An interview with Joe Brown

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  • Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024

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  • @peterpearson1675
    @peterpearson1675 Год назад +3

    I've been climbing for over 50 years,but on my very first day on the crag (Stanage),I was just so lucky to see Joe doing the Dangler.What a start to a life climbing!

  • @johnmarston9577
    @johnmarston9577 4 года назад +29

    A great bloke. A legend. Humble, hard as nails, and so full of self deprecating humour. Sorely missed already. RIP

    • @lenroddis5933
      @lenroddis5933 4 года назад +3

      John Marston Only met him once - you summed him up perfectly.

    • @pauljones5066
      @pauljones5066 Год назад

      well said John

  • @chrish3030
    @chrish3030 3 года назад +23

    Just like his great climbs I wanted this interview to go on longer, I could have listened to him for hours.

  • @fiction8909
    @fiction8909 3 года назад +12

    I find his sharpness and his memory as amazing as his climbing.

    • @pauljones5066
      @pauljones5066 Год назад

      sharp as a tac nail! amazing

    • @weedaviec
      @weedaviec 4 месяца назад

      I was shocked to see he was in his late 80's when this was filmed.

  • @piersappleby5441
    @piersappleby5441 4 года назад +22

    Great interview. Such a humble amazing man. Salt of the earth. RIP Joe Brown thank you for everything you've given to Wales and the climbing community. Legend.

  • @oootandaboot9431
    @oootandaboot9431 2 года назад +4

    My father first took me climbing in the mid 70’s at that stage i just wanted to climb Brown and Whilans routes.I was fortunate enough to work for Joe and Val in Beris and Capel for a few years in the early 90’s.
    Even managed to go “ extreme” fishing with Joe near Gogarth on a few occasions ( and still look back at those days with wonder and thankfulness. Joe was a gent and to this day I feel blessed to have shared time with the man.

    • @robinstevenson1098
      @robinstevenson1098 2 года назад

      Nice! I remember seeing him taking a freezing fishing Smoo cave, when, because of limestone drought the local firemen simulated a waterfall in the wrong place, too near to Jo. He just sat there getting colder and colder catching nothing and not complaining! He was problably thinking “Not again”. Eventually the film crew realised what was going on and spared him after him croaking out a few hypothermic complaints. The best

  • @DeShark88
    @DeShark88 Год назад +2

    That opening hits hard today: "Joe Brown is a living legend..."

  • @andrewriley4204
    @andrewriley4204 4 года назад +11

    Like so many I got to become aware of Joe & Don through my Dad who is a similar age to Joe and & came from the same region, thus equally Northern. Growing up in the North-west of England you're not aware of how good it is for climbing and the outdoors until you leave. I don't envy my children today with their digital technology I'd happily go to the 50's, even 80's or 90's without it and get outside into the hills that my Dad, Joe & Don inspired me to do

    • @pauljones5066
      @pauljones5066 Год назад +1

      people were materially poorer, but they were better days

  • @CS-zt9kr
    @CS-zt9kr 3 года назад +7

    A wonderfully produced short film - A cracking tribute - well done to the interviewer for just knowing when to say nothing.......

  • @alastairreid1248
    @alastairreid1248 2 года назад +3

    Excellent, great to hear from the man himself about the early days. A modest gentleman.

  • @scrs8531
    @scrs8531 4 года назад +12

    Great interview. Rest in peace with Mo and the rest of the gang. Condolences to Val, Zoe and family.

  • @johnbuckle3639
    @johnbuckle3639 4 года назад +15

    Excellent interview with a great man. He's left an incredible legacy.

  • @trikky2.2
    @trikky2.2 Год назад +1

    I was lucky enough to meet JB, and really did like his description of protection. Back in the 80's or early 90's his company sent out a press release to some shops inviting people to come along and get a pack of his equipment to test. We turned up to find no one else had bothered so no packs were made up.
    Instead we were taken into the big ' shed ' out the back where everything was packed up for distribution, a lot of big bins full of the equipment and we were told to help ourselves.
    We did not take the piss, we all had our own racks for the long weekend. So just took bits and pieces that would fill in the gaps in our rack or bits we know we would use.
    JB was not there at the time, however when we had got to the end we went back to say goodbye and thank you.
    He was there, and what a fantastic guy. I did take a fall on one of his ' friends ' can't remember the size but was a smaller one.
    He was interested in how well it worked.
    Although I was in my late teens or early 20's and not a extreme climber or mountaineer he was just a fascinating person to talk to. His enthusiasm and support was infectious. Just a shame it was just a short chat. Would have loved meeting JB and Don Whillans at The Heights for a few beers :)

  • @andrelloyd4010
    @andrelloyd4010 4 года назад +6

    One of the most pivotal British climbers in the history of climbing. RIP Joe !

