Ben Moon
Ben Moon (born 13 June 1966) is an English top climber. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Ben Moon and his partner Jerry Moffatt pushed the limits of difficulty in rock climbing at that time, both in their home country of England and all over the world. the world Ben's first contact with rock climbing was on a family trip to Derbyshire. He immediately understands that he has discovered the sport that suits him. Thereafter, he often climbed the cliffs in the area with his brother, equipped in all and for all with an old used rope, jammers that they had tinkered with themselves and a single carabiner. At seventeen, he left for Wales hitchhiking and found himself by chance in the cliffs of Pen Trwyn where he finally met those he had taken as models: Andy Pollit, Jerry Moffatt and Martin Atkinson. “I was fascinated by the atmosphere. Everyone absolutely wanted to climb the most extreme routes in a new style (they made sure by planting expansion pitons) – it was a kind of permanent competition between friends! On weekends, Ben lodges with the others at the Parcelese cave, a filthy, goat-smelling lair, feeding on sandwiches, grilled potatoes and beans. His performance leaps forward, he goes from level E3 to E5 7. Although Ben enjoys climbing traditional routes such as the Right Wall, he is more and more passionate about extreme difficulties. He was the first person to climb an 8c+ with the Hubble route at Raven Tor. At that time, Hubble was the hardest route in the world, including a crux equivalent to an 8B block. Ben Moon is particularly known for his openings of short routes and requiring a lot of power. He also opened the first 8c, in France, succeeding routes that local climbers had failed to solve. He gave them names of French military defeats, such as Maginot Line ("Maginot Line") and Azincourt (Battle of Azincourt). In 2015, at the age of 49, Ben Moon made the fourth ascent of Rainshadow (9a) at Malham Cove.
Statement of Youth
as SelfAt the start of the 80’s sport climbing was in its embryonic stages. Bolted routes were...
Movie pageStick It
as SelfThe second release from the Slackjaw team, Stick It is an energetic romp around the UK...
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Movie pageÅland - Baltic Sea Bouldering
as uncreditedIn late summer 2003, climbers from Britain, Sweden, and Finland descended upon the sleepy...
Movie pageWinter Sessions
as Ben MoonWinter Sessions provides a playful yet compelling bouldering film about the unique and intense...
Movie pageOne Summer: Bouldering in the Peak
as SelfFollow Ben Moon as he ticks some of the Peak's most classic boulder problems, including Ben's...
Movie pageNo Comment
as SelfNo Comment portrays the top climbers and young talents of the scene in both bouldering and route...
Movie pageThe Real Thing
as uncreditedThe Real Thing is the first feature length bouldering movie ever made. Britain's top rock...
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