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
John Wilson Robinson leading on Scafell Pinnacle. Taken by the Abraham brothers on the original easy route from Jordan Gap. W. Blunt and V. Blake are second and third man respectively. British mountaineering
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
43 S.W. Herford during the first ascent of Flake Crack, Scafell taken by G.S. Sansom.
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
George Leigh Mallory on Kern Knotts Crack , Gable, Piers Gill in the background ORIGINAL LANTERN SLIDE
Siegfried Herford and George Mallory at Pen y Pass, December 1913 ORIGINAL LANTERN SLIDE
George Leigh Mallory was an extraordinary English rock climber who was a member of the 1921 & 1922 Mount Everest expeditions and also 1924 when he and Andrew Irvine were lost on the mountain.
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