    • @pugilemoltobene3708
      @pugilemoltobene3708 3 года назад +2

      ‘one of the most pivotal’ …wtf does that even mean? Something is either pivotal or not, there is no ‘more or less pivotal’ 🙄 ppl who can’t write …hope your climbing’s not as bad or they’ll be picking up pieces soon….

    • @ben-fe3zy
      @ben-fe3zy Год назад

      Bit harsh. I understood what they meant.

  • @valaudae1809
    @valaudae1809 4 года назад +23

    I started climbing around 1970, inspired by 2 books above all others- Joe Brown’s “The Hard Years” and Don Whillan’s “Portrait of a Mountaineer”.

    • @Alecross1
      @Alecross1 4 года назад +4

      Same here. And Chris Bonington's "Annapurna South Face". RIP, Joe!

    • @Sierranite
      @Sierranite 3 года назад +3

      Same here. Many of those legends are completely unknown to the modern gym rats.

    • @tomgreene2282
      @tomgreene2282 3 года назад +2

      @@Sierranite Was only a walker ...who could second a severe...but heard of these fellows....great folk...home from the hills now (74)!

    • @georgesheffield1580
      @georgesheffield1580 Год назад +1

      Excellent books ,highly recommended

  • @richardbradley8535
    @richardbradley8535 4 года назад +14

    Just a complete inspiration

  • @Vbluevital
    @Vbluevital 2 года назад +2

    Engrossing! Thank You Sir

  • @michaelhart7569
    @michaelhart7569 2 года назад +3

    I didn't know he had passed away. R.I.P.
    As to his point at 18:00 forwards, I also recall Andy Pollitt saying that he too imagined things to be harder than they actually were, and this helped make it easier for him. I experienced similar thoughts in my much more limited climbing career. The mental side of climbing is at least half of the matter.
    And I've also only just learned that Andy Pollitt has left us, too young. R.I.P.

    • @rocnoir4233
      @rocnoir4233 2 года назад

      Yes poor Andy that was such a shock to the community. I met him at our local bouldering gym and also grabbed a copy of his book which is superb.

  • @insideoutface
    @insideoutface 3 года назад +3

    That was great, thanks!

  • @weedaviec
    @weedaviec 4 месяца назад

    Brilliant interview with the incredibly modest legend.

  • @mixolydian2010
    @mixolydian2010 4 года назад +3

    Brilliant, what a time of adventures.

  • @brown-eyedman4040
    @brown-eyedman4040 4 года назад +8

    Morty Smith's son is a friend. The tales of the adventures of this gang are amazing.

    • @crus1n
      @crus1n 4 года назад +1

      Another of Morty's claim to fame was that he could do press ups with someone sitting on his back, and I witnessed this at a Rock and Ice meet way back and he was no spring chicken then, one tough cookie and lovely guy.

    • @brown-eyedman4040
      @brown-eyedman4040 4 года назад

      @@crus1n I'll share this with his son.

    • @waynerosiesharman6073
      @waynerosiesharman6073 2 года назад

      I still treasure Don Whillans boots that Morty gave me some years back 😊

    • @brown-eyedman4040
      @brown-eyedman4040 2 года назад +1

      @@waynerosiesharman6073 How very cool. I'll be sure to mention this to the son next time I see him.

  • @gazzo12345
    @gazzo12345 4 года назад +5

    I was up on Winberry today, walking. Took the 'moorland gritstone chew valley' book with me, some great stories in there.

  • @pauljones5066
    @pauljones5066 Год назад +1

    one humble dude. The meek shall inherit the earth, and everything that is in it

  • @crus1n
    @crus1n 4 года назад +6

    I can relate to almost every thing Joe said, I was introduced to climbing in a Boys Club Adventure group and we used to take lads for Easter Breaks etc climbing in Wales and Stanage Edge, we were given an old cable laid nylon rope which you could almost do an Indian rope trick with they were so stiff, and, two slings with the precaution that you should remember that you would need one to tie on with at the top with. Later we heard that Joe and partners were using discarded nuts from the Snowdon railway to use on slings for protection. Straight down to the shed drilling out the threads of every brass and iron nut I could find, I also had a coil of copper wire for threading slings, made a prototype harness with a sit strap, found the greatest adventure in new routing, "look that looks like it might go", later accepted as a Rock and Ice member and had the privilege to meet Joe, Don, Morty, Ray and Pete Greenall, Denis Davis, Denis Gray, and many many others. Wonderful times.

