This Short History is a variation on the theme of Classic RCJ articles. It is an invaluable source of historical[…]
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Category: Classic Journal Articles
Classic RCJ Article: Eustace Thomas, Manchester Mountaineer by Steve Dean [2002]
Eustace Thomas was a member who had a significant impact on many aspects of mountaineering and the Rucksack Club,[…]
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Classic RCJ Article: Gritstone Rocks – 1921 by Morley Wood [1922]
Morley Wood joined the Club in 1909. He was an active climber who climbed many new routes, often with Fred[…]
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Eustace Thomas and The Welsh 3,000s and more
Joe Fisher spotted an article on the Welsh 3s https://www.ukhillwalking.com/articles/destinations/how_to_do_the_welsh_3000s_challenge-12857 and posted the following question on FaceBook: From reading this[…]
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Classic RCJ Article: The Conventions of Mountaineering, by JH Doughty [1925]
Harry Doughty joined the Club in 1920 (at the age of 31). As well as a Journal Editor [of some[…]
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Classic RCJ Article: The Crossing of Greenland, by Ted Courtenay [1982]
The next article to be Posted in this series of ‘Classic RCJ Articles’ was written by Ted Courtenay after a[…]
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Classic RCJ article: Trespassers will be Prosecuted, by C.H. Pickstone [1922]
The Classic Article“Trespassers will be prosecuted” was published in the 1922 RCJ. The author, Charles Pickstone, was a solicitor and one[…]
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Classic RCJ Articles…two articles on the first Club hut [Cwm Eigiau] from 1913 and 2001
On 15th June 1912, the Rucksack Club opened the first club hut in Great Britain in Cwm Eigiau below Craig-yr-Ysfa[…]
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Classic RCJ article: A Bivouac at Thirteen Thousand Feet, by Stanley Jeffcoat [1912]
The next offering for the Classic RCJ article appeared in the 1912 Journal entitled “A Bivouac at Thirteen Thousand Feet”.[…]
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Classic RC Journal article: “A True Account of a Moorland Walk” by F.A. Dust [1908]
This Classic RC Journal article appeared in the anthology published by the Rucksack Club in 1987. The Preface of the[…]
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