The Rock + Run Blog: The Man in the Moon

3/06/2008

The Man in the Moon

With the arrival of the spring 2008 Moon clothing line (not to mention the great £6 deal T-shirt's) we thought we’d do a bit of a show piece slot for the man behind the brand. We have put together a collection of quality (well mostly) online video clips of the man himself in action on test pieces home and abroad.

At 41 you might think that Ben Moon has had his fair share of publicity throughout his long and illustrious climbing career, and maybe you’d be right, but there’s no doubt that through traveling to the worlds top climbing destinations and continually leaving his mark, in the shape of hard new lines, he has earned his place in British climbing folklore and well deserves the continued stream of plaudits and backslapping.

Ben Moon Fact File
Name: Ben Moon
Date of birth: 13/06/1966
Living in: Sheffield (UK)
Nationality: English
Height: 5'11" or 1.78 cm
Weight: 10stone or 64kg
Began Climbing: Age 7
Job: Climber/Businessman
Best Onsight (sport climbing): 8a+
Best Flash (sport climbing): Don't know!
Hardest Redpoint: 8c+
Best flash (bouldering): 8a+
Hardest boulder: 8b+
Favorite climbing style: Face climbing
Favourite sport climbing crag: Buoux (FRA)
Favourite bouldering spot: Fontainebleau (FRA)
Favourite Route: La Rose et La Vampire 8b, Buoux
Favourite Boulder Problem: Cypher 8b, Yorkshire (UK)
Music: Dance, Alternative (well nobody’s perfect)
Favourite drink: German beer, Red wine
Alimentation-Favourite meal: Fish
Hobby: Football, Golf
Homepage: www.moonclimbing.com

Image Right: Ben Moon back in the day attempting Neil Carson's super hard (and still unrepeated) Big Bang 9a.

Brad Pitt, Font7c+, Stanage, UK.