Nea Everilda Morin (née Barnard) (21 May 1905 – 12 July 1986) was a British

rock climber Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a usually pre-defined route without falling. Rock climbing is a physically an ...

and

mountain climber Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, an ...

. Morin climbed in the

Alps The Alps () ; german: Alpen ; it, Alpi ; rm, Alps ; sl, Alpe . are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately across seven Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Swi ...

in the 1920s, joined the Ladies Alpine Club, and met many climbers in the French . In 1928 she married Jean Morin (1897–1943) and lived in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

. She climbed often with other women and advocated the cordée féminine, climbing only with women on a rope. After the death of her husband in

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, she lived in

Tunbridge Wells Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England, southeast of central London. It lies close to the border with East Sussex on the northern edge of the High Weald, whose sandstone geology is exemplified by the rock formation High Rocks. T ...

and climbed in England and Wales and was a member of the female-only

Pinnacle Club The Pinnacle Club is a women's rock climbing club based in the United Kingdom, founded in 1921. History The Pinnacle Club – the UK’s only national rock-climbing club for women – was founded in 1921 by Pat Kelly (climber), Emily Kelly (know ...

. In 1941 Morin had made the first ascent of Clogwyn Y Grochan the route, which is 230 feet high and graded very severe 4b, is named Nea. She also led on an ascent of Curving Crack on

Clogwyn du'r Arddu Clogwyn Du'r Arddu (, translates as the "black cliff of the black height"), or "Cloggy", is a north-facing rhyolite set of cliffs located on the northern flank of Snowdon mountain. Cloggy is considered to be one of the best traditional climbing a ...

(the Black Cliff). In 1959, she was the only woman in the team of six British climbers who attempted to make the first ascent of 6812 meter high

Ama Dablam Ama Dablam is a mountain in the eastern Himalayan range of Province No. 1, Nepal. The main peak is , the lower western peak is . Ama Dablam means "Mother's necklace"; the long ridges on each side like the arms of a mother (''ama'') protecting her ...

in Nepal. Her autobiography, ''A Woman's Reach'' (1968), describes her climbing and the achievement of other women in the mountains.

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