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

Cover; Title Page; Table of Contents; ILLUSTRATIONS; PROLOGUE : A Century of Extremes; ONE : The Milk Round; TWO : First Steps; THREE : Yosemite Ron; FOUR : For Pete's Sake; FIVE : The Cad; SIX : Lord of the Flies; SEVEN : Strawberries; EIGHT : Head in a Noose; NINE : Peak Performance; TEN : Taking Flight; ELEVEN : Making Movies; TWELVE : Super Vet; SIGNIFICANT ASCENTS AND DATES; 100 EXTREMES IN A DAY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX; Plates; Copyright.;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.