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Ron Fawcett (born 6 May 1955) is an English rock climber. He is noted for being amongst the outstanding rock climbers of the 1970s and 1980s, and for being one of the first professional rock climbers.〔(BMC notice ), bmc.org. Retrieved 15 December 2010.〕 He won the 2010 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature with Ed Douglas, for their book ''Ron Fawcett, Rock Athlete''. ==Notable climbs== *1978: The Cad (E5, 6a), North Stack, Gogarth, Anglesey〔 〔(The Cad ), ukclimbing.com.Retrieved 17 December 2010.〕 *May 1982: Tequila Mockingbird (E6 6b), Chee Tor, Derbyshire〔(Tequila Mockingbird ), ukclimbing.com. Retrieved 17 December 2010.〕 *1982: The Prow (E6 6b), Raven’s Tor, with Gill Fawcett, over 3 days〔(The Prow ), ukclimbing.com. Retrieved 17 December 2010.〕 *Slip 'n' Slide (E6 6a), Crookrise, Yorkshire〔(Slip 'n' Slide ), ukclimbing.com. Retrieved 17 December 2010.〕 *Lord of the Flies (E6 6a), Dinas Cromlech, Snowdonia〔(Lord of the Flies ), ukclimbing.com. Retrieved 17 December 2010.〕 *Strawberries (E6 6b), Tremadog, North Wales *1983: Master's Edge (E7 6b), Millstone Edge. the Peak District. According to the BMC guidebook〔''Burbage, Millstone and Beyond'' (BMC, 2005), edited by David Simmonite and Niall Grimes〕 this is "Fawcett's masterpiece ... with sustained difficult climbing and painfully limited protection" finishing with "a heart-stopping lunge". *Fawcett has made the longest rock climb in the United Kingdom, the 5000-metre Girdle Traverse of Stanage Edge.〔''Stanage'' (BMC Guide), David Simmonite et al., 2002. ISBN 0-903908-42-5.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ron Fawcett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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