Ron James MBE is a British mountaineer, rock climber, and writer who is a co-founder of the Ogwen Cottage Mountain School in Snowdonia, North Wales in the UK. James was an accomplished rock climber with over 40 first ascents in North Wales. Many of these routes became classics, including Grey Arete, Glyder Fawr, Meshach and The Plum at Tremadog. In the Alps his favourite area was the Dolomites, which he visited every year for 40 years.