Caradog Jones
Caradog "Crag" Jones (born 1962) is a Welsh climber. He is the first Welshman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, a feat achieved on 23 May 1995. He was the 724th climber to reach the summit.[1] The final ascent was made with Michael Knakkergaard-Jorgensen, the first Dane to the summit.
Jones was born and bred in Pontrhydfendigaid, a village near Tregaron, Ceredigion, in mid-Wales.
Everest expedition[]
Jones and Jorgensen were part of a larger world team, led by Henry Todd of the UK, and using Himalayan guides.
The team took the northern route (North Col – North East Ridge)
His ascent of Everest was made into a 52-minute film for television,[2] and featured camera work by Eric Jones).
Other peaks and "firsts"[]
He made the first ascent of Hunza Peak (6200m).[citation needed]
On 25 January 2001 Jones made the first ascent, solo, of the highest of the Three Brothers peaks (2008m) at the north west end of the Allardyce Range on South Georgia.[3]
In 2005, together with Julian Freeman-Attwood, Rich Howarth and Skip Novak, Jones completed a 17-day south-north traverse of South Georgia. As part of this they made the first ascent of Pk. 5680 (1,727m).[4] (Some pictures here)
In October 1996, with Mick Fowler and Julian Freeman-Attwood, Jones made the first ascent of Yes, Please, a crag in Orkney. (A picture here)
Jones now lives with his wife and daughter in Frodsham, Cheshire, working as a freelance fisheries consultant.[5]
See also[]
- Timeline of climbing Mount Everest
- List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest
References[]
- ^ Climber Lists: Everest, K2 and other 8000ers
- ^ films which leo has made or worked on since 1969 Archived 2 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WnTBwJjYYfEJ:www.uiaa.ch/web.test/visual/ExpCom/newa2002.doc[permanent dead link]
- ^ BMC – International
- ^ High society | Magazine | The Observer
External links[]
- Living people
- Welsh explorers
- Welsh mountain climbers
- People from Ceredigion
- People from Frodsham
- 1962 births
- British summiters of Mount Everest
- Sportspeople from Cheshire