The 80's: Birth of Extreme
£25 with free UK P&P buy online
Fatures Johnny Dawes, Ben Moon, Jerry Moffatt, Paul Pritchard & more
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New double DVD for Christmas The 80's: Birth of Extreme £25 with free UK P&P buy online Fatures Johnny Dawes, Ben Moon, Jerry Moffatt, Paul Pritchard & more |
 This is the original version of Stone Monkey as seen on Channel 4 in 1987 with music by Frank Zappa (Yo Mama), Lloyd Cole (Mr Malcontent) and Talking Heads (Naive Melody). |
The new DVD of the original Stone Monkey with extra footage - the
Story of Indian Face £24.99 incl P&P buy online see promo trailer  photo:jim perrin "The first one of its kind and still one of the best ....truly inspiring" Jerry Moffat "Had my palms sweating, a powerful film, perhaps the best pure rock climbing film I've seen (1988) ....and perhaps still is (2005)" Leo Dickinson |
| 20 years after Stone Monkey was made, it is still widely regarded as possibly the best climbing film. Johnny Dawes is one of the most exciting climbers ever to emerge on to the British scene - a Nureyev of the rock, dynamic and balletic. In the 1980s when climbing standards were leaping forward, Johnny stood out for his understanding of the rock and his unique approach. This award-winning video traces Johnny’s boyhood influences and films him on his gritstone masterpieces and on the spectacular Quarryman groove in North Wales. Winner of 5 international film festival awards. | |
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Also on the DVD is a compelling 30 minute documentary
about of Britain’s hardest adventure climbs, the Indian Face (E9, 6c).
This spectacular line on Clogwyn Du'r Arddu is as controversial as it is
deadly. The best climbers of the 80s attempted it, but it was Johnny Dawes who
finally topped out in 1986. We unfold the story using never-before-released
footage of Johnny Dawes repeating the crux section of Indian Face during the
first ascent of West Indian Face in 1988. The saga of the original climb is
narrated by Jim Perrin, with contributions from Joe Brown, John Redhead, Nick
Dixon and Johnny himself . More details and buy
online If you are a shop or distributor and are interested in selling 'Stone Monkey and the Story of Indian Face' then please contact us |
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 photo:Simon Nadin Otherwise known as: The Dawes, Off his head, The Leaping Boy (US), Bold as Brass Monkey |
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| WORKSHOPS: I coach people of
all descriptions to use their body in the easiest natural way. You do not learn
so much as become reacquainted with your dormant kinaesthetic system; a process
I call "declumsification". If you think of yourself as unco-ordinated rest
assured that you are much more able potentially than you would likely imagine.
Super powerful people still reach a limit, a limit that crisper awareness can
push back. I set specific movements to enable people to recover precise
movement intuition. These are low power and so are easy to try repeatedly. As
you succeed on one, others are introduced to open up the speed , precision and
strength of intention and concentration of the pupil. I have coached 3000
clients in 9 countries worldwide including the widest range of abilities. Robyn
Erbysfield (4x indoor world champion) and Alex who has Downs Syndrome though
very different in limitations both enjoyed and improved. My unique approach is
as much about having fun as a means of improving performance. in fact it is
improving through having fun. see how others experienced the workshops more details SHOWS slide..video..stories..tricks and demos. . I have slides of my travels, and first ascents around the globe. Films including seacliff, outcrop, Nelson's column free! and in recent years I have experimented with hopping, handless, and one handed climbing on film. These dance-orientated films cut to music show the rocks in a new way. I balance rocks and show new ways to move. more details | book me COMPETITIONS: I set competitions based on proprioception and kinaesthetics. Competitions where awareness of position and feeling for movement are the primary challenge. These form a fitting compliment to the power centred approach. since they are often on less steep terrain and allow the client to expand the extent of a dual style comp. It is my intention to share my full understanding of how to innovate movement using imagination.. contact me to discuss  Student workshops with free copy
of Stone Monkey Compton Verney Untitled
Boulder Stone
Monkey® limited edition £15 with the original tracks
by Frank Zappa, Lloyd Cole and Talking Heads (as seen on Channel 4).Indian Face One hundred and twenty feet above the rocky screes at the foot of Clogwyn d'ur Arddu, a towering cliff on the north flank of Snowdon in Wales, rock climber Johnny Dawes moved up and on to a ledge just four inches long and two inches wide. This minute resting place was smaller than a bar of chocolate. But it was the key to Dawes' historic ascent, earlier this month, of a new climb on the cliff's featureless Great Wall. The climb was so difficult and dangerous that it marked a turning point in climbing, as significant for this high-risk sport as the first four-minute mile for athletics. [Guardian October 1986] Not necessarily about the Indian Face |
  photo: Mark Sharratt
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Bonkers grit and slate primate Dawes arrived on the scene at a transitional time in British climbing development. The post Livesey/Fawcett training-inspired rise in trad standards was faltering and commercial pressures to adopt the Continental Bolt were increasing in the wake of this. Into this arena leapt, literally, avante-garde rock poet Johnny Dawes, the boy wonder who invented the dyno. In a stunning and innovative series of bold climbs he revived the gritstone scene and was immediately hailed by the grown-ups as The Last Great Hope of British Climbing. Transferring his skills to slate and thence to Welsh mountain rock he played a major part in promoting the glamour of the quarries and his Welsh escapades culminated in the famous Indian Face on Cloggy. Dawes is however much more than a talented and unusual climber. His creative ability spills over from the rocks into artistic projects, particularly film. Alun Hughes' Stone Monkey® which is said to be "95% influenced" by Dawes undoubtedly changed the way the sport was filmed and was a huge hit with its mixture of semi-surreal images, documentary style voice-overs and carefully selected cool tunes. Many other climbing vids have subsequently aped aspects of the approach but none can ever repeat the splendid freshness of the original. The film epitomises what makes Dawes unique: It wasn't just his climbs that were different, he brought a completely new perspective to bear on the way the sport was practised and perceived. BRYCS 2001 "This year saw the London & South East team come second (it's highest position to date). Throughout it was leading until the last few climbs. A number of the climbers have done a Johnny Dawes course and by request he agreed to tutor the team a week before the competition. The session was incredibly inspirational and he helped bring the team together as one. It was a great delight for our climbers when he turned up at Sheffield to support and inspire the team. I'd recommend anyone next year to get Johnny along for a team session after the regional BRYCS. His energy alone will inspire you." Chris Arnold, London & South East. See photo |
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