Climbers

English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, novelist, mountaineer, and painter.

Crowley was a pioneer of adventurous climbing in Victorian Britain, establishing rock climbs (and early bouldering) in the Lake District and on the enormous chalk cliff of Beachy Head. He ascended Mexican volcanoes and made the first ever attempts on K2 (1902), Kanchenjunga (1905). Both expeditions ended acrimoniously.

Ronald Turnbull:

Some pretty unpleasant people have been great mountaineers […] In today’s celebrity circles, nastiness works for some as a career plan. But when it comes to pure, unadulterated evil, none can match the original monster of mountaineering, the Great Beast Aleister Crowley.

References

[1] https://aboutmountains.substack.com/p/aleister-crowley-magus-and-mountaineer

Bristol based climber whose early adoption of thorough top-rope practice helped him establish a number of hard routes in the Avon Gorge.

References

[1] Home board tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfTtwHYBbFQ