Book description
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.
