Career
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. 1978: The Cad (E5, 6a), North Stack, Gogarth, Anglesey
May 1982: Tequila Mockingbird (E6 6b), Chee Tor, Derbyshire
1982: The Prow (E6 6b), Raven’s Tor, with Gill Fawcett, over 3 days
Slip "n" Slide (E6 6a), Crookrise, Yorkshire
Lord of the Flies (E6 6a), Dinas Cromlech, Snowdonia
Strawberries (E6 6b), Tremadog, North Wales
1983: Master"s Edge (E7 6b), Millstone Edge. the Peak District. According to the Business Service Management guidebook 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.
