walt_unsworth-665570

[2] https://www.cicerone.co.uk/about-cicerone

[3] https://www.cicerone.co.uk/remembering-walt-unsworth

References

[1] Herstory 3: Wanda Rutkiewicz and the battle for women's climbing by Anna Fleming, Feb 2023 https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/herstory_3_wanda_rutkiewicz_and_the_battle_for_womens_climbing-15002

References

[1] https://open.spotify.com/episode/4yB6NQhRX8b8FrzYwFuDA3?si=b81069eab55c4539

Yosemite climber, engineer, and doyen of the search and rescue team from the 1970s to 2000s. Reputed to have climbed Astroman (E5) over 100 times.

References

[1] https://alpinist.com/features/fifty-years-in-yosemite-the-soft-spoken-legacy-of-werner-braun-mr-astroman/

Contemporary of Joe Brown and fellow member of the Manchester Valkyrie Climbing Club.

Will Gadd is a Canadian climber famous for his ice and mixed climbing.

William Peascod died while climbing Great Slab on Clogwyn Du'r Arddu with Don Whillans.

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOBJ2bnCgEs

[2] Obituary by Tony Greenbank in Mountain Issue 104, page 13 /library/11125/mountain-104

[3] https://footlesscrow.blogspot.com/2011/02/lakeland-pioneer-bill-peascod.html

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_Biggest_Liar