Nationality: | GB |
Hardest Sport (Worked): | 8a+ |
Hardest Trad (Worked): | E7 |
Features in E96c and Clown Ascending.
On E96c:
It was from my warehouse home here that my involvement with E9 6c was filmed and recorded. This happened within the last few weeks of my departure from this special perch. John Mortimer’s son, Jeremy, produced an excellent piece for Radio Three called, ‘Between the Ears’. Dominic Clemence produced and directed the film for BBC2. This was the attempted story of The Indian Face, a fierce route on the cathedral of rock, Clogwyn Du Arddu, on the flank of Snowdon. I liked the bit where I am sat under my climbing wall in the studio flippantly explaining the image I painted on the scar where the flake had been. This small granite flake had come away in my arms whilst testing the peg that had been smashed into its side. I drew a quick sketch on the wall of ‘the hunt‘, something that had stayed with me from viewing the Lascaux Caves in France. Only two people had seen it. Paul Williams had photographed it and Johnny Dawes had scraped it off (or rather, an acolyte had scraped it off). One had died and the other had seemingly gone mad! [1]
[1] http://footlesscrow.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/sacred-ground.html
[2] Interview with Adrian Berry June 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20061022044820/http://www.planetfear.com/article_detail.asp?a_id=250
31 recorded ascents.
Year | Climb | Grade | Style | Ascent Date |
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1980 | The Sexual Salami | E5 | Lead | worked | 15th Mar 1980 |
Bananas | E5 | Lead | worked | 30th Mar 1980 | |
First ascent.
References[1] https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=115863216537231&set=a.115862679870618 |
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The Wrinkled Retainer | E5 | Lead | worked | 3rd Apr 1980 | |
The Bells! The Bells! | E7 | Lead | worked | 30th Jun 1980 | |
First ascent.
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Barbarossa | E6 | Lead | worked | 6th Jul 1980 | |
First ascent.
First free ascent. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=115863283203891&set=a.115862679870618 |
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1981 | ||||
1982 | The Tormented Ejaculation | E7 | Lead | worked | 1982 |
First ascent.
[1] https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=115865133203706&set=a.115862679870618 [2] https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=115865649870321&set=a.115862679870618 [3] Clogwyn Du'r Arddu (Climbers' Club Guides) 2004, Nick Dixon |
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The Burning Sphincter | 7b | Lead | worked | 1982 | |
First ascent.
Originally an E5 trad route. https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.149994316457454/149994606457425 |
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The Big Sleep | E6 | Lead | worked | 7th Mar 1982 | |
Second ascent.
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Fingerlicker Direct | E6 | Lead | worked | 29th May 1982 | |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | E6 | Lead | worked | 30th May 1982 | |
Second ascent.
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The Dillusioned Screw Machine | E6 | Lead | worked | 27th Jul 1982 | |
First ascent.
With 1pt of aid. https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.149994316457454/149994789790740 |
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1983 | ||||
1984 | Margins of the Mind | E7 | Lead | worked | 1984 |
Master's Wall | E7 | Lead | worked | 1984 | |
https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.116371059819780/116374156486137 |
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Poetry Pink | E5 | Lead | worked | 1984 | |
Cystitis by Proxy | E5 | Lead | worked | 1984 | |
Bell-Dance | E5 | Lead | worked | 19th Mar 1984 | |
The Clown | E7 | Lead | worked | 25th Apr 1984 | |
Fishbox | E5 | Lead | worked | 2nd May 1984 | |
The Demons of Bosch | E7 | Lead | worked | 11th Jun 1984 | |
Raped by Affection | E7 | Lead | worked | Jul 1984 | |
1985 | ||||
1986 | Stiff Syd's Cap | E6 | Lead | worked | Apr 1986 |
Released from Treatment | E6 | Lead | worked | 26th Apr 1986 | |
Flower of Evil | E7 | Lead | worked | May 1986 | |
Stroke of the Fiend | E7 | Lead | worked | 28th May 1986 | |
First ascent.
Second pitch. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=117800759676810&set=a.117799293010290 |
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Dawes of Perception | E7 | Lead | worked | Jun 1986 | |
Second ascent.
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Menopausal Discharge | 8a+ | Lead | worked | Jun 1986 | |
First ascent.
