Historical Rock Climbing
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More Early British Images |
 Pre-1902 rope-less climbing on Stannage Edge. Photos G. A. Fowkes |
 Follow the leader on Row Tor. Pre-1902 |
 At Robin Hood's Stride - a difficult summit pitch protected with a top rope. Pre-1902 Photo by G. A. Fowkes |
 Crack Climbing on the dolomite
at Brassington. Pre-1902
Photo by Guy D. Barton |
 Pre-1902 Face climbing at Brassington. Photo by Claude Barton |
 Soloing on Black Rocks, Cromford.
Photo by G. A. Fowkes |
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The
West Buttress of
Lliwedd, first climbed in 1883. On this later
ascent
the climber in the center of the picture is Oscar
Eckenstein, the first advocate of bouldering. His experimentation on the Eckenstein Boulder at Pen-Y-Pass opened the way to true balance climbing. J. M. Archer Thompson and Geoffrey Winthrop Young were encouraged by this sort of practice to convey the technique to higher rocks. Photo by the Abraham Brothers |
 Three climbers work on a top-roped problem in the 1890s. The middle climber - a female - is fashionably attired in skirt and fedora. Awaiting his turn is - not George Bernard Shaw - but the Rev Septimus Buss. Photo by the Abraham Brothers |
 The
North Climb on Cratcliff Tor - with rope. Pre-1902
Photo by G.
A. Fowkes
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The
famous Barndoor Traverse
at Wastwater Hotel. Dr.
Joseph Collier at the crux, watched by his
frequent companion, A. E. Field. 1890s.
Photo by the Abraham Brothers
(Due to renovation the traverse is no longer possible) "Outside the hotel, in the inn-yard, was the Stable Door (or Barn Door) Traverse - quite a gymnastic feat. You had to climb up the rough slabs on the right hand side of the wall and then make a delicate traverse, on very poor holds, into the open door about ten feet above the ground." - A. Harry Griffin in The Coniston Tigers, 2000. |