Praise for the man and book from Leo Houlding… ‹Johnny Dawes is the
enigmatic front man of an eclectic band of British climbers who in the mid
1980’s redefined the standards of difficulty and danger in traditional
climbing. Introducing the world to the impossible grades of E8 & E9, and
laying the foundations of the modern scene, Johnny’s unique style and
character have become legend. This long awaited book gives his take on a
highly influential period of climbing history and a look inside the mind of a
tormented genius. Written with devoted passion and brutal honesty, Full of
Myself lays bare Johnny’s bipolar mix of privilege and pain, wizardry and
dysfunction. Master of friction and maestro of momentum on rock and road,
orchestrator of contemporary climbing techniques such as the dead-point and
dyno, the living embodiment of poetry in motion turns his hand to the pen with
great effect.›
Ed Douglas adds… ‹Johnny Dawes is a legend in British climbing. In 1986, he
was responsible for the most inspired new route in a generation, when he
climbed Indian Face on Clogwyn d’ur Arddu in Snowdonia. Difficult and tenuous,
a fall from its hardest move would most likely be fatal. But Dawes is much
more than a risk-taker. His rich imagination has left a legacy of outstanding
new routes all over the country, not least on the gritstone edges of
Derbyshire where his bold and fluid style reached its fullest expression. He’s
an artist really, a choreographer with a warrior spirit.›
