Rock and Ice climbing club
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The Rock and Ice Club was a British
climbing club formed by a group of Manchester
climbers. The group regularly climbed on the weekends and met in the week to discuss the past weekends climbs and plan their future trips.
This loose group crystallized on 26 September 1951 with founding members Nat Allen, Doug Belshaw, Joe Brown
, Don Chapman, Don Cowan, Jack Gill, Pete Greenall, Ray Greenall, Ron Moseley, Merrick (Slim) Sorrell, Dick White, Don Whillans
.
Notables amongst these founders (in particular Don Whillans and Joe Brown) were at the forefront of British climbing at their time.
They were the first British climbers to compete on equal terms with continental alpinists
since before the First World War.
United Kingdom
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climbing club formed by a group of Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
climbers. The group regularly climbed on the weekends and met in the week to discuss the past weekends climbs and plan their future trips.
This loose group crystallized on 26 September 1951 with founding members Nat Allen, Doug Belshaw, Joe Brown
Joe Brown (climber)
Joseph Brown, CBE is an English climber, born the seventh and last child of a family in the Manchester suburb of Ardwick. He became famous for climbing during the 1950s, and was a member of the Valkyrie climbing club and founding member of the Rock and Ice climbing club. An early climbing partner...
, Don Chapman, Don Cowan, Jack Gill, Pete Greenall, Ray Greenall, Ron Moseley, Merrick (Slim) Sorrell, Dick White, Don Whillans
Don Whillans
Don Whillans was an English rock climber and mountaineer. Born and raised in a two-up two-down house in Salford, Lancashire, he climbed with both Joe Brown and Chris Bonington on many new routes, and was considered the technical equal of both. He was an apprentice plumber when he first started his...
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Notables amongst these founders (in particular Don Whillans and Joe Brown) were at the forefront of British climbing at their time.
They were the first British climbers to compete on equal terms with continental alpinists
Mountaineering
Mountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed mountains it has branched into specialisations that address different aspects of the mountain and consists...
since before the First World War.