Ron Fawcett
Encyclopedia
Ron Fawcett is an English
rock climber
. He is noted for being amongst the outstanding rock climbers of the 1970s and 1980s, and for being one of the first professional rock climbers.
He won the 2010 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature
with Ed Douglas, for their book Ron Fawcett, Rock Athlete.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
rock climber
Rock climbing
Rock climbing also lightly called 'The Gravity Game', is a sport in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route without falling...
. He is noted for being amongst the outstanding rock climbers of the 1970s and 1980s, and for being one of the first professional rock climbers.
He won the 2010 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature
Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature
The Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature is an annual prize of £3000 awarded by the Boardman Tasker Charitable Trust to an author or authors for 'an original work which has made an outstanding contribution to mountain literature.' It was established in memory of Peter Boardman and Joe...
with Ed Douglas, for their book Ron Fawcett, Rock Athlete.
Notable climbs
- 1978: The Cad (E5, 6a), North StackNorth StackNorth Stack is a small island situated just off Holy Island on the north-west coast of Anglesey.North Stack can also refer to the headland opposite the island...
, Gogarth, Anglesey - May 1982: Tequila Mockingbird (E6 6b), Chee Tor, Derbyshire
- 1982: The Prow (E6 6b), Raven’s Tor, with Gill Fawcett, over 3 days
- Slip 'n' Slide (E6 6a), Crookrise, Yorkshire
- Lord of the Flies (E6 6a), Dinas CromlechDinas CromlechDinas Cromlech is a striking rock outcrop in the Llanberis Pass, Snowdonia, in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, which a characteristic "open book" shape. It is clearly visible from the road , and the obvious rock-climbing route up the corner resisted attempts for many years...
, Snowdonia - Strawberries (E6 6b), TremadogTremadogTremadog is a village on the outskirts of Porthmadog, in Gwynedd, north west Wales. It was a planned settlement, founded by William Madocks, who bought the land in 1798...
, North Wales - 1983: Master's Edge (E7 6b), Millstone Edge. the Peak District. According to the BMC guidebook this is "Fawcett's masterpiece ... with sustained difficult climbing and painfully limited protection" finishing with "a heart-stopping lunge".
- Fawcett has made the longest rock climb in the United Kingdom, the 5000-metre Girdle Traverse of Stanage Edge.