For other people with similar names, see John Dawes (disambiguation).
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Johnny Dawes
Dawes, May 2011
Personal information
Nickname
Stone Monkey[1]
Nationality
British
Born
(1964-05-09) 9 May 1964 (age 60) Birmingham, West Midlands
Education
Uppingham School
Occupation
Professional rock climber
Height
5 ft 3 in (160 cm)[2]
Website
www.johnnydawes.com
Climbing career
Type of climber
Traditional climbing, Sport climbing, Bouldering, Free solo climbing
Highest grade
Redpoint: 8b+ (5.14a)[3]
On-sight: E7/8 6c[4]
Bouldering: 7C (V9)[5]
Known for
Extreme traditional routes
First ascents
Gaia (E8 6c)
Indian Face (E9 6c)
The Quarryman (E8 7a)
The Very Big & the Very Small 8b+ (5.14a)
Major ascents
Indian Face (E9 6c)
Johnny Dawes (born 9 May 1964) is a British rock climber and author, known for his dynamic climbing style and bold traditional climbing routes. This included the first ascent of Indian Face, the first-ever route at the E9-grade.[6] His influence on British climbing was at its peak in the mid to late-1980s.
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^Howett, Kevin; Schirrmacher, Katherine (August 2013). FUNdamentals of Climbing 2: TECHNIQUE (A Workshop for Performance Climbing Coaches)(PDF). Mountaineering Scotland. p. 9. Retrieved 10 January 2022. Johnny Dawes: Mesomorph; Somatotype: 2:6:5. Below average height (5ft 3 inch) for an elite climber; naturally athletic with a muscular build; generally explosive dynamic style of climbing; exceptional on steep slabs and gently overhanging ground.
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East Buttress of Clogwyn Du'r Arddu, in Wales. When English climber JohnnyDawes completed the first free ascent of the route on 4 October 1986, it was...
"thin". For example, when JohnnyDawes freed the traditional climb Indian Face (E9 6c) in 1986, the protection was so thin, Dawes assumed if he fell, the...
creators of many of the extreme routes climbed in the film, Jerry Moffatt, JohnnyDawes, and John Dunne, are also shown speculating, and top roping on, future...
British team of Paul Pritchard, JohnnyDawes, Noel Craine, Dave Kendall and Philip Lloyd in 1993. This failure included Dawes losing a boot, and later having...
hard-grit routes of the 1980s first climbed by protagonists such as JohnnyDawes and John Allen. The Edge was notably omitted from the first rock climbing...
International climbing competition, held in Bardonecchia, Italy. 1986 : JohnnyDawes leads Gaia at Black Rocks, End of the Affair at Curbar, and The Quarryman...
the 1998 climbing film Hard Grit, leading British traditional climber JohnnyDawes advocated for the use of a top rope — with enough slack in the rope to...
ISBN 978-0956428134. History of rock climbing List of first ascents (sport climbing) JohnnyDawes, British traditional climber Sonnie Trotter, Canadian traditional climber...
Democratic Alliance of the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB). JohnnyDawes, rock climber Adrian Dixon, Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge University...
"Smoked Salmon", which is graded as E8 7b was made by British climber JohnnyDawes. Bamford Edge has numerous trails across it and, on a clear day, provides...
quarry, Rainbow Slab, and Australia. Famous British rock climbers such as JohnnyDawes have created well-known extreme test-pieces such as the traditional climbing...
and Free: Stories of a Rock-Climbing Legend. 2QT. ISBN 978-1910077016. JohnnyDawes, British traditional climber Dave MacLeod, Scottish traditional climber...
ascents (sport climbing) Dave MacLeod, Scottish traditional climber JohnnyDawes, British traditional climber Geldhard, Jack (10 June 2008). "Sonnie Trotter...
Stack. First free ascent and the first-ever E8 in Wales; seconded by JohnnyDawes. 1987: Boot Boys (8a+), Raven Tor, Dovedale. First free ascent of a route...
1950s and 1960s), Ron Fawcett and Peter Livesey (in the 1970s), and JohnnyDawes, Jerry Moffatt and John Redhead (in the 1980s). The British 1953 Mount...
climb El Capitan and first female to free climb the Salathé Wall (2005) JohnnyDawes (born 1964) UK, the first free ascent of E9 (Indian Face, 1986), and...
ASIN B005S22DIW. Retrieved 16 January 2022. Documentary on Moffatt, JohnnyDawes, Ben Moon: Hughes, Alun (director) (1988). 80s Birth of Extreme (Motion...
first ascents at Curbar, including Ron Fawcett (with Amnesia Arete); JohnnyDawes (with The End of the Affair, Slab and Crack, White Lines and Janus);...
2022. History of rock climbing List of first ascents (sport climbing) JohnnyDawes, British traditional climber Dave MacLeod, Scottish traditional climber...
first female to climb an E8-graded traditional route, when she ascended JohnnyDawes' famous British gritstone test-piece (featured in Hard Grit 1998), The...
comedy panel show Shooting Stars, in which he portrayed scorekeeper George Dawes from 1995 to 2009. From 2015 to 2017, he portrayed the role of Nardole in...
Rice, Johnny "John Lucas" Grinnell, Scott Osbourne, Jeffrey Thomas, Lisa B., Joshua "J.B. Goode" Goodman, Dena Yasner, Kenny Benson, Robert Dawes, Skipper...
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