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404 16th March 2026 20:09:02 UTC duncancritchley climber Johnny Dawes notes
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Johnny Dawes is a very influential climber in the British climbing scene, with many of his routes from the 1980s helping to define the era. Alongside contemporaries such as [Jerry Moffatt](/climber/131/jerry-moffatt) and [Ben Moon](/climber/130/ben-moon) he helped take over the mantel from the likes of [Ron Fawcett](/climber/532/ron-fawcett) and pushed the standards in trad climbing to new levels, culminating in his ascent of [Indian Face](/climb/601/indian-face) on [Clogwyn Du'r Arddu (Cloggy)](/crag/457/clogwyn-du'r-arddu-(cloggy)) to give the UK it's first E9. Whilst Johnny's trad climbing was cutting edge he did not embrace sport climbing in the way that many did in the early 90s, though he did still climb up to 8b+, a very respectable level for the time. > [Jon Barton](/climber/3087/jon-barton): Do you think you ever shocked anybody Johnny? > Well I'd been at this mad party over in Wales. I left in the early hours to drive over to Sheffield, I like driving at night when the roads are quiet. I could tell you about the Snake Pass first thing at dawn, but that's boring hippy stuff. I got to Sheffield, and broke into the back of [Al Rouse's](/climber/1215/alan-rouse) house. I was in the kitchen making coffee, admiring Al's new decorating efforts, I went up stairs and jumped into his room and onto the bed, to be faced by two worried looking strangers hiding under the duvet. Al had moved out some weeks earlier. > JB: No Johnny, did you ever shock anybody with your climbing? ### References [1] Interview with [Niall Grimes](/climber/702/niall-grimes) and [Nick Dixon](/climber/540/nick-dixon) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gfAxYENlmU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gfAxYENlmU) [2] Features in [80's Birth of Extreme](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkj3Buhfi2k) [3] Interview for the film *Stone Monkey*, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdeaV_vfp5Q](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdeaV_vfp5Q) [4] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D88mEgfHJ-I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D88mEgfHJ-I) [5] Interview with [Jon Barton](/climber/3087/jon-barton), On The Edge 63 (1996) [/library/11066/on-the-edge-63](/library/11066/on-the-edge-63) [6] *What Climbing Has Taught Me* (2025) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L_uSJH7-30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L_uSJH7-30)
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Johnny Dawes is a very influential climber in the British climbing scene, with many of his routes from the 1980s helping to define the era. Alongside contemporaries such as [Jerry Moffatt](/climber/131/jerry-moffatt) and [Ben Moon](/climber/130/ben-moon) he helped take over the mantle from the likes of [Ron Fawcett](/climber/532/ron-fawcett) and pushed the standards in trad climbing to new levels, culminating in his ascent of [Indian Face](/climb/601/indian-face) on [Clogwyn Du'r Arddu (Cloggy)](/crag/457/clogwyn-du'r-arddu-(cloggy)) to give the UK it's first E9. Whilst Johnny's trad climbing was cutting edge he did not embrace sport climbing in the way that many did in the early 90s, though he did still climb up to 8b+, a very respectable level for the time. > [Jon Barton](/climber/3087/jon-barton): Do you think you ever shocked anybody Johnny? > Well I'd been at this mad party over in Wales. I left in the early hours to drive over to Sheffield, I like driving at night when the roads are quiet. I could tell you about the Snake Pass first thing at dawn, but that's boring hippy stuff. I got to Sheffield, and broke into the back of [Al Rouse's](/climber/1215/alan-rouse) house. I was in the kitchen making coffee, admiring Al's new decorating efforts, I went up stairs and jumped into his room and onto the bed, to be faced by two worried looking strangers hiding under the duvet. Al had moved out some weeks earlier. > JB: No Johnny, did you ever shock anybody with your climbing? ### References [1] Interview with [Niall Grimes](/climber/702/niall-grimes) and [Nick Dixon](/climber/540/nick-dixon) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gfAxYENlmU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gfAxYENlmU) [2] Features in [80's Birth of Extreme](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkj3Buhfi2k) [3] Interview for the film *Stone Monkey*, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdeaV_vfp5Q](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdeaV_vfp5Q) [4] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D88mEgfHJ-I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D88mEgfHJ-I) [5] Interview with [Jon Barton](/climber/3087/jon-barton), On The Edge 63 (1996) [/library/11066/on-the-edge-63](/library/11066/on-the-edge-63) [6] *What Climbing Has Taught Me* (2025) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L_uSJH7-30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L_uSJH7-30)
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+Johnny Dawes is a very influential climber in the British climbing scene, with many of his routes from the 1980s helping to define the era. Alongside contemporaries such as [Jerry Moffatt](/climber/131/jerry-moffatt) and [Ben Moon](/climber/130/ben-moon) he helped take over the mantle from the likes of [Ron Fawcett](/climber/532/ron-fawcett) and pushed the standards in trad climbing to new levels, culminating in his ascent of [Indian Face](/climb/601/indian-face) on [Clogwyn Du'r Arddu (Cloggy)](/crag/457/clogwyn-du'r-arddu-(cloggy)) to give the UK it's first E9.

