Statement: The Ben Moon Story

Posted on 26 March 2018 by Ed Douglas

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 Best Download [ Statement: The Ben Moon Story ] Author [ Ed Douglas ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr If you d asked me to write a sentence to describe Ben Moon before reading this biography I would have come up with something like, British sport climber, born a decade apart from me, that climbed a bunch of hard routes in the 80 s whilst sporting an impressive head of dreadlocks Having just read Statement, The Ben Moon Story authored by Ed Douglas, my description is pretty accurate albeit there isto this man than can be summed up in one simple sentence.Yes we know the outcome of Moon If you d asked me to write a sentence to describe Ben Moon before reading this biography I would have come up with something like, British sport climber, born a decade apart from me, that climbed a bunch of hard routes in the 80 s whilst sporting an impressive head of dreadlocks Having just read Statement, The Ben Moon Story authored by Ed Douglas, my description is pretty accurate albeit there isto this man than can be summed up in one simple sentence.Yes we know the outcome of Moon s iconic routes but that is only the bones of the story Douglas has drawn from many sources including, what may seem odd in this day and age of social media, personal letters exchanged between family members It s quite touching to think some of the narrative may not have existed if it wasn t for t...I started climbing in the late 90 s so caught the tail end of Ben s career and this book filled in a few blanks in my history of climbing and explained the climbing scene of the late 90 s that I had wandered into It s also gives a great overview of the way the climbing scene changed between the 1980 s and the early 2010 s.I was also pleased that the Biographer widened his remit beyond Ben s doings and covered lot s of surrounding territory that completed a wider view of climbing at the time I started climbing in the late 90 s so caught the tail end of Ben s career and this book filled in a few blanks in my history of climbing and explained the climbing scene of the late 90 s that I had wandered into It s also gives a great overview of the way the climbing scene changed between the 1980 s and the early 2010 s.I was al...Another great read from a great publisher continuing on the trend of mapping out the british climbing luminaries From Martin Boysen s Hanging on to Jerry Moffatt s excellent Revelations and Dawes Full of Myself , this is a great continuation of a long period of british climbing where the climbers were truly the best in the world.As is typical, it s not the longest book in the world, but offers a concise view into Moon s world and especially the way his many letters are used ...

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26 March 2018

Ed Douglas