Climbers

References

[1] Interview with Franco Cookson, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIN6MQL0Iys

References

[1] https://fanatic-climbing.com/nolwen-berthier-une-voie-pour-la-nature-nolwen-berthier-a-route-for-nature/

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2016/06/pete_bridgwood_solos_600_routes_in_a_day-70537

References

[1] https://climbingzine.com/prince-p-memory-phil-schaal-cyrena-lee/

[2] https://www.theprojectmagazine.com/photoessays/2017/2/8/phil-schaal-a-retrospective

Pierre Allain was one of the early pioneers of bouldering in Fontainebleau and a prolific mountaineer, establishing many hard ascents in the Alps. He is also known as the creator of some of the earliest shoes designed specifically for rock climbing, "PAs".

Allain climbed the Eiffel Tower in Paris in 1947 with fellow climbers René Ferlet, Guy Poulet and Jacques Poincenot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfOb12p8eIY

References

[1] https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/1781106875288813

[2] https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/4623854227680716/

[3] https://ukbouldering.com/threads/re-quality-chuffing-articles.32131/page-15#post-542953

References

[1] https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/interviews/pietro-dal-pra-the-mountain-from-all-perspectives.html

Ray Jardine is an American rock climber. He is well known for inventing Cams which ushered in a revolution in trad climbing, making climbs that were previously unprotectable possible.

Ray put his new invention to excellent use, establishing routes such as The Phoenix in 1977, then one of the hardest trad routes in the world.

More controversially he was also involved in chipping on El Capitan, in particular in an early attempt to free climb The Nose he chipped holds on what is now known as The Jardine Traverse as well as purposefully using pegs to enlarge peg scars and make free climbing those pitches easier.

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/C0V_Im8tneX/

Ken Wilson writing in Mountain Magazine:

Of all the great alpine climbers of that exciting decade prior to the Second World War, Riccardo Cassin stands out as the most distinguished. His three outstanding North Face climbs on the Grandes Jorasses, the Cima Ovest and the Piz Badile marked him out as an alpinist of the highest calibre. They formed the corner-stone of the career of one of the greatest climbers of our time. [3]

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/CSR0WreDWZ9/

[2] Obituary by Ed Douglas for The Guardin, 2009 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/aug/13/obituary-riccardo-cassin

[3] Mountain 22 (1972), page 32 /library/9626/mountain-22

[4] https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/alpinism/goodbye-riccardo-cassin.html