Whilst Johnny's trad climbing was cutting edge he did not embrace sport climbing in the way that many did in the early 90s, though he did still climb up to 8b+, a very respectable level for the time.

405 16th March 2026 20:09:02 UTC duncancritchley climber Johnny Dawes notes_pretty
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<p>Johnny Dawes is a very influential climber in the British climbing scene, with many of his routes from the 1980s helping to define the era. Alongside contemporaries such as <a href="/climber/131/jerry-moffatt" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jerry Moffatt</a> and <a href="/climber/130/ben-moon" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ben Moon</a> he helped take over the mantel from the likes of <a href="/climber/532/ron-fawcett" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ron Fawcett</a> and pushed the standards in trad climbing to new levels, culminating in his ascent of <a href="/climb/601/indian-face" rel="noopener noreferrer">Indian Face</a> on <a href="/crag/457/clogwyn-du'r-arddu-(cloggy)) to give the UK it's first E" rel="noopener noreferrer">Clogwyn Du'r Arddu (Cloggy)</a>.</p> <p>Whilst Johnny's trad climbing was cutting edge he did not embrace sport climbing in the way that many did in the early 90s, though he did still climb up to 8b+, a very respectable level for the time.</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="/climber/3087/jon-barton" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jon Barton</a>: Do you think you ever shocked anybody Johnny?</p> <p>Well I'd been at this mad party over in Wales. I left in the early hours to drive over to Sheffield, I like driving at night when the roads are quiet. I could tell you about the Snake Pass first thing at dawn, but that's boring hippy stuff. I got to Sheffield, and broke into the back of <a href="/climber/1215/alan-rouse" rel="noopener noreferrer">Al Rouse's</a> house. I was in the kitchen making coffee, admiring Al's new decorating efforts, I went up stairs and jumped into his room and onto the bed, to be faced by two worried looking strangers hiding under the duvet. Al had moved out some weeks earlier.</p> <p>JB: No Johnny, did you ever shock anybody with your climbing?</p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Interview with <a href="/climber/702/niall-grimes" rel="noopener noreferrer">Niall Grimes</a> and <a href="/climber/540/nick-dixon" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nick Dixon</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gfAxYENlmU" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gfAxYENlmU</a></p> <p>[2] Features in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkj3Buhfi2k" rel="noopener noreferrer">80's Birth of Extreme</a></p> <p>[3] Interview for the film <em>Stone Monkey</em>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdeaV_vfp5Q" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdeaV_vfp5Q</a></p> <p>[4] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D88mEgfHJ-I" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D88mEgfHJ-I</a></p> <p>[5] Interview with <a href="/climber/3087/jon-barton" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jon Barton</a>, On The Edge 63 (1996) <a href="/library/11066/on-the-edge-63" rel="noopener noreferrer">/library/11066/on-the-edge-63</a></p> <p>[6] <em>What Climbing Has Taught Me</em> (2025) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L_uSJH7-30" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L_uSJH7-30</a></p>
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<p>Johnny Dawes is a very influential climber in the British climbing scene, with many of his routes from the 1980s helping to define the era. Alongside contemporaries such as <a href="/climber/131/jerry-moffatt" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jerry Moffatt</a> and <a href="/climber/130/ben-moon" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ben Moon</a> he helped take over the mantle from the likes of <a href="/climber/532/ron-fawcett" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ron Fawcett</a> and pushed the standards in trad climbing to new levels, culminating in his ascent of <a href="/climb/601/indian-face" rel="noopener noreferrer">Indian Face</a> on <a href="/crag/457/clogwyn-du'r-arddu-(cloggy)) to give the UK it's first E" rel="noopener noreferrer">Clogwyn Du'r Arddu (Cloggy)</a>.</p> <p>Whilst Johnny's trad climbing was cutting edge he did not embrace sport climbing in the way that many did in the early 90s, though he did still climb up to 8b+, a very respectable level for the time.</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="/climber/3087/jon-barton" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jon Barton</a>: Do you think you ever shocked anybody Johnny?</p> <p>Well I'd been at this mad party over in Wales. I left in the early hours to drive over to Sheffield, I like driving at night when the roads are quiet. I could tell you about the Snake Pass first thing at dawn, but that's boring hippy stuff. I got to Sheffield, and broke into the back of <a href="/climber/1215/alan-rouse" rel="noopener noreferrer">Al Rouse's</a> house. I was in the kitchen making coffee, admiring Al's new decorating efforts, I went up stairs and jumped into his room and onto the bed, to be faced by two worried looking strangers hiding under the duvet. Al had moved out some weeks earlier.</p> <p>JB: No Johnny, did you ever shock anybody with your climbing?</p> </blockquote> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Interview with <a href="/climber/702/niall-grimes" rel="noopener noreferrer">Niall Grimes</a> and <a href="/climber/540/nick-dixon" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nick Dixon</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gfAxYENlmU" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gfAxYENlmU</a></p> <p>[2] Features in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkj3Buhfi2k" rel="noopener noreferrer">80's Birth of Extreme</a></p> <p>[3] Interview for the film <em>Stone Monkey</em>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdeaV_vfp5Q" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdeaV_vfp5Q</a></p> <p>[4] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D88mEgfHJ-I" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D88mEgfHJ-I</a></p> <p>[5] Interview with <a href="/climber/3087/jon-barton" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jon Barton</a>, On The Edge 63 (1996) <a href="/library/11066/on-the-edge-63" rel="noopener noreferrer">/library/11066/on-the-edge-63</a></p> <p>[6] <em>What Climbing Has Taught Me</em> (2025) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L_uSJH7-30" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L_uSJH7-30</a></p>
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416 9th March 2026 21:25:58 UTC duncancritchley ascent Piotr Schab's ascent of L'Odi Social climber_id
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417 2nd March 2026 19:46:17 UTC duncancritchley climb Macavity notes_pretty
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<p>The first route to breach Avon's Main Wall. Named for <em>Marcavity the Mystery Cat</em>, from T.S. Elliot's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Possum%27s_Book_of_Practical_Cats" rel="noopener noreferrer">Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats</a>. </p> <blockquote> <p>Macavity, Macavity: he defies the law of gravity.</p> </blockquote> <p>Misspelt <em>Mercavity</em> for many years.</p>
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<p>The first route to breach Avon's Main Wall. Named for <em>Macavity the Mystery Cat</em>, from T.S. Elliot's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Possum%27s_Book_of_Practical_Cats" rel="noopener noreferrer">Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats</a>. </p> <blockquote> <p>Macavity, Macavity: he defies the law of gravity.</p> </blockquote> <p>Misspelt <em>Mercavity</em> for many years.</p>
418 2nd March 2026 19:46:17 UTC duncancritchley climb Macavity notes
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The first route to breach Avon's Main Wall. Named for *Marcavity the Mystery Cat*, from T.S. Elliot's [Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Possum%27s_Book_of_Practical_Cats). > Macavity, Macavity: he defies the law of gravity. Misspelt *Mercavity* for many years.
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The first route to breach Avon's Main Wall. Named for *Macavity the Mystery Cat*, from T.S. Elliot's [Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Possum%27s_Book_of_Practical_Cats). > Macavity, Macavity: he defies the law of gravity. Misspelt *Mercavity* for many years.
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-The first route to breach Avon's Main Wall. Named for *Marcavity the Mystery Cat*, from T.S. Elliot's [Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Possum%27s_Book_of_Practical_Cats).
+The first route to breach Avon's Main Wall. Named for *Macavity the Mystery Cat*, from T.S. Elliot's [Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Possum%27s_Book_of_Practical_Cats).

