Eric Jones (climber)  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump
to: navigation, search Eric Jones' cafe at Tremadog (a former
filling station), viewed from Craig Bwlch y moch.  Eric Jones
(born 1935) is a Welsh solo climber, skydiver and BASE jumper.
He is most well known for the first British solo ascent of the
north face of the Eiger, and for his climbs on the Matterhorn
and South Col on Everest.[1] He has also climbed the Central
Pillar of Brouillard on Mt Blanc and Bonatti Pillar on the
Dru.[2]  Raised on a farm near Ruthin in north Wales, he
attended Ysgol Brynhyfryd and as a boy was interested in
parachuting and skydiving, and later wanted to sign up with the
Parachute Regiment. However, an earlier injury - a result of a
motorbike accident - led to him joining the Military Police.[3]
Jones took up skydiving in 1961 and a year later, at the age of
26, began climbing.[4] He climbed extensively in Snowdonia and
the Lake District, followed by climbs in Italy. He took up solo
climbing when his climbing pa