Club Proceedings
1968—The week-end meets were: January 19th—21st, The Hill Inn, Chapel-le-Dale; February 16th—18th, Low Hall Garth; March 15th— 17th, Sparth House, Malham; Easter, April 11th— 16th, Glen Etive; May 10th—12th, Lowstern Hut; Whitsun, June 1st—9th, Loch Clair, Torridon; June 28th—30th, Low Hall Garth, The Long Walk, Three Counties Summits; July 19th—21st, High Level Camp, Dovedale, Lake District; August 16th—18th, South Wales; August 31st—September 2nd, Lowstern Hut; September 27th—29th, Robertson Lamb Hut, Joint Meet with Wayfarers’ and Rucksack Clubs; October 18th—20th, Levisham; December 7th—9th, The White Lion Hotel, Cray. Average attendance was 24 and total membership 193. The death was recorded of R. de Joly, Honorary Member since 1946.
The 76th Annual General Meeting was held at the Cairn Hotel, Harrogate on November 16th, 1968. The following were elected as Officers of the Club for the year 1968/69: President: E. M. TREGONING; Vice-Presidents: A. R. CHAPMAN, J. D. DRISCOLL; Hon Treasurer: S. MARSDEN; Hon Secretary: E. C. DOWNHAM; Hon. Asst. Secretary: F. D. SMITH; Hon Editor: H. G. WATTS; Hon. Asst. Editor and Librarian: A. B. CRAVEN; Hon Huts Secretary: W. A. LINFORD; Hon. Hut Wardens: Low Hall Garth, J. D. DRISCOLL, Lowstern, C. G. RENTON; Hon. Auditor: G. R. TURNER; Committee: W. WOODWARD, M. CHURCH, P. C. SWINDELLS, W. C. I. CROWTHER, D. J. HANDLEY, D. P. PENFOLD. Honorary Life Membership was conferred upon E. C. DOWNHAM, S. MARSDEN and H. G. WATTS, proposed by M. D. Bone and carried by acclamation.
The 55th Annual Dinner, also at the Cairn Hotel, followed the Meeting. The Principal Guest was Peter Lloyd of the Alpine Club, who in 1938 took part in the last attempt on Everest from the north and who, with the Bourdillons, devised the oxygen equipment used in successful ascent of 1953. The retiring President, E. C. Downham, was in the Chair and Kindred Clubs were represented by Dr. John Wilkinson, Fell and Rock Climbing Club; J. B. Rhodes, Rucksack Club; Stuart Wright, President, Wayfarers’ Club; J. R. Wilson, Craven Pothole Club; E. Gudgeon, President, Gritstone Club. Dr. Charles Evans, President of the Alpine Club, was at the last moment prevented from being present. The Club was again happy to welcome Dr. J. A. Farrer, Lord of the Manor of Ingleborough. The total number of Members and Guests was 146; the after-dinner Meet was at The Golden Lion, Horton-in-Ribblesdale.
On April 24th, 1968, Y.R.C. Member T. H. Smith gave a lecture to the Club about his visit to the Everest region of the Himalaya in December 1967, the talk was illustrated by many excellent transparencies.
1969—Week-end Meets were: January 17th—19th, The Hill Inn, Chapel-le-Dale; February 14th—16th, Low Hall Garth; March 7th— 9th, High Level Winter Camp, Dovedale, Lake District; March 21st—23rd, Lowstern Hut; Easter, April 4th—11th, Glen Slugain, Cairngorms; May 3rd-^lth, The Church Hotel, Edale; Whitsun, May 23rd—June 1st, Inchnadamph, Sutherland; June 20th—22nd, The Long Walk, Shap to Wasdale; July 11th—13th, Lowstern Hut; August 1st—3rd, Deiniolen, North Wales; September 5th—7th, Lowstern Hut; September 26th—28th, Robertson Lamb Hut, Joint Meet with the Wayfarers’ and Rucksack Clubs, October 17th—19th, High Moss, Seathwaite, Duddon Valley; December 5th—7th, The Grove, Kent-mere. Average attendance at Meets was 27 and total membership at the end of October 195, including 162 ordinary, 25 life, 1 junior, 5 honorary life and 2 honorary members. The deaths were recorded in 1969 of W. Allsup and D. Shaw.
The 77th Annual General Meeting took place at the Majestic Hotel, Harrogate, on November 15th, 1969. The Officers elected for the year 1969/70, again under the Presidency of E. M. TREGONING, were the same as for the preceding year. The Committee’s Annual Report for 1969 was read and in it special mention was made of three important matters:
1. The extent to which Members attending Meets are indebted to those who arrange communal catering, especially to the Hon. Hut Wardens and their assistants.
2. The concern of the Committee to keep Club Membership within bounds and to prevent the Club from becoming merely a large association; although there was no limiting figure, the present one of just below 200 was, from every point of view, satisfactory.
3. The valuable improvements made during the year to the Club Huts, especially Low Hall Garth with the new drying room.
The 56th Annual Dinner, once again at the Majestic after a lapse of five years, followed the meeting. To the Club’s great delight the Principal Guest was Sir Charles Evans, President of the Alpine Club and Honorary Member of the Y.R.C. since 1955. who had so regrettably been prevented from representing the A.C. the previous year. On the Menu Card was a photograph of Kangchcnjunga, “The Untrodden Peak”, to which all but the last six feet. Sir Charles led the successful 1955 Expedition. The President, E. M. Tregoning, was in the Chair and Kindred Clubs were represented by A. C. Cousins, Scottish Mountaineering Club; D. Thomas, Climbers’ Club; D. Smithies, Rucksack Club; A. J. Allen, Wayfarers’ Club; F. Falkingham, Gritstone Club; A. Mitchell, President, Craven Pothole Club; R. Edlington, Midland Association of Mountaineers; J. Ackroyd, President, Bradford Pothole Club; P. Gardiner, Oread Mountaineering Club. Members and Guests present numbered 135; the after-dinner Meet was at Malham.
On February 27th 1969 Len Cook lectured to 70 members of the Club and their guests on potholing, ranging from Yorkshire through France to Spain, illustrated by excellent photographs.
On 20th March Paul Nunn gave a talk on his joint Anglo-German climbing expedition to the Bavarian Alps, which included the Gonda Diedre, one of the hardest limestone free-climbing routes in the Alps.
New Members Since Journal No. 34
1969
D. H. B. Andrews. V. Bugg. G. E. Griffiths. R. W. Hobson. M. Huggup.
1970
J. T. M. Teesdale. I. G. Laing. K. Renton.
Resignations
1968
D. C. Spray.
1969
A. White.
Deaths
1969
D. Shaw. R. de Joly. W. Allsup.
1970
A. L. Middleton. H. G. Watts. H. P. Spilsbury.