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'''Martha Emily "Pat" Kelly (née Bowler)''' (Mar Qtr 1873 – 26 April 1922) was an early female climber and founder of the [[Pinnacle Club]]. Pat Kelly worked with her husband, Harry Kelly, an insurance clerk, and began climbing in 1914. One of her most best known achievements was to climb solo [[Owen Glynne Jones]]'s route up [[Scafell]] pinnacle from Deep Ghyll in the Lake District. She encouraged many women to climb and founded the [[Pinnacle Club]], the first rock-climbing club for solely women, at [[Pen-y-Gwryd]] in north Wales on 26 March 1921. A year later she was mortally injured in a climbing accident on 17 April 1922 at Tryfan, north Wales, and died from head injuries on 26 April. |
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'''Martha Emily "Pat" Kelly (née Bowler)''' (Mar Qtr 1873 – 26 April 1922) was an early female climber, and a founder of the [[Pinnacle Club]]. |
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== Early life == |
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Kelly was the eldest child within a large family. She took up climbing in 1914, and is reported to have been "a graceful and bold balance climber".<ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB|title=Kelly, (Martha) Emily [Pat]|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-62484|access-date=29 January 2022| date=2004 | doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/62484 | isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 }}</ref> |
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*Audrey Salkeld, ‘Kelly, (Martha) Emily (1872/3–1922)’, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/62484 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography], Oxford University Press, 2004 |
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By 1917 she was married to the climber Harry Mills Kelly (1884-1980). They lived and shared an office together at 29 Fountain Street in [[Levenshulme]], [[Manchester]] where he worked as an insurance clerk.<ref name="ODNB" /> |
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== Climbing == |
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One of her best known achievements was to solo a rock climb known as [[Owen Glynne Jones|Jones' route]] up [[Scafell]] pinnacle from Deep Ghyll in the [[Lake District]]. Those who watched her expressed their consternation at seeing a lone person ascending its rocky arete.<ref name="ODNB" /> |
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Kelly actively encouraged many women to climb. By 1920, her and her husband's office was being used as a base for her work, which culminated in a letter jointly written by [[Eleanor Winthrop Young]] being published in the [[Manchester Guardian]] in which she proposed the founding of a women-only club for rock climbers. Their letter garnered support from its editor, [[Charles Edward Montague|C E Montague]], who, alongside his wife, were also climbers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Pinnacle Club marks centenary by launching website with fascinating digital history|url=https://thebmc.co.uk/pinnacle-club-centenary|access-date=2022-01-29|website=thebmc.co.uk}}</ref> This resulted in the founding of the [[Pinnacle Club]], the first rock-climbing club solely for women, at [[Pen-y-Gwryd]] in north Wales on 26 March 1921. Kelly became the Pinnacle Club's first honorary secretary, and Winthrop Young its first president.<ref name="ODNB" /> |
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== Death == |
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A year after forming the Pinnacle Club, Pat Kelly died as a result of injuries she sustained during a mysterious climbing accident on [[Tryfan]] on 17 April at the end of the 1922 Easter meet of the Pinnacle Club in North Wales. Right at the end of the day, she was found lying on her own, severely injured, at the base of apparently easy-to-climb rocks, albeit with one climbing boot missing. She was taken to Caernarvonshire and Anglesey Infirmary in [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]], but died some days later on 26 April 1922 from fractures to the base of her skull.<ref name="ODNB" /> |
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Latest revision as of 02:02, 18 September 2024
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Martha Emily "Pat" Kelly (née Bowler) (Mar Qtr 1873 – 26 April 1922) was an early female climber, and a founder of the Pinnacle Club.
Early life
[edit]Kelly was the eldest child within a large family. She took up climbing in 1914, and is reported to have been "a graceful and bold balance climber".[1]
By 1917 she was married to the climber Harry Mills Kelly (1884-1980). They lived and shared an office together at 29 Fountain Street in Levenshulme, Manchester where he worked as an insurance clerk.[1]
Climbing
[edit]One of her best known achievements was to solo a rock climb known as Jones' route up Scafell pinnacle from Deep Ghyll in the Lake District. Those who watched her expressed their consternation at seeing a lone person ascending its rocky arete.[1]
Kelly actively encouraged many women to climb. By 1920, her and her husband's office was being used as a base for her work, which culminated in a letter jointly written by Eleanor Winthrop Young being published in the Manchester Guardian in which she proposed the founding of a women-only club for rock climbers. Their letter garnered support from its editor, C E Montague, who, alongside his wife, were also climbers.[2] This resulted in the founding of the Pinnacle Club, the first rock-climbing club solely for women, at Pen-y-Gwryd in north Wales on 26 March 1921. Kelly became the Pinnacle Club's first honorary secretary, and Winthrop Young its first president.[1]
Death
[edit]A year after forming the Pinnacle Club, Pat Kelly died as a result of injuries she sustained during a mysterious climbing accident on Tryfan on 17 April at the end of the 1922 Easter meet of the Pinnacle Club in North Wales. Right at the end of the day, she was found lying on her own, severely injured, at the base of apparently easy-to-climb rocks, albeit with one climbing boot missing. She was taken to Caernarvonshire and Anglesey Infirmary in Bangor, but died some days later on 26 April 1922 from fractures to the base of her skull.[1]
Further reading
[edit]- Shirley Angell, Pinnacle Club: a History of Women Climbing (1988)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Kelly, (Martha) Emily [Pat]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/62484. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 29 January 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "The Pinnacle Club marks centenary by launching website with fascinating digital history". thebmc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2022.