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	Country	Contributions	Between	Climbers	Crags	Summits	Climbs	Ascents
1	United Kingdom	53143	14th November 2023 – 2nd October 2026	1423	699	0	3072	4895
2	USA	24599	14th November 2023 – 2nd October 2026	795	181	2	848	2358
3	France	12150	14th November 2023 – 2nd October 2026	264	126	1	551	1032
4	Switzerland	9430	14th November 2023 – 29th September 2026	77	43	1	307	1105
5	Spain	8349	15th November 2023 – 26th September 2026	89	74	0	443	896
6	Italy	4632	16th November 2023 – 1st October 2026	118	59	0	184	358
7	South Africa	3656	16th November 2023 – 28th September 2026	12	35	0	128	394
8	Canada	3160	16th November 2023 – 2nd October 2026	63	21	3	108	270
9	Germany	3101	16th November 2023 – 25th September 2026	116	48	0	103	224
10	Austria	2544	16th November 2023 – 30th September 2026	70	26	0	105	224

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7501	2nd September 2026	21:59:21 UTC	remus	climber	Arnold M. Bennett	country_flag
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7502	2nd September 2026	21:59:21 UTC	remus	climber	Arnold M. Bennett	country_membership
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7503	2nd September 2026	21:59:21 UTC	remus	climber	Arnold M. Bennett	country_name
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7504	2nd September 2026	21:58:09 UTC	remus	ascent	William Smithard's ascent of High Tor Gully	Partner
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7505	2nd September 2026	21:57:56 UTC	remus	ascent	James W. Puttrell's ascent of High Tor Gully	Partner
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7506	2nd September 2026	21:57:14 UTC	remus	media	/file/c9bb4369-c48d-6735-40a3-06ea1826cd50/mistral_ocr_7446_p28_img_4.jpeg	src
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7507	2nd September 2026	21:57:14 UTC	remus	media	/file/c9bb4369-c48d-6735-40a3-06ea1826cd50/mistral_ocr_7446_p28_img_4.jpeg	url_optimised
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7509	2nd September 2026	21:57:14 UTC	remus	media	/file/c9bb4369-c48d-6735-40a3-06ea1826cd50/mistral_ocr_7446_p28_img_4.jpeg	url
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7510	2nd September 2026	21:57:14 UTC	remus	media	/file/c9bb4369-c48d-6735-40a3-06ea1826cd50/mistral_ocr_7446_p28_img_4.jpeg	missing_right_to_reproduce
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7511	2nd September 2026	21:56:30 UTC	remus	ascent	James W. Puttrell's ascent of High Tor Gully	ascent_dt_end
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7512	2nd September 2026	21:56:30 UTC	remus	ascent	James W. Puttrell's ascent of High Tor Gully	ascent_dt_start
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7513	2nd September 2026	21:56:23 UTC	remus	ascent	William Smithard's ascent of High Tor Gully	ascent_dt_end
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7514	2nd September 2026	21:56:23 UTC	remus	ascent	William Smithard's ascent of High Tor Gully	ascent_dt_start
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7515	2nd September 2026	21:55:08 UTC	remus	climber	Alexander Goodall	notes_pretty
Before `None` After <blockquote> <p>THE accident of Boxing Day, 1903, has deprived the Climbers' Club, not only of a promising recruit, but of a man of rare character. Alexander Goodall was one of those who insensibly and unobtrusively win the esteem and affection of all who have the privilege of associating with them. Young as he was, he had already left his impress on the community in which he lived, and the spontaneous tributes of regret and respect which came from the pulpits of St. John's and Crosthwaite churches may be taken as the expression of the feelings of Keswick.</p> <p>On the 26th December last Mr. Goodall made the ascent of Scawfell Pinnacle, by the Slingsby Chimney, in company with <a href="/climber/2605/fred-botterill" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mr. F. Botterill</a>, of Leeds. It may be remembered that at Whitsuntide, 1903, Mr. Botterill did two pioneer climbs, one of first class severity, on Scawfell, besides leading up Savage Gully.</p> <p>Having completed the climb, the two walked to the Scawfell Cairn to watch the sunset, and then returned, intending to descend by the easy Deep Ghyll.</p> <p>Deep Ghyll is a vast chasm which cuts deeply into the Scawfell Crags on the west side of the Pinnacle. It is broken by two well defined, imposing pitches, and at the top it bifurcates. The bed of the western branch is somewhat concave in shape. The east branch was full of snow lying at a steep angle. Some distance down there was a patch of bare scree.