page_title: Yorkshire Ramblers' Club
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Yorkshire Ramblers' Club / History
caption_attribution_description: English: 1908 survey of Marble Arch Caves, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland. Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 27, section B (1909). Image directly from online version of document on https://archive.org
context_page_description: The Yorkshire Ramblers' Club is the second-oldest mountaineering club in England, the oldest being the Alpine Club.
  Founded in 1892, the YRC is still a highly active club mountaineering and caving in the UK and all over the world.
context_section_description: On 13 July 1892 four Yorkshire gentlemen met at the home of a Mr. Herbert Slater in Leeds to discuss the idea of forming a club for individuals interested in promoting the idea of walking and the study of the countryside.  At an open meeting held at the Skyrack Inn, Headingley on 6 October 1892 it was unanimously decided to form a club to organise walking and mountaineering expeditions and encourage the study of nature. The name of the club was picked from others including The Three Peaks Club, but Yorkshire understatement prevailed and the name Yorkshire Ramblers' Club was chosen. Consequently, "greater attention was paid to climbing the Lake District", in both  the club's earliest days and today.
caption: Club member Harold Brodrick published a survey of Marble Arch Cave in scientific journals in 1909.
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