FOUNDED,memory of John Gregory--Alps in 1968 ... KNOW OF ??

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neebee

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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 26, 2016 - 09:04pm PT
hey there say... was just reading about this climber...

saw it on a clip of the PENNINE way...

neat looking, hut, too, :)

sad, that he died... :(


*so far, i have heard a bit that it is also USED by
rescuers...

The Hut is used not only by walkers but by local shepherds and Penrith Mountain Rescue. It is open all year round. Usually, over 600 visitors are recorded annually in the Visitors Book from this country and all over the world.


http://www.culgaith.org.uk/Ghut.html

http://www.mountainbothies.org.uk/bothy-details.asp?bothy_id=86


http://ramblingman.org.uk/photos/weekly-photograph/gregs-hut

http://penninewayassociation.co.uk/accommodation/gregs-hit-near-garrigill-on-the-pennine-way.html

neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 26, 2016 - 09:10pm PT
hey there say,...

here are some photos from the images, yahoo...








EDIT:

not sure if this helps, ?

http://www.mercianmc.org.uk/welcome/history/

BUT THIS SAYS, SKIING, AND NOT CLIMBING???


In 1968, one of our founder members met with a tragic accident whilst attempting the high level Saas Fee – Chamonix traverse on ski. Club members rallied around and John Gregory’s name lives on even to those who never knew him in the refuge on the Pennine Way known as Greg’s Hut on the northern slopes of Cross Fell.


OKAY, this is some of what i was looking for:


http://gregshut.org.uk/johngregory.html




John Gregory “Greg” ( 1928 – 1968)

John Gregory was an active member of the Birmingham Athletics Institute Climbing Club and Ski Club - founded by people who had attended a Climbing course at the Birmingham Athletic Institute during the late 1950s. The club eventually became The Mercian Climbing Club.

( For more information see this link : -http://www.mercianmc.org.uk/welcome/history/ )

The Club used a climbing hut in North Wales and for a year or two John was the Hut Warden. It is unfortunate that at this distance after his death, so many of his associates, climbing, caving and skiing companions have also died; they include George Potter about 20 years ago, Ann Potter about 15 years gone, Roger and Pam Hobman, Stan Powell, Jack Goff and Keith Faulkner in more recent years - all colleagues and active workers and officers in Greg’s Hut Association. Many of were Teachers or Engineers engaged in other jobs including scaffolding and motor mechanics.

John was a bachelor, living with his Mother in Cradley Heath and working as a Main Drainage Officer for Smethwick Council. He had a ready, somewhat sardonic, wit. He was a typical single bloke in his thirties, out in the hills every weekend. John was a member of a club party that skied across the Iceland Icecap but had to leave their skis behind with the outbreak of the first Cod War and only got them back several months later.

In 1968 John was with a group of Mercian CC members climbing in the Alps. He fell, and lost his life in a tragic accident.



would be nice to see if anyone KNEW him...
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 27, 2016 - 10:45am PT
hey there all, say, ... thought i'd give this a bump, just in case
anyone knew these folks from that accident, in the alps, in
1968...

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