The Indian Face by Johnny Dawes, Britain's first E9 rock climb

Britain's first E9 trad climb, The Indian Face first ascended by Johnny Dawes in 1986 at Cloggy in Wales and only repeated a handful of times in over thirty years.

The BMC

28

August 2020

Climbing

31m 29s

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