The Rucksack Club

The Rucksack Club

The Rucksack Club was founded in Manchester in 1902 and has a current membership of well over 400 men and women. According to the Rules, "The objects of the Club are to facilitate walking tours, cave explorations and mountaineering in the British Isles and elsewhere, and bring into fellowship men and women who are interested in these pursuits, and to do whatever shall be deemed by the Committee from time to time to be conducive to the foregoing objects."

History

The Rucksack Club was formed in Manchester in 1902 by a group of men who responded to a letter written to a newspaper by two young men. They were invited to a meeting and resolved there and then to form a club with the object "To facilitate walking tours and mountaineering expeditions, both in the British Isles and elsewhere, and to particularly to initiate members into the science of rock climbing and snowcraft".

The Club has long been active in Mountain Rescue with Eustace Thomas designing the Thomas Stretcher [ [http://www.rescuestretchers.co.uk/tho.htm The Thomas stretcher ] ] which was in use by Mountain Rescue teams for many years. Members Fred Pigott and Noel Kirkman received OBEs [Rucksack Club History - http://www.rucksackclub.org/history.php?page=2] for services to mountain rescue.

Huts

The Club owns three huts: Beudy Mawr at the heart of the Llanberis Pass, High Moss in the Duddon Valley at the foot of the Walna Scar track over to Coniston, and Craigallan looking out over Loch Linnhe within easy reach of Glencoe.

Notable Members

*Chris Brasher
*Dennis Davis
*J. Rooke Corbett
*John Sumner

Notable "Firsts" by Members

*First Briton to climb all alpine 4000m peaks - Eustace Thomas [BMC Clublife - http://www.thebmc.co.uk/Feature.aspx?id=1483]
*First Ascent of Nuptse 1961 - Dennis Davis

Bibliography

*cite book
coauthors = Peter Benson, Mike Cudahy, and Ian Grant
title = From Kinder Scout to Kathmandu : a Rucksack Club Anthology 1907-1986
year = 1987
publisher = Rucksack Club
location = Manchester
isbn = B000KFS9Z8
*cite book
editor = John Beatty
title = This Mountain Life: The First Hundred Years of the Rucksack Club
year = 2002
publisher = Northern Light
location = Manchester
isbn = 0954621107

ee also

Other UK Mountaineering 'Senior Clubs':
*The Alpine Club
*Climbers' Club
*Fell and Rock Climbing Club
*Scottish Mountaineering Club
*The Wayfarers' Club

External links

[http://www.rucksackclub.org/ Rucksack Club homepage]

References


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