John graded the route E7. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=117801186343434&set=a.117799293010290 |
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Authentic Desire | E7 | Lead | worked | Aug 1986 | |
1987 | The Rite of Spring | E7 | Lead | worked | 1987 |
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1989 | ||||
1990 | ||||
1991 | Shaft of a Dead Man | E7 | Lead | 1991 |
First ascent.
References[1] Dixon, N. (2004). Clogwyn Dur Arddu: Climbers' Club Guide to Wales, page 188. United Kingdom: Climbers' Club. |
Climb | Grade | Style | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade |
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Menopausal Discharge | 8a+ | Lead | worked | Jun 1986 | |
First ascent.
John graded the route E7. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=117801186343434&set=a.117799293010290 |
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Manic Strain | 8a | Lead | worked | ||
First ascent.
References[1] https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=117799956343557&set=a.117799293010290 |
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The Burning Sphincter | 7b | Lead | worked | 1982 | |
First ascent.
Originally an E5 trad route. https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.149994316457454/149994606457425 |
Climb | Grade | Style | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade |
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Climb | Grade | Style | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade |
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Indian Face | E9 | Lead | did not finish | ||
John put in a solid ground up effort before taking a big fall. He then put in a bolt at his high point and named it The Tormented Ejaculation. John pulled a flake off the route after Johnny Dawes had made the first ascent, he then painted a piece on the rock scar. This angered Johnny who then scraped the painting off. |
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The Bells! The Bells! | E7 | Lead | worked | 30th Jun 1980 | |
First ascent.
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The Tormented Ejaculation | E7 | Lead | worked | 1982 | |
First ascent.
[1] https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=115865133203706&set=a.115862679870618 [2] https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=115865649870321&set=a.115862679870618 [3] Clogwyn Du'r Arddu (Climbers' Club Guides) 2004, Nick Dixon |
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Margins of the Mind | E7 | Lead | worked | 1984 | |
The Clown | E7 | Lead | worked | 25th Apr 1984 | |
The Demons of Bosch | E7 | Lead | worked | 11th Jun 1984 | |
Raped by Affection | E7 | Lead | worked | Jul 1984 | |
Flower of Evil | E7 | Lead | worked | May 1986 | |
Stroke of the Fiend | E7 | Lead | worked | 28th May 1986 | |
First ascent.
Second pitch. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=117800759676810&set=a.117799293010290 |
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Authentic Desire | E7 | Lead | worked | Aug 1986 | |
The Rite of Spring | E7 | Lead | worked | 1987 | |
Shaft of a Dead Man | E7 | Lead | 1991 | |
First ascent.
References[1] Dixon, N. (2004). Clogwyn Dur Arddu: Climbers' Club Guide to Wales, page 188. United Kingdom: Climbers' Club. |
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Master's Wall | E7 | Lead | worked | 1984 | |
https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.116371059819780/116374156486137 |
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Dawes of Perception | E7 | Lead | worked | Jun 1986 | |
Second ascent.
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Barbarossa | E6 | Lead | worked | 6th Jul 1980 | |
First ascent.
First free ascent. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=115863283203891&set=a.115862679870618 |
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Fingerlicker Direct | E6 | Lead | worked | 29th May 1982 | |
The Dillusioned Screw Machine | E6 | Lead | worked | 27th Jul 1982 | |
First ascent.
With 1pt of aid. https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.149994316457454/149994789790740 |
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Stiff Syd's Cap | E6 | Lead | worked | Apr 1986 | |
Released from Treatment | E6 | Lead | worked | 26th Apr 1986 | |
The Big Sleep | E6 | Lead | worked | 7th Mar 1982 | |
Second ascent.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream | E6 | Lead | worked | 30th May 1982 | |
Second ascent.
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The Sexual Salami | E5 | Lead | worked | 15th Mar 1980 | |
Bananas | E5 | Lead | worked | 30th Mar 1980 | |
First ascent.
References[1] https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=115863216537231&set=a.115862679870618 |
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The Wrinkled Retainer | E5 | Lead | worked | 3rd Apr 1980 | |
Poetry Pink | E5 | Lead | worked | 1984 | |
Cystitis by Proxy | E5 | Lead | worked | 1984 | |
Bell-Dance | E5 | Lead | worked | 19th Mar 1984 | |
Fishbox | E5 | Lead | worked | 2nd May 1984 | |
Climb | Grade | Style | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade |
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