Colin Kirkus

Colin Fletcher Kirkus (19 June 1910 – 13 September 1942^{[citation needed]}) was a British rock climber. He climbed extensively in Wales and elsewhere, such as the Alps and the Himalaya.^{[citation needed]} He wrote the instruction book Let's Go Climbing!

Legacy[]

Kirkus made pioneering climbs in Wales and elsewhere and wrote the instruction book Let's Go Climbing!.^[1]

Jack Longland described the greatest rock face in Wales, Clogwyn Du'r Arddu, as "Colin’s Cliff".^{[citation needed]}

Kirkus' series of new routes on "Cloggy" was unparalleled until the emergence of Joe Brown, 20 years later.^{[citation needed]}

Kirkus made a pioneering Alpine-style ascent in the Himalaya, in 1933.^{[citation needed]} He climbed Satopant'h while a member of Marco Pallis's expedition; his account of the climb is included in Pallis's book Peaks and Lamas.^[2]

Death[]

Kirkus was killed in the Second World War, in September 1942. He was serving as a navigator with an RAF Pathfinder squadron. He was one of four brothers, all of whom saw flying service in the RAF, and three of whom were killed in action in the Second World War.^[3]

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Dean, Steve (September 1993). Hands of a Climber. ISBN 0-948153-21-0.
• Thomson, I.D.S. (1993). The Black Cloud. ISBN 0-948153-20-2.

External links[]

• "Casualty Details: Kirkus, Colin Fletcher". Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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