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Ron Fawcett, the Glossary

Ron Fawcett (born 6 May 1955) is a British rock climber and rock climbing author who is credited with pushing the technical standards of British rock climbing in traditional, sport, bouldering and free soloing disciplines, in the decade from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, and of pioneering the career of being a full-time professional rock climber.^[1]

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Boardman Tasker Prize winners
English non-fiction outdoors writers
Free soloists
People from Craven District
Sportspeople from North Yorkshire

American Alpine Club

The American Alpine Club (AAC) is a non-profit member organization with more than 26,000 members.

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Anglesey

Anglesey (Ynys Môn) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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Ben Moon (climber)

Ben Moon (born 13 June 1966) is a rock climber from England. Ron Fawcett and Ben Moon (climber) are British rock climbers.

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Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature

The Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature is an annual prize of £3,000 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".

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Bouldering

Bouldering is a form of free climbing that is performed on small rock formations or artificial rock walls without the use of ropes or harnesses.

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British Mountaineering Council

The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) is the national representative body for England and Wales that exists to protect the freedoms and promote the interests of climbers, hill walkers and mountaineers, including ski-mountaineers.

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Chee Dale

Chee Dale is a steep-sided gorge on the River Wye near Buxton, Derbyshire, in the Peak District of England.

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Climbing (magazine)

Climbing is a major US-based rock climbing magazine first published in 1970.

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Dave MacLeod

Dave MacLeod (born 17 July 1978) is a Scottish rock climber, ice climber, mixed climber, and climbing author. Ron Fawcett and Dave MacLeod are free soloists.

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Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England.

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Dinas Cromlech

Dinas Cromlech or Dinas y Gromlech is a distinctive rhyolite rock outcrop at the Llanberis Pass, in Snowdonia, northwest Wales, which has a distinctive "open book" shape that is clearly visible from the road (A4086), and is very popular location for rock climbers and contains some of Britain's most famous and notable rock climbing routes, several of which are important in the history of rock climbing.

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Ed Douglas

Ed Douglas (born 1966) is a writer and journalist from the United Kingdom. Ron Fawcett and Ed Douglas are Boardman Tasker Prize winners.

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Embsay

Embsay is a village in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England.

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Free solo climbing

Free solo climbing, or free soloing, is a form of rock climbing where the climbers (or free soloists) climb solo (or alone) without ropes or other protective equipment, using only their climbing shoes and their climbing chalk.

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Gritstone

Gritstone or grit is a hard, coarse-grained, siliceous sandstone.

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History of rock climbing

In the history of rock climbing, the three main sub-disciplines—bouldering, single-pitch climbing, and big wall (and multi-pitch) climbing—can trace their origins to late 19th-century Europe.

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Ilkley

Ilkley is a spa town and civil parish in the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, in Northern England.

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ITV Granada

ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man.

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Jerry Moffatt

Jerry Moffatt (born 18 March 1963), is a British rock climber and climbing author who is widely considered as being the best British rock climber from the early-1980s to the early-1990s, and was arguably the best rock climber in the world in the mid-1980s, and an important climber in the history of the sport. Ron Fawcett and Jerry Moffatt are boulder climbers, British rock climbers, English non-fiction outdoors writers and free soloists.

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Johnny Dawes

Johnny Dawes (born 9 May 1964) is a British rock climber and author, known for his dynamic climbing style and bold traditional climbing routes. Ron Fawcett and Johnny Dawes are British rock climbers, English non-fiction outdoors writers and free soloists.

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Leo Dickinson

Leo Dickinson is a British cameraman, director and adventurer.

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List of grade milestones in rock climbing

In rock-climbing, a first free ascent (FFA) is the first redpoint, onsight or flash of a single-pitch, multi-pitch (or big wall), or boulder climbing route that did not involve using aid equipment to help progression or resting; the ascent must therefore be performed in either a sport, a traditional, or a free solo manner.

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Llanberis Pass

The Llanberis Pass (Bwlch Llanberis; alternative English name, Pass of Llanberis) in Snowdonia carries the main road (A4086) from the south-east to Llanberis, over Pen-y-Pass, between the mountain ranges of the Glyderau and the Snowdon massif.

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M. John Harrison

Michael John Harrison (born 26 July 1945), known for publication purposes primarily as M. John Harrison, is an English author and literary critic. Ron Fawcett and M. John Harrison are Boardman Tasker Prize winners.

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Master's Edge

Master's Edge is an traditional climbing route on a gritstone arête in the "Corners Area" of Millstone Edge quarry, in the Peak District, England.

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North Riding of Yorkshire

The North Riding of Yorkshire was a subdivision of Yorkshire, England, alongside York, the East Riding and West Riding.

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North Stack

North Stack (Welsh: Ynys Arw, meaning "rugged island") is a small island situated just off Holy Island on the north-west coast of Anglesey.

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North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber and North East regions of England.

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Peak District

The Peak District is an upland area in central-northern England, at the southern end of the Pennines.

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Pete Livesey

Pete Livesey (12 December 1943 to 26 February 1998), was an English rock climber who raised the standard of technical difficulty in traditional climbing in Britain during the early to mid-1970s. Ron Fawcett and Pete Livesey are British rock climbers.

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Rock & Ice

Rock & Ice is a magazine published by Outside focusing on rock and ice climbing.

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Rock climbing

Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations or indoor climbing walls.

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Rock climbing in the Peak District

Rock climbing is a popular activity in the Peak District; particularly on edges such as Stanage or Froggatt.

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Sid Perou

Sidney Allen Bruce Perou (born 1937) was a British cinematographer and film director notable for his work in caves.

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Snowdonia

Snowdonia, or Eryri, is a mountainous region and national park in North Wales.

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Sport climbing

Sport climbing (or bolted climbing) is a type of free climbing in rock climbing where the lead climber clips into pre-drilled permanent bolts for their protection while ascending a route.

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Stanage Edge

Stanage Edge, or simply Stanage (from "stone edge") is a gritstone escarpment in the Peak District, England, famous as a location for climbing.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Top rope climbing

Top rope climbing (or top roping) is a form of rock climbing where the climber is securely attached to a climbing rope that runs through a fixed anchor at the top of the climbing route, and back down to the belayer (or "second") at the base of the climb.

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Traditional climbing

Traditional climbing (or trad climbing) is a type of free climbing in rock climbing where the lead climber places the protection equipment while ascending the route; when the lead climber has completed the route, the second climber (or belayer) then removes the protection equipment as they climb the route.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Fawcett

Ron Fawcett, the Glossary

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See also

Boardman Tasker Prize winners

English non-fiction outdoors writers

Free soloists

People from Craven District

Sportspeople from North Yorkshire

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