Keyword: Ben Moon

Video: Adam Ondra flashes 8B gritstone boulders here

Sheffield is the UK's climbing epicentre. Legends like Jerry Moffatt or Ben Moon have left their mark on the surrounding climbing areas. It is precisely this test piece that Adam Ondra uses in his homage to the 90s climbing film The Real Thing.

Ondra pulverizes Ben Moon and Jerry Moffatt's test pieces

Adam Ondra is undoubtedly the strongest climber of his generation. But how does he compare to the best before him? To find out, Magnus Midtbo brought the Czech over-climber together in Sheffield with two '90s climbing legends: Ben Moon and Jerry Moffatt.

First Hubble, now Action Direct: That's what Buster Martin says about the 9a classics

After five days of planning, Buster Martin had what is probably the most famous route in the Franconian Jura in his pocket. Next to Alexander Megos, he is only the second climber to have climbed both Wolfgang Güllich's Action Directe and Ben Moon's Hubble - two absolute classics, often accompanied by the question of which was the world's first 9a.

This is what Alex Megos says about the dispute over the title "First 9a in the world"

Is Action Directe the world's first 9a, or is it Hubble? Does history have to be rewritten? We spoke to Alexander Megos.

Is Ben Moon's Hubble the world's first 9a?

Hubble is again rated 9a by Ben Moon. In retrospect, this makes Hubble - and not Action Directe - the first 9a in the world.

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