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Peter Reginald James Harding (30 December 1924 – 24 October 2007) was a British rock climber who was prominent in the sport during the period following World War II. ==Climbing career== Harding was born in Nottingham but raised in the East Midlands and took his first job as an apprentice as the Rolls Royce factory in Derby. He was inspired to climb during a cycling holiday in Snowdonia in late 1943, and the following January he bought a cotton rope and began to visit the crags of the nearby Peak District with his girlfriend and climbing partner Veronica Lee. By the following summer, Harding was one of the leading climbers in the Peak District, and was beginning to make first ascents of his own, including many routes now regarded as mid-grade classics. The first of these was ''Promontory Traverse'' at Black Rocks (modern grade E1 5b)〔 〕 which crosses a large overhanging prow. This was followed by routes such as ''Goliath's Groove'' at Stanage Edge, the first route to be graded "Exceptionally Severe", and ''Suicide Wall'' at Cratcliffe Tor in 1946, to which he gave the same grade. While modern protection has made Suicide Wall safer than it was for Harding, it is still regarded as one of Britain's most exciting rock climbs.〔 〕 In 1947, Peter Harding moved to Shrewsbury where he became a lecturer in engineering at the technical college, and began to climb in North Wales. He made numerous first ascents there, the most important of which were ''Spectre'' and ''Ivy Sepulchre'' in the Llanberis Pass, which would remain among the hardest routes in the area for the next decade.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Harding (climber)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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