In this filmed profile shot in North Wales, his present home, Manchester-born Joe Brown demonstrates the technique and discusses the philosophy which have made him one of the great mountaineers of the world.
'As a boy, I just happened to arrive at a crag and climbed it, and it was so exhilarating that from then on there was just no thought of doing anything else.'
'Becoming experienced boils down to sticking your neck out and getting away with it.'
'There's no doubt that sooner or later you're going to die, but I don' think I'm going to die climbing.'

Commentary by Ian McNaught-Davis
with Tom Patey and Pete Crew(first shown on BBC2)
(Colour)