Barend Johannes Martinus Englebrecht is known to all of us as "Bee" simply because no-one in the shop can pronounce or spell his name correctly. He started climbing in South Africa when he was in his early teens and has climbed throughout South Africa both in summer and winter, including in the well known ranges of Drakensberg, and Magaliesberg, and on Mount Blouberg. Elsewhere he has summitted Kilimanjaro (5895m), Elbrus (5642m) and Mt Blanc (4810m) as well as making ascents of many other alpine and Caucasus summits. In the Lake District he has been working his way through the lower E Grades with routes such as Capella (E1) on Pavey Ark, Wild Side (E3) on Shepherd's and Prana (E3) on Black Crag as well as tackling such Lakeland winter classics as Central Gully (II) and South-East Gully (III) on Great End. |
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