</p> <p>Mr. Goodall, who was evidently unused to snow and ice work, took the ice-axe and attempted to glissade down the steep snow-slope at the head of the gully. He appears to have lost his footing and come to a momentary halt in a sitting posture at the patch of scree. Here he lost his grasp of the axe, and, being unable to regain his footing, slid downwards and fell over the rocks into Lord's Rake, being killed instantly in his fall.</p> <p>Mr. Botterill was now in a terrible position. He had no axe, darkness was coming on apace, and his nerves must have been terribly shaken. He first endeavoured to find the exit of Lord's Rake, but, failing to do this, he returned to Deep Ghyll. He then kicked steps down to the scree patch, where he was fortunate enough to find the ice-axe which Mr. Goodall had driven deeply in. Then, with great caution, he succeeded in cutting his way down to Lord's Rake. The total descent occupied three hours. It was a fine feat of skill and coolness under trying circumstances.</p> <p>The folly of glissading in such places as Deep Ghyll, where a slip must involve the risk of disastrous consequences, cannot be too strongly condemned. To quote from a well-known authority on snowcraft:—'The delights of a glissade must not be indulged in without careful reference to two things—first, the condition of the slope; and next, the state of the ground below it. It is never safe to glissade down any slope where the progress cannot be very quickly arrested. Where cracks are seen on the surface, or where rocks jut up through the snow, a glissade is not safe, and on an icy slope is mere foolhardiness; for here the traveller can neither control his pace nor arrest his descent, . . . Glissading down a gully, however good the condition of the snow, is seldom prudent.'</p> <p>Mr. Dent in the Badminton Mountaineering.</p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] <em>Climbers' Club 1904 Vol.6 No.23</em> (1904) <a href="/library/7446/climbers-club-1904-vol.6-no.23-journal" rel="noopener noreferrer">/library/7446/climbers-club-1904-vol.6-no.23-journal</a></p>
7516	2nd September 2026	21:55:08 UTC	remus	climber	Alexander Goodall	notes
Before `None` After > THE accident of Boxing Day, 1903, has deprived the Climbers' Club, not only of a promising recruit, but of a man of rare character. Alexander Goodall was one of those who insensibly and unobtrusively win the esteem and affection of all who have the privilege of associating with them. Young as he was, he had already left his impress on the community in which he lived, and the spontaneous tributes of regret and respect which came from the pulpits of St. John's and Crosthwaite churches may be taken as the expression of the feelings of Keswick. > On the 26th December last Mr. Goodall made the ascent of Scawfell Pinnacle, by the Slingsby Chimney, in company with [Mr. F. Botterill](/climber/2605/fred-botterill), of Leeds. It may be remembered that at Whitsuntide, 1903, Mr. Botterill did two pioneer climbs, one of first class severity, on Scawfell, besides leading up Savage Gully. > Having completed the climb, the two walked to the Scawfell Cairn to watch the sunset, and then returned, intending to descend by the easy Deep Ghyll. > Deep Ghyll is a vast chasm which cuts deeply into the Scawfell Crags on the west side of the Pinnacle. It is broken by two well defined, imposing pitches, and at the top it bifurcates. The bed of the western branch is somewhat concave in shape. The east branch was full of snow lying at a steep angle. Some distance down there was a patch of bare scree. > Mr. Goodall, who was evidently unused to snow and ice work, took the ice-axe and attempted to glissade down the steep snow-slope at the head of the gully. He appears to have lost his footing and come to a momentary halt in a sitting posture at the patch of scree. Here he lost his grasp of the axe, and, being unable to regain his footing, slid downwards and fell over the rocks into Lord's Rake, being killed instantly in his fall. > Mr. Botterill was now in a terrible position. He had no axe, darkness was coming on apace, and his nerves must have been terribly shaken. He first endeavoured to find the exit of Lord's Rake, but, failing to do this, he returned to Deep Ghyll. He then kicked steps down to the scree patch, where he was fortunate enough to find the ice-axe which Mr. Goodall had driven deeply in. Then, with great caution, he succeeded in cutting his way down to Lord's Rake. The total descent occupied three hours. It was a fine feat of skill and coolness under trying circumstances. > The folly of glissading in such places as Deep Ghyll, where a slip must involve the risk of disastrous consequences, cannot be too strongly condemned. To quote from a well-known authority on snowcraft:—'The delights of a glissade must not be