Fred Pigott
Alfred Sefton "Fred" Pigott (1895 โ 28 July 1979) was a leading English
rock climber
of the 1920s and 1930s.
Personal life
Fred Pigott attended
gangrenous
wound that deformed his hand and caused his discharge from the army. He became a sugar merchant in Stockport and had two sons, Geoffrey and Hugh, with his wife Frances.
Climbing
Pigott climbed extensively with
Inaccessible Pinnacle and the 3rd ascent of the central buttress of Scafell in 1923. Pigott's Climb (VS, 5a, 1924) on the East Buttress of Clogwyn Du'r Arddu set new standards for exposure. Jack Longland
wrote 'it was impossible to ruffle him or to imagine him flustered, much less frightened'.
Pigott was a member of
chockstones and later machine nuts
for protection. He wrote a chapter in the book Recent Developments on Gritstone.
Fred Pigott was involved in mountain rescue and, from 1932, the Mountain Rescue Committee becoming secretary, chairman and president. He received the OBE[1] for services to the Mountain Rescue Committee in the 1964 New Year Honours.[2]
References
- ^ Rucksack Club History โ http://www.rucksackclub.org/history.php?page=2 Archived 2011-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "No. 43200". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1963. p. 14.
- Thompson, Simon (2010). Unjustifiable Risk, The Story of British Climbing. Milnthorpe: Cicerone. p. 149978-1-85284-679-4.
- Obituary in the Alpine Journal (1980)
- Obituary Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
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