> Macavity, Macavity: he defies the law of gravity.

419 21st February 2026 16:20:10 UTC duncancritchley climber Mike Thompson notes_pretty
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<p>Soldier whose experiences with Gurkha troops during the Malayan emergency (1950s) and Himalayan mountaineering (1960s and 1970s) lead to a career in anthropology. Author of Out With The Boys Again, which satirised the heavyweight 1975 British Everest expedition (of which he was a participant).</p> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Mike Thompson, 'Out with the boys again' in The Games Climbers Play, ed. Ken Wilson, (Diadem Books. London, 1978) pp.344-352.</p>
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<p>Soldier whose experiences with Gurkha troops during the Malayan emergency (1950s) and Himalayan mountaineering (1970s) lead to a career in anthropology. Author of 'Out with the boys again', which satirised the heavyweight 1975 British Everest expedition (of which he was a participant).</p> <h3>References</h3> <p>[1] Mike Thompson, 'Out with the boys again' in The Games Climbers Play, ed. Ken Wilson, (Diadem Books. London, 1978) pp.344-352.</p>
420 21st February 2026 16:20:10 UTC duncancritchley climber Mike Thompson notes
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Soldier whose experiences with Gurkha troops during the Malayan emergency (1950s) and Himalayan mountaineering (1960s and 1970s) lead to a career in anthropology. Author of Out With The Boys Again, which satirised the heavyweight 1975 British Everest expedition (of which he was a participant). ### References [1] Mike Thompson, 'Out with the boys again' in The Games Climbers Play, ed. Ken Wilson, (Diadem Books. London, 1978) pp.344-352.
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Soldier whose experiences with Gurkha troops during the Malayan emergency (1950s) and Himalayan mountaineering (1970s) lead to a career in anthropology. Author of 'Out with the boys again', which satirised the heavyweight 1975 British Everest expedition (of which he was a participant). ### References [1] Mike Thompson, 'Out with the boys again' in The Games Climbers Play, ed. Ken Wilson, (Diadem Books. London, 1978) pp.344-352.
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-Soldier whose experiences with Gurkha troops during the Malayan emergency (1950s) and Himalayan mountaineering (1960s and 1970s) lead to a career in anthropology. Author of Out With The Boys Again, which satirised the heavyweight 1975 British Everest expedition (of which he was a participant).
+Soldier whose experiences with Gurkha troops during the Malayan emergency (1950s) and Himalayan mountaineering (1970s) lead to a career in anthropology. Author of 'Out with the boys again', which satirised the heavyweight 1975 British Everest expedition (of which he was a participant).

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