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The Rock and Ice club was a British climbing club set up in in the 1950s based in Manchester.
The club members, that included notables like Don Whillans and Joe Brown, were at the forefront of British climbing at their time[1]. They made a number first ascents in the Peak District, Wales and The Alps[citation needed], and were the first British climbers to compete on equal terms with continental alpinists since before the First World War [2].
[edit] References
- ^ Perrin, Jim (August 2005). The Villain, Portrait of Don Whillans. Mountaineers Books, p.91. ISBN 978-0898869866. “...in terms of a significant series of new climbs, sustained over a number of years and coincident with the very highest standard of the day, there would be few willing to argue with any conviction against the pre-eminence throughout the decade of the members of the Rock and Ice Club.”
- ^ Wells, Colin (2002). A Brief History of British Mountaineering. The Mountain Heritage Trust, 71. ISBN 978-0903908627.
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