John Sumner

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For the actor, see John Sumner (actor). For the singer/songwriter, see J. D. Sumner. For the Archbishop of Canterbury, see John Bird Sumner
Sumner dominated climbing in Mid Wales, including routes on the waterfalls of Maesglase.
Sumner dominated climbing in Mid Wales, including routes on the waterfalls of Maesglase.

John (Fritz) Sumner (b. Blackburn 13 March 1936, d. 2004) was the pre-eminent exploratory climber in his chosen domain of Mid Wales, climbing cutting-edge routes on the remote crags and cliff-faces south of southern Snowdonia starting in the mid-1950s.

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