Shadbolt Leslie Garnet

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Biografie:
Leslie Garnet Shadbolt 1883-1973 (See AJ 79 S.284)
P. Bicknell writes:
The late Harold Porter in his sympathetic obituary notice of Leslie Shadbolt did not do justice to Shadbolt's love of Skye nor to the important part he played in the development of rock climbing in the Cuillin.
He was exploring in Skye for the first time in 1906 with A. C. McLaren, and it was in that year, when looking for King's Cave, that they burrowed their way to the top of the Bhasteir Tooth through the tunnel which became known as Shadbolt's Climb.
These two had a great season in 1911 when they pioneered new routes on the Bhasteir Face of Sgurr nan Gillian, did the Zig-Zag climb on Sron na Ciche and worked out a splendid route on the Tairneilear Face of Sgurr a' Mhadaidh with H. O. Jones and Archer Thomson. There was a great day when Jones and Thomson on one rope and Shadbolt and McLaren on another made parallel routes from Harta Corrie up two virgin buttresses of An Caisteal. But their triumph that year was to complete for the first time the traverse of the whole of the Cuillin ridge, starting from Glenbrittle and finishing at Sligachan. They did it as a continuous expedition in under 17 hours door to door, at a time when it was generally considered impossible in a day.
Shadbolt was back in Skye in 1918 with George Mallory and David Pye, a trio of outstanding and elegant rock climbers. Their climbs included first ascents of the Crack of Doom and Mallory's climb on Sron na Ciche, as well as with Ruth Mallory a long steep and exposed route on Sgurr a' Mhadaidh.
I had the great good fortune to be introduced to the Cuillin in 1932 by Leslie Shadbolt. We had with us his original companion, Alastair McLaren; Norman Collie was at Sligachan to offer awful warnings of the perils of embarking in a boat from Elgol; and John Mackenzie was still active. To be conducted up these climbs by their originator, then in his fiftieth year, was a wonderful experience. I treasure the memory of his skill, his wisdom, his generosity and his infectious enthusiasm for Skye.
Quelle: Alpine Journal Volume 80, 1975, Seite 302-303

Quelle: Alpine Journal 1974, Seite 284 ff

Geboren am:
1883
Gestorben am:
21.01.1973