British mountaineering : mountaineering books : MOUNTAINEERING BOOKS
Mountaineering in Britain. A History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day published
in 1957
Is probably the best book to cover the History of British Mountaineering and accounts
of early rock climbing by pioneers such as Haskett Smith, O.G. Jones, George Leigh
Mallory
The history of Mountaineering in Britain is thought to have started when John Henry
Cliffe visited Wales to fish, but in 1843 his pursuit made one of the first recorded
visits to the Devil’s Kitchen above Llyn Idwal, being ‘tempted to do so by a spirit
of adventure. P.19
John Tyndall hired guide (Ranger) Robert Hughes of Capel Curig for his ascent of
Snowdon in 1860.
North Climb on the Pillar 1891
The Climbers Club
The Fell and Rock Climbing Club
The Collie Step, Moss Ghyll, Scafell. Taken by the Abraham brothers. The leader,
A.E. Field, is on the Collie Step itself. Dr. Collier is seen belaying him from the
big boulders and A.D. Godley is helping from below. British mountaineering
18. A typical Lake District gully - Moss Ghyll. Taken by the Abraham brothers in
1895. Shows Collier’s Direct Finish a more direct route than the Collie Step. The
climbers are H.C. Bowen leading, C.W. Patchell, E.V. Mather, and an unknown friend
of Patchell’s. British mountaineering
8. One of the earliest British climbing pictures - Saddleback, Cumberland. Taken
by George Abraham in 1890 showing A.P. Abraham leading and S.H. Abraham on steep
rock on the south side of the ridges above Scales Tarn. British mountaineering
