Pillar Rock, Ennerdale by Alfred Heaton Cooper (1863 - 1929) [PRINTS]:Greeting Card The first recorded climb was

The first recorded climb was in 1826 by a shepherd called John Atkinson

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"The first time that I saw this as a subject to be painted was on a summer evening as I was walking along the western shore of Grasmere Lake without any thought of painting and without any materials" (WHC - Lakeland Portraits

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Pillar Rock, Ennerdale by Alfred Heaton Cooper (1863 - 1929) [PRINTS]:Greeting Card The first recorded climb wasPillar Rock is one of Lakelands most awesome phenomena: a finger of rock split away from the mountain overlooking one of the most remote valleys in the Lake District. The first recorded climb was in 1826 by a shepherd called John Atkinson; and three more shepherds were said to have conquered it later the same year. But it was the ascent by Lieutenant Wilson R. N., 22 years later, that was considered the birth of English rock climbing. The first