Ladies' Scottish Climbing Club

The Ladies' Scottish Climbing Club was founded by Jane Inglis Clark, her daughter Mabel, and Lucy Smith at a boulder near Lix Toll, Perthshire in 1908.

The club was founded by three experienced climbers: Jane Inglis Clark, her daughter Mabel, and Lucy Smith.

A committee meeting was held in May which established the club's constitution and purpose: "to bring together Ladies who are lovers of mountain-climbing, and to encourage mountaineering in Scotland, in winter as well as in summer.

[8] Mabel Jeffrey was now married and brought her grandchildren to the celebrations at the site of the club's founding at the boulder at Lix Toll.

President Helen Steven recalled the youngest founder, "I knew Mabel and remember her as very warm, rosy-cheeked and welcoming – she came into a room like a burst of sunshine.

The club meeting at the start of 1909. Founder Lucy Smith is leftmost while Jane Inglis Clark is in the centre of the doorway. [ 1 ]
Lucy Smith and Pauline Ranken climbing the Salisbury Crags in 1908. [ 1 ]
Blackrock Cottage is the club's climbing hut near Glencoe . The mountain in the background is the Beuckle . This was one of the first mountains climbed by the club and a party was held on the summit to celebrate the club's centenary. [ 2 ]
Another view of Blackrock Cottage on Rannoch Moor