Biography

Pete Livesey, born on December 12, 1943, in Wakefield, Yorkshire, and died on February 26, 1998, was one of the leading figures in British climbing in the 1970s, known for raising the bar for traditional English climbing and for his competitive yet mischievous nature. Having come from an athletic background, where he ran at a national level from his teenage years, he developed early on the endurance, speed, and strength that would become the foundation of his climbing style, before turning to o...Read more