Body Machine, featuring Ron Fawcett

Rock climbing video featuring Ron Fawcett (1985) - 40 mins

List of climbs: (starting at)
Opening sequence 00:01
Bastille, High Tor, Matlock, E6 6b; climber Ron Fawcett 01:31
Original Route, High Tor Matlock, HVS 5a; Jill Fawcett 07:58
Valkyrie, Froggatt Edge, HVS 5a; Geraldine Taylor 09:10
Technical Master Left-Hand, Millstone Edge, V5 6b: Ron (solo) 13:03
Great West Wall, Millstone Edge, E2 5b; Ron (down climbing, solo) 13:26
Edge Lane, Millstone Edge, E5 5c; Ron (solo) 14:55
Right Unconquerable, Stanage Plantation, HVS 5a; Geoff Birtles 16:43
Coventry Street, Millstone Edge, E5 6b; Ron Fawcett 22:26
Body Machine, Raven Tor, Millers Dale, 7c; Ron Fawcett 28:50
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Ron and Gill Fawcett, Alan Evans and myself formed our own video company, RF Video. Our one and only production was the rock climbing video “Body Machine”, filmed in 1984 (the year of Ron's first ascent of Body Machine), with a budget of around £6,000. We were purist in our approach - all close shots of holds were of the actual holds and not cheated on more easily accessible rock.

Reviews from the time were good:

Ken Wilson, DIADEM BOOKS, Publisher and compiler of HARD ROCK, CLASSIC ROCK, CLASSIC WALKS etc:
"Refreshingly free of superficial distractions ..... The filming of the climbs is consistently interesting in the way that it concentrates on the details of the holds and sequence of moves on these climbs ..... Deserving of study."

Jim Curran, MOUNTAIN MAGAZINE:
"This is a slack package, well filmed ..... any climber will be interested and impressed."

Walt Unsworth, CLIMBER AND RAMBLER:
"The climbing Is superb and so obviously above the average man-on-the-crag that one can only watch in uncritical admiration."

Ronald Faux, THE TIMES:
"Body Machine ls guaranteed to create a sense of vertigo in the deepest arm chair."
Body Machine has been digitally remastered from the Hi-band U-matic master tape (this was mostly used for news gathering at the time - bulky equipment and low quality by today's standards).

See also Ron Fawcett - Rubicon Wall, 7 minutes.

Видео Body Machine, featuring Ron Fawcett канала Chris Johnston