  • @ihbcsomerset6966
    @ihbcsomerset6966 Год назад +3

    Brilliant, but barely a mention of Don Whillans, his amazing climbing partner.

  • @peterquirk9737
    @peterquirk9737 4 года назад +1

    many thanks for this, beautifully done,climbs apart the pool table in the Vic will never be the same again

    • @3vimages471
      @3vimages471 3 года назад

      What does that mean mate?

  • @stevehorner8302
    @stevehorner8302 3 года назад +3

    Great man along with Don Willans

  • @flatbrokefrank6482
    @flatbrokefrank6482 4 года назад +4

    Teeth like tombstones and hands like bunches of bananas what a character RIP

  • @PeterMurphyceltic
    @PeterMurphyceltic 3 года назад +1

    Amazing. Just amazing!

  • @ericastier1646
    @ericastier1646 2 года назад +1

    I like how he almost figuratively smacked the face of the interviewer for calling him a human fly. hahaha

  • @martymartin5792
    @martymartin5792 2 года назад +1

    That was awesome

  • @3vimages471
    @3vimages471 3 года назад +3

    Good on ya Joe .... you don`t get more British than that fella. Rest in peace mate.

  • @theondebray
    @theondebray 4 года назад +3

    Wow!

  • @llywnogmawr5853
    @llywnogmawr5853 Год назад +1

    RIP legend..

  • @gwynjames2077
    @gwynjames2077 4 года назад +5

    Really sad news!

  • @georgesheffield1580
    @georgesheffield1580 Год назад +2

    Hemp and early nylon ropes., no sticky shoes , home made nuts and slings ,long x-rated runouts .

  • @georgesheffield1580
    @georgesheffield1580 Год назад +1

    Joe may have had the best "ape index"

  • @KarelSeeuwen
    @KarelSeeuwen 2 месяца назад

    My first helmet was a 'Joe Brown' helmet. Next I had a Petzl which for some strange reason I left at camp 3 on G2. I now have a Simond, the same as my ice axes I have used for 30 years and still going strong. Looking back, the Joe Brown helmet was a piece of sh*t, heavy and always moving around. Yeh in those days we really had it tough, try telling that the young people of today and they won't believe ya.

  • @mansfieldfolkhouse
    @mansfieldfolkhouse 2 года назад +1

    Joe obviously a great legendary climber but trying to compare lesser ones with the great Don Willans,well.

  • @3vimages471
    @3vimages471 5 месяцев назад

    RIP Joe The Great

  • @frederickbowdler8169
    @frederickbowdler8169 10 месяцев назад

    Made paper boats 60 years ago to sail down the yellow river. (brook)

  • @MrJimtimslim
    @MrJimtimslim 4 месяца назад

    I looked up some of this man's climbs as id never heard of him. The routes are super easy...i don't get it

  • @adrinathegreat3095
    @adrinathegreat3095 3 месяца назад

    A living legend and a Rock.. Performer.. Wrong Joe brown

  • @tomgreene2282
    @tomgreene2282 3 года назад

    Was Joe Browne's shop his?

    • @3vimages471
      @3vimages471 3 года назад +1

      The clue is in the name. He had 3 shops.

    • @tomgreene2282
      @tomgreene2282 3 года назад +1

      @@3vimages471 Thanks for that.

    • @peterpearson1675
      @peterpearson1675 Год назад

      Of course,but it legally belonged to Joe's wife Val as far as I know.

  • @pugilemoltobene3708
    @pugilemoltobene3708 3 года назад +1

    The human fly…he was tiny!

  • @eilianwilliams7219
    @eilianwilliams7219 Год назад

    Hafn y Lliwedd not 'central gully direct"

  • @eilianwilliams7219
    @eilianwilliams7219 Год назад +1

    Clogwyn Du r Arddu not f""""* "Cloggy"

  • @eilianwilliams7219
    @eilianwilliams7219 Год назад

    He was the first to start the English colonialist habit of putting foreign names everywhere in Eryri
    Climbers are no longer welcome because of this

  • @yukoheard4585
    @yukoheard4585 3 года назад +1

    The gamy grape apparently plug because bridge mechanistically strap a a spotless jeans. unknown, simple drum

  • @Cxwl9
    @Cxwl9 22 дня назад

    Is that the dude who was climbing the old man of Hoy with the cigarette in the mouth