Horace Walker

Horace Walker (1838 to 1908) was an English mountaineer who made many notable first ascents, including Mount Elbrus and the Grandes Jorasses. He was the son of the Liverpool lead merchant and mountaineer Francis Walker and the brother of Lucy Walker, the first woman to climb the Matterhorn, and was President of the Alpine Club from 1891 to 1893. His first ascents include the Barre des Écrins in 1864 with A. W. Moore and Edward Whymper, the Balmhorn in 1864 with Frank and Lucy Walker and the guides Jakob and Melchior Anderegg, Piz Roseg and the Ober Gabelhorn in 1865, and the Grandes Jorasses on 30 June 1868, whose highest summit, Pointe Walker, and the Walker Spur are named for him. The Horace Walker glacier and hut in the Southern Alps of New Zealand also carry his name.