Climbing reflections

These interviews took place between April and November 2020. People featured on this page:

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The Pinnacle Club

Gwen Moffat: joining the Pinnacle Club
Denise Evans: climbing with her mother, Nea Morin
Hilary Lawrenson: joining the Pinnacle Club
Stella Adams: joining the Pinnacle Club
Gwen Moffat: remembering the Pinnacle Club founders
Jan Rickman: rekindling the spirit of adventure
Angela Soper: being President and getting the 'really good' climbers to join
Denise Evans: joining the Pinnacle Club climbing in North Wales
Biddy Burgum: reflecting on the Pinnacle Club and the people in it
Angela Soper: joining the Pinnacle Club
 

Going strong in the twilight years

Chris Watkins: poor lads! Angela does it again
Chris Watkins: never too old - climbing at 60, 70, 80
Chris Watkins: never too old - camping on Arran at 80
Jill Lawrence: the Golden Oldies + Benji
Stella Adams: I have changed; climbing has changed
 

Embracing the outdoors

Gwen Moffat: first experience of the hills
Jo Abbot: 42 miles and a life-long love of the outdoors
Jean Drummond: mountain rescue in Eskdale
Sally Macintyre: understanding the countryside
Jean Drummond: I love the rock - I love getting to the top
Jean Drummond: the pleasure of via ferrata

Starting out, being inspired, and facing challenge

Gill Price: how Outward Bound changed my life
Sally Westmacott: hiding at Helyg
Jo Scarr: four have fun in the Pyrenees
Hilary Lawrenson: inspiration 1 - Rosie Andrews
Hilary Lawrenson: inspiration 2 - the Women's International Meet
Chris Watkins - first lead, Flying Buttress
Jill Lawrence: bonding and self-reflection at Outward Bound
Mandy Glanvill: climbing is like Sudoku
Mandy Glanvill: first steps in climbing
Angela Soper: the first climbing competitions
Angela Soper: the 1980 Womens International Meet
Angela Soper: climbing with Joe Tasker and her first E1
Stella Adams: after the accident
Jean Drummond: getting started
Gwen Moffat: the inspiration for Space Beneath My Feet
Ellie Fuller: the seeds of the Women's Trad Festival
Ellie Fuller: enjoying the challenge
Ellie Fuller: enjoying the challenge
Biddy Burgum: starting to climb
 

Photo credits

(where known)

Biddy Burgum - Milena von und zur Mühlen
Chris Watkins - Shirley Potts
Denise Evans - John Cleare
Gill Price - Border TV
Gwen Moffat - Phil Rigby
Hilary Lawrenson - Jessie Leong
Jill Lawrence - John Cleare
Jo Abbott - Jill Croskell
Jo Scarr - Adele Long
Stella Adams - John Adams

My sort of climbing