Yorkshire Ramblers' Club

The club’s purpose is to enable “…experienced and competent hillwalkers, scramblers, climbers, mountaineers, ski-tourers, snowshoers, cavers and explorers who want to meet enthusiastic like-minded individuals to pursue their chosen activities in the UK and abroad.”[3] On 13 July 1892 four Yorkshire gentlemen met at the home of Herbert Slater in Leeds to discuss the idea of forming a club for individuals interested in promoting the idea of walking and the study of the countryside.

At an open meeting held at the Skyrack Inn, Headingley on 6 October 1892 it was unanimously decided to form a club to organise walking and mountaineering expeditions and encourage the study of nature.

Their work included surveys of Marble Arch Cave and its feeders,[5] the first complete descent of Noon's Hole and many other pots.

From 1950, in association with the Craven Pothole Club,[6] they considerably extended the Marble Arch system and opened up new ground in Counties Sligo and Cavan.

[7] From 1935 to 1937 the club was active in the Burren, County Clare and recorded the first descent of Pollelva (1935) and discovery of part of Upper Pollnagollum (both later linked to become the longest cave in Ireland[8]), as well as exploring some of the pots on the west side of Slieve Elva (Faunarooska, etc.

[16] Six YRC members and six climbing Sherpas - Crosby Fox, leader, George Spenceley, deputy leader, Wilfred Anderson, Dan Jones, Arthur Tallon, Maurice Wilson, Mingma Tensing, Lakpa Norbu, Lakpa Tsering, Pemba Gyalen, Ang Temba, and Pemba Tensing - attempted the first ascent of Loenpo Gang (6,979m) in the Jugal Himal range.

[30] The YRC has two huts: Lowstern near Clapham in North Yorkshire, and Low Hall Garth in Little Langdale in Cumbria.