Mountaineer Gallery

Dorothy Pilley, English climber in Glacier National Park

Dorothy Pilley Richards (1894 - 1986) was a prominent female mountaineer. She began climbing in Wales and joined the Fell and Rock Climbing Club. In the 1920s, she climbed extensively in the Alps, Britain, and North America after her marriage to Ivor Armstrong Richards. In 1928, she made the celebrated first ascent of the north ridge of the Dent Blanche, with Joseph Georges, Antoine Georges and her husband, which she described in her well-regarded memoir, Climbing Days (1935). Photograph in the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News magazine's weekly Women in Sport feature. The magazine comments that, "She is light of build and very active. Those who climbed with her in the Lake District some years ago are enthusiastic about her ability for really hard and technically difficult work." Date: 1927

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Bert Bissell MBE - mountain climber and peace campaigner

Bert Bissell MBE, 1902?1998, was a mountain climber and peace campaigner. Mr Bissell led a pilgrimage from the Dudley Bible Class to the summit of Ben Nevis on VJ Day in 1945. Ther he constructed a Peace Cairn'. In later years the was the centre of some controversy. The expedition from Dudley to Fort William was repeated for some 50 years. Bert's peace messages have been taken to the top of the highest mountains all over the world. One was taken to the moon

© Philip Dunn / Mary Evans Picture Library

The Drei Zinnen, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, in South Tyrol, Alto Adige

The Drei Zinnen, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, in South Tyrol, Alto Adige. The Drei Zinnen are one of the icons of the European alps and a major tourist attraction on all seasons. Toblach, Nature Park Sextener Dolomiten, South Tyrol, Italy

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