Climbers Collection

Mallory and Irvine at the Second Step, Everest, 1924
Illustration showing an artists impression of George Leigh Mallory (top) and Andrew Irvine climbing up the Second Step on Everest, 1924

1922 British Mt Everest Expedition - Norton and Mallory
1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - Major Edward " Teddy" F. Norton (1884-1954) and George Herbert Leigh Mallory (1886-1924) at nearly 27, 000 feet. Date: 1922

Hillary and Tensing Bhutia conquering Everest
Front cover of The Illustrated London News showing Sir Edmund Hillary together with Sherpa Tensing Bhutia reaching the summit of Mount Everest on May 29 1953

Edmund Hillary & Tensing
Sir Edmund Hillary with Tenzing Norgay after their successful attempt to scale Mount Everest in Nepal on 29th May 1953. The legendary mountaineer died in January 2008

Everest 1924 Group
1924 EVEREST EXPEDITION Colonel Norton, the leader (3rd from left) between Irving (L) and Mallory (R) the two climbers who died near the summit

Annie Peck masked and dressed for climbing
Annie Smith Peck (October 19, 1850 July 18, 1935), American mountaineer pictured in her climbing outfit at the time she had scaled Mount Huascan

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

Hillary and Tensing on Mount Everest
Hillary and Tensing nearing the summit of Mount Everest. Date: 1953

Napes Needle
Rock climbers larking about on Napes Needle, Great Gable, Lake District, Cumbria, England. Date: 1950s

George Leigh Mallory (1886-1924)
Photographic portrait of George Leigh Mallory, the British climber who took part in three expeditions to Everest in the 1920 s, pictured in 1924

Climbers on Chomolhari, Bhutan, May 1937
Photograph showing two climbers on the 24, 000 ft. Himalayan mountain Chomolhari, near Phari Dzong, Bhutan, 20th May 1937. The photograph, taken by F. Spencer Chapman, shows C.E

Collecting Eggs at Flamborough Head
Collecting seagulls eggs at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. A traditional practice for farmers whose land adjoined the cliff edge

Scottish Mountains
The mass of Cairntoull, one of the Cairngorm range of mountains, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This mountain hut is for climbers, near Devils Point, in Glen Dee. Date: 1960s

The Barbarine - first climbed 1905 - Germany
The Barbarine - the best-known, free-standing rock formation in the German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. The pinnacle is the symbol of Saxon Switzerland

Climbers on the Pillar Rock, Ennerdale, Cumbria, 1912
Photograph of two climbers tackling the North-East face of the Pillar Rock, Ennerdale in Cumbria, 1912. In this image, one can see the climbing equipment of the day; which appears to amount to stout

Climbing / Alps / Nadelhorn
Five climbers contemplate the daunting peak of the Nadelhorn (Switzerland), from their vantage point on the Ulrichshorn

Ascent Mont Blanc - 2
THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC Leaving the Grands Mulets, the climbers separate, only the more experienced going on to the summit

Ascent Mont Blanc - 3
THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC One of the most difficult parts of the climb - the snow turns to ice and the climbers must cut foot-holes in order to retain a footing

Fell walkers on Striding Edge leading to Helvellyn, Lake District, Cumbria, England

Mont Blanc Massif - French Alps - Chamonix - The Plan Praz Terrace (2064m altitude.) Date: circa 1910s

1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - The Camp at 23, 000 feet on the North Col of the mountain. Date: 1922

Climbers on Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc, France Date: late 19th century

Climbers (tourists) on Mont Blanc, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Tourist climbers, Grindelwald, Switzerland, Victorian period

Tourist climbers of the Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc, Victorian period

Victorian climbers approaching a crevasse

Climbers and a crevasse

Climbers, Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc

Mer de Glace, Chamonix, Victorian period

Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc, Victorian period

A crevasse, Rhone Glacier, Furka Pass, Alps

The Matterhorn, Victorian period, hand coloured photo

Crossing the Rhone Glacier in the Furka Pass, Victorian period, hand coloured photo

Climbers on Mont Blanc, hand coloured photo
Climbers on Mont Blanc, Victorian period, hand coloured photo

Climbing The Needle Great Gable Lake District Victorian period

Climbing Skew Gill Victorian period Date: 19th century

Climbing Scawfell Hand Traverse Victorian period Date: 19th century

Climbing Scawfell Deep Ghyll Victorian period Date: 19th century

Climbing Scawfell Pinnacle Victorian period Date: 19th century

Climbing Great Gable Eagle's Nest Arete Victorian period Date: 19th century

Climbing in the French Alps, Victorian period

Summit of Mount Snowden Victorian period

Women rock climbing in the Lake District

A hiking party in Switzerland, roped together for safety. Date: circa 1910

Hill Climbers, Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, England
Hill Climbers (Abraham Brothers - George and Ashley), climbing near Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, England. They made a photographic record of the exploits of many of the climbing pioneers

Mont Blanc
A climber on the arete du Rochefort, Mont Blanc. The image is reproduced from a book of photographic studies entitled Haute Montagne'. Date: circa 1931

Climbing a Serac in the Alps
A surreal image of climbers ascending an ice pinnacle or serac in the Alps. Picture postcards were used as one of the early expressions of the Surrealist movement Date: 1904

TWO CLIMBERS DIE IN ALPS
Two Milanese climbers die when they fall on the Alpe del Delfinato Date: July 1907

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