With My Fear Of Heights,

I would be a bad choice as a rock climber,

but at least I could use both hands and legs, as indeed could Johnny Dawes aka the Stone Monkey, but he chooses not to!, photograph EpicTV/YouTube screengrab,

Dawes has always been famous for his dynamic rock climbing style and bold ascents, but his most recent endeavours are probably the most impressive, at least to the untrained eye. Now in his late 50s, the English rock climber has dedicated himself to the esoteric discipline known as no-handed climbing, which as the name suggests, is all about climbing steep rock faces without using your hands. It sounds crazy, but it looks even more so, 

“It’s a bit like climbing’s like lager or wine, and no-hands is really like a liqueur or sprit,” Dawes says. “It’s a lot stronger coordination medium.” watching Dawes do it, you’d think it was just a walk in the park, but you actually need ninja footwork, sound knowledge of physics, not to mention courage and a bit of craziness to pull this off, “It is such a preposterous and brilliant idea, and delivered with such British aplomb, that I keep thinking it might be the world’s greatest climbing put-on,” Steve Casimiro, of the Adventure Journal, writes. “Watch it as if it’s totally fake and you’ll find yourself cracking up; watch it as if it’s real and you’ll be nodding your head and saying, ‘Yeah, Johnny!’ It could go either way.” I know which way I will be going, down, to the pub!