Disclosure : This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links.

Statement: The Ben Moon Story

`Ever since I first set foot on rock at the tender age of seven years, climbing has been the most important thing in my life. In fact I would go so far as to say it is my reason for living and as long as I am able to climb I hope I will. It is from climbing I draw my inspiration for life.` On 14 June 1990, at Raven Tor in the Derbyshire Peak District, twenty-four-year-old Ben Moon squeezed his feet into a pair of rock shoes, tied in to his rope, chalked his fingers and pulled on to the wickedly overhanging, zebra-striped wall of limestone. Two minutes later he had made rock-climbing history with the first ascent of Hubble, now widely recognised as the world`s first F9a. Born in the suburbs of London in 1966, Moon started rock climbing on the sandstone outcrops of Kent and Sussex. A pioneer in the sport-climbing revolution of the 1980s and a bouldering legend in the 1990s, he is one of the most iconic rock climbers in the sport`s history, In Statement, Moon`s official biography, award-winning writer Ed Douglas paints a portrait of a climbing visionary and dispels the myth of Moon as an anti-traditional climbing renegade.Interviews with Moon are complemented with insights from family and friends and extracts from magazines and personal diaries and letters.

Related Products:

Southern Sandstone Climbs Default ThumbnailThe Sandstone outcrops of the Forest of Dean A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future Climbing Beyond: The world`s greatest rock climbing adventures Peak Rock: The history, the routes, the climbers Revelations : Jerry Moffatt Luna: The Stories and Science of Our Moon The Sky at Night: Book of the Moon – A Guide to Our Closest Neighbour Climbing Rock: Vertical Explorations Across North America Fifty Places to Rock Climb Before You Die: Rock Climbing Experts Share the World`s Greatest Destinations The Earth`s Moon NGS Wall Map ENCAPSULATED The Earth`s Moon NGS Wall Map PAPER Moon Oregon Trail Road Trip (First Edition): Historic Sites, Small Towns, and Scenic Landscapes Along the Legendary Westward Route Default ThumbnailKalymnos Rock Climbing Guidebook Beyond Limits: A Life Through Climbing Rock Climbing: Mountain Leader Training Handbook Volume 2 Clouds from Both Sides: The story of the first British woman to climb an 8,000-metre peak Ron Fawcett – Rock Athlete Moon Denver, Boulder & Colorado Springs The Tale Of Peter Rabbit: Moon Landing Anniversary Edition Moon Rocky Mountain National Park (Second Edition): Hike, Camp, See Wildlife Austria Climbing and Bouldering Map THE SANDSTONE ROCKS CHALLENGE WALK: EAST SUSSEX ROCKS Danish Dynamite: The Story of Football`s Greatest Cult Team Red Moon Rising Illuminated Moon (E2003) Hasselblad & the Moon Landing Sussex, Kent and Surrey 1939 The Climber`s Complete Guide to Dumbarton Rock Moon Landing Moon Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon (Eighth Edition) On the Moon Moon: Art, Science, Culture The Moon: A History for the Future Moon Wisconsin`s Door County Moon The Moon and Sixpence Churnet Bouldering: Over 600 Boulder Problems in the Lower Churnet Valley Philip`s Moon Map Moon Portland