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As previously reported and interviewed on UKC, Ben Moon recently made an inspirational ascent of Rainshadow (9a) at Malham Cove in Yorkshire.

Here is a brilliant video of Ben's ascent from Ben Pritchard.

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In reply to UKC News:

Great video... felt a little emotional at the end

What a rare moment, to see a hero come back in later life and climb harder than he ever did before... you have to wonder just what he'd have been capable of in that quarter of a century if he'd kept pushing it.

In reply to UKC News:

Superb!

In reply to UKC News:

Amazing. I am inspired

A bit of sewing machine leg just near the lower off?

In reply to UKC News: Wow

In reply to UKC News:

What a fantastic film. I agree with Blake - felt a bit emotional meself at the end. Massively inspirational.

In reply to UKC News:

Yes brilliant. Just one little hint that Ben has is is not long off joining the ranks of us older... umm, more mature climbers, was the 'I fell asleep for an hour. I've never fallen asleep at a crag before...' comment. Aha, cardigan, slippers and cocoa next... or in reality, probably not. Well done to the other Ben for the vid - make sure you're at Kilnsey when the next one goes down.

In reply to UKC News:

Just bloody brilliant. Great film from Ben P, and great climbing from Ben M. Totally psyched by this!!

J

In reply to UKC News:

Brilliant achievement & great video.

great effort. I thing a look forward to most when watching ben climb is his celebrations at the end. Brilliant

In reply to jon:

Surely it's only displaying cultural sensitivity to take a siesta when climbing in Spain?

In reply to John2:

In Spain?

In reply to jon:

Yes, Malham had to