 His climbing style was muscular and gymnastic, similar to that of Owen Glynne Jones, Haskett Smith's successor - after 1895 - as leading British rock climber.A lifelong devotee of etymologies, and possessing a gift for describing past acquaintances, Haskett Smith delighted in producing rambling and witty pieces about his athletic avocation.For instance, in his description of "Bear Rock" in "Climbing in the British Isles", the reader divines a subtle poke at the new pastime of bouldering