Climbers

References

[1] AMA on reddit.com/r/climbing, March 2015 https://www.reddit.com/r/climbing/comments/2yojih/emily_harringtons_ama/

Eric has been described by John Sherman as

Just one tendon, one hundred twenty-three pounds fully clothed and five-foot-ten inches tall who was ahead of his time with the grunge homeless look.

Eric established most of the hard and tall boulders in Moore’s Wall NC and many hard highball boulders and top-rope problems at Devil's Lake WI. He continues to climb hard, even after suffering a heart attack he recently repeated Tiny (V11) at Moon Rock in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT at 65 yrs of age.

When not climbing rocks he is an artist, or is that vice versa?

References

[1] https://www.climbing.com/news/eric-zschiesche/

[2] https://www.ericzschiesche.com

[3] http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/520439/Eric-Zschiesche-Appreciation-Thread

References

[1] https://gripped.com/profiles/interview-after-bombe-bleu-5-15b-erwan-legrand-shows-us-how-to-climb-barefoot/

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/behind_the_scenes_esther_foster-16737

the first 70s free climber--in the mid-60s (Roger Breedlove)

Strong and fast climber responsible for first ascents or first free ascent of many short and mid-length Yosemite classics 1960-1965. His focus almost entirely on free climbing was unusual for the time. Sacherer mainly climbed at weekends as he was studying full-time for a PhD in particle physics at the University of California, Berkeley and most of his significant ascents were routes achievable in one day. Jim Bridwell reported Sacherer discussed the possibility of climbing The Nose of El Capitan in a day and he made early attempts at freeing the Stoveleg Cracks on this route.

He migrated to Switzerland and worked at CERN in Geneva from 1970 to 1978.

References

[1] http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/268647/Frank-Sacherer-1940-1978

[2] https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MOOd3ocAAAAJ&hl=en

[3] http://www.edhartouni.net/nose-in-a-day.html

Mancunian rock climber predominantly active in the 1920s and 1930s. Despite a shrapnel injury to his hand doing the first world war which nearly resulted in amputation he became a strong and forceful first ascentionist most notably on Peak District Gritstone and Cloggy. He went on to establish the (Mountain) First Aid Committee which became the Mountain Rescue Committee and was awarded an OBE in 1964 for his services to mountain rescue in the UK.

On the subject of washing up (no less):

Patience, practice and courage will in time bring their own reward. Not all of us can hope to storm the virgin peak, or be the first to mark the untrodden snow, but even we simpler folk can feel the thrill o f work well done, i t is for us to point with pride to the spotless silver and stainless steel and say with Cornelia, "These are my jewels"! [1]

References

[1] https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1980_files/AJ%201980%20259-269%20In%20Memoriam.pdf

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Pigott

References

[1] Interview with Xa White for UKClimbing.com, October 2023 https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/freja_shannon_talks_risk_craic_and_brit_rock-15391

[2] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/my_favourite_route_-_fall_of_wossils_e5_6b_at_the_burren_ailladie-16071