indulged in without careful reference to two things—first, the condition of the slope; and next, the state of the ground below it. It is never safe to glissade down any slope where the progress cannot be very quickly arrested. Where cracks are seen on the surface, or where rocks jut up through the snow, a glissade is not safe, and on an icy slope is mere foolhardiness; for here the traveller can neither control his pace nor arrest his descent, . . . Glissading down a gully, however good the condition of the snow, is seldom prudent.' > Mr. Dent in the Badminton Mountaineering. ### References [1] Climbers' Club 1904 Vol.6 No.23 (1904) [/library/7446/climbers-club-1904-vol.6-no.23-journal](/library/7446/climbers-club-1904-vol.6-no.23-journal) Diff --- before +++ after @@ -1 +1,19 @@ - +> THE accident of Boxing Day, 1903, has deprived the Climbers' Club, not only of a promising recruit, but of a man of rare character. Alexander Goodall was one of those who insensibly and unobtrusively win the esteem and affection of all who have the privilege of associating with them. Young as he was, he had already left his impress on the community in which he lived, and the spontaneous tributes of regret and respect which came from the pulpits of St. John's and Crosthwaite churches may be taken as the expression of the feelings of Keswick. + +> On the 26th December last Mr. Goodall made the ascent of Scawfell Pinnacle, by the Slingsby Chimney, in company with [Mr. F. Botterill](/climber/2605/fred-botterill), of Leeds. It may be remembered that at Whitsuntide, 1903, Mr. Botterill did two pioneer climbs, one of first class severity, on Scawfell, besides leading up Savage Gully. + +> Having completed the climb, the two walked to the Scawfell Cairn to watch the sunset, and then returned, intending to descend by the easy Deep Ghyll. + +> Deep Ghyll is a vast chasm which cuts deeply into the Scawfell Crags on the west side of the Pinnacle. It is broken by two well defined, imposing pitches, and at the top it bifurcates. The bed of the western branch is somewhat concave in shape. The east branch was full of snow lying at a steep angle. Some distance down there was a patch of bare scree. + +> Mr. Goodall, who was evidently unused to snow and ice work, took the ice-axe and attempted to glissade down the steep snow-slope at the head of the gully. He appears to have lost his footing and come to a momentary halt in a sitting posture at the patch of scree. Here he lost his grasp of the axe, and, being unable to regain his footing, slid downwards and fell over the rocks into Lord's Rake, being killed instantly in his fall. + +> Mr. Botterill was now in a terrible position. He had no axe, darkness was coming on apace, and his nerves must have been terribly shaken. He first endeavoured to find the exit of Lord's Rake, but, failing to do this, he returned to Deep Ghyll. He then kicked steps down to the scree patch, where he was fortunate enough to find the ice-axe which Mr. Goodall had driven deeply in. Then, with great caution, he succeeded in cutting his way down to Lord's Rake. The total descent occupied three hours. It was a fine feat of skill and coolness under trying circumstances. + +> The folly of glissading in such places as Deep Ghyll, where a slip must involve the risk of disastrous consequences, cannot be too strongly condemned. To quote from a well-known authority on snowcraft:—'The delights of a glissade must not be indulged in without careful reference to two things—first, the condition of the slope; and next, the state of the ground below it. It is never safe to glissade down any slope where the progress cannot be very quickly arrested. Where cracks are seen on the surface, or where rocks jut up through the snow, a glissade is not safe, and on an icy slope is mere foolhardiness; for here the traveller can neither control his pace nor arrest his descent, . . . Glissading down a gully, however good the condition of the snow, is seldom prudent.' + +> Mr. Dent in the Badminton Mountaineering. + +### References + +[1] Climbers' Club 1904 Vol.6 No.23 (1904) [/library/7446/climbers-club-1904-vol.6-no.23-journal](/library/7446/climbers-club-1904-vol.6-no.23-journal)
7517	2nd September 2026	21:51:25 UTC	remus	library item	Climbers' Club 1904 Vol.6 No.23 Journal	Features
Before `None` After `Alexander Goodall`
7518	2nd September 2026	21:51:17 UTC	remus	climber	Alexander Goodall	date_of_death_start
Before `None` After `1903-12-26`
7519	2nd September 2026	21:51:17 UTC	remus	climber	Alexander Goodall	date_of_death_pretty
Before After `26th Dec 1903`
7520	2nd September 2026	21:51:17 UTC	remus	climber	Alexander Goodall	date_of_death_end
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