Ron Fawcett - Rock Athlete: The Story of a Climbing Legend

By: Ron Fawcett, Ed Douglas

Narrated by: Dan Bottomley

Ron Fawcett is a natural-born climber. In 1969, while still at school in his native Yorkshire, he tied into a climbing rope for the first time and was instantly hooked. From that moment on, it seemed nothing else in his life mattered nearly as much as his next vertical fix. Ten years later, Fawcett was the most famous rock climber in Britain and among the best in the world, part of a new wave whose dedication to training transformed the sport, pushing standards further and faster than ever before - or since. His legacy of new climbs ranks him alongside the very best in the history of the sport. He was also the first to style himself a professional rock climber, starring in the landmark television documentary Rock Athlete, and appearing on the covers of magazines around the world. But far from enjoying the fame, Fawcett found the pressures of the limelight too much to bear, and at the end of the 1980s he faded from view. Now, for the first time, he tells his extraordinary story, of how his love of nature and the outdoors developed into a passion for climbing that took him to the top - and almost consumed him. Winner of the 2010 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature.

©2011 Ron Fawcett (P)2019 Vertebrate Publishing

Nice listen

It was nice to hear how his life unfolded into climbing and in the movies. I'm just not as familiar with some people he mentioned so at those times it was a blur. would have been cool to hear more little details but I have a bad memory so I couldn't have done any better at that aspect.