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Dawes and Redhead - E9 6cFri Night Vid

© Dominic Clemence

Two awesome videos for tonight's Friday Night Vid slot.

John Redhead was one of the leading climbers of the 1980's, with bold first ascents across North Wales. Here are two films made about John and the younger climber Johnny Dawes back at that time:

E9 6c is a film by Dominic Clemence and is of course titled in reference to The Indian Face on Cloggy with Redhead and Dawes.

Clown Ascending follows John Redhead causing trouble, climbing buildings and showing his art - it's quite interesting!

ENJOY!


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18 Jan, 2013
there's no great characters in climbing anymore.
18 Jan, 2013
gotta drive home carefully in the snow as i cant wait to see second film. first one was chuffin great.
18 Jan, 2013
I think there are still great characters in climbing , just maybe they are slightly tempered & manipulated by marketing & sales teams to a more managable commercial state . ( possibly talking out of my lower back ) I consider the likes of Dave Birkett & Leo Holding great characters & extremely strong climbers too , but modern climbing standards have been thus , that to garner significant press coverage that one has to do something truly exceptional or incredibly stupid nowadays . Is Alex Honnold a great character for example ? An amazing climber without doubt but character maybe that is more debateable ? I would argue that it takes great character to achieve some of the things that he has done . Inspiring films in many ways I think .
18 Jan, 2013
Of course there are characters in climbing, things just evolve. Honnold is a huge character, very similar to Redhead in a way, in that he climbs things because he wants to and for no other reason. Not everything was better back in the day...
18 Jan, 2013
I agree that redhead is a character but Jesus, is he self absorbed and pretentious or what! Just the little sideways glance to check the camera is on his is enough amid the constant stream of b......x convinces me he is not in it for the joy of climbing but self promotion. Not taking anything away from his climbing achievements which were superb and far greater than mine could ever hope to be. And how can he ever justify that giving small children an erect phallus as ok?
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