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Jerry Moffatt (born 1963) is a rock climber from Leicestershire, England.

He came into the spotlight in the early 1980s with important ascents such as the 2nd asc. of Ron Fawcett's Strawberries (E6 6b) at Tremadog, and lightning quick repeats of some of the world's hardest routes such as Genesis and Equinox in the US, Super Imjin in Japan, Bidule in France, and The Face in Altmühl Valley Nature Park in Germany.^[1]

His autobiography, Jerry Moffatt: Revelations won the Grand Prize at the Banff Mountain Book Festival in 2009.^[2]

Notable Climbs

The following list is a summary of his notable ascents:^[1]

• Helmut Schmitt (E6 6b) - Stoney Middleton - 1981 - First ascent


• Ulysses (E6 6b) - Stanage - 1983 - First ascent


• Master's Wall (E7 6b) - Clogwyn Du'r Arddu - 1983 - First ascent


• The Face (8a+) - Altmühltal - 1983 - First ascent, considered the first 8a+ (5.13c) in history^[3][4]
  


• Revelations (8a+) - Raven Tor - 1984 - First ascent


• Le Rage de Vivre (8b+) - Buoux - 1987 - Second ascent of Antoine Le Menestrel's route (1986)


• Le Minimum (8b+) - Buoux - 1987 - Third ascent of Marc Le Menestrel's route (1986)


• La Spectre des Surmutant (8b+) - Buoux - 1988


• Scarface (8b+) - Smith Rock - 1988


• White Wedding (8b+) - Smith Rock - 1988


• To Bolt Or Not To Be (8b+) - Smith Rock - 1988


• Stone Love (8b+) - Frankenjura - 1988 - First ascent


• Liquid Ambar (8c+) - Lower Pen Trwyn - 1990 - First ascent^[3]
  


• Punks in the Gym (8b+) - Arapiles - 1992


• Evolution (8c) - Raven Tor - 1995 - First ascent^[3][5]
  


• Progress (8c) - Kilnsey - 1995 - First ascent


• The Ace (8B) - Stanage - 2002 - First ascent

Films

• 
  The Real Thing (1996)


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  Hard Grit (1998)


• One Summer


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  Stone Love (2001)


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  Stick it (2001)

Bibliography

• 
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  ISBN 978-1-906148-11-9.

References

External links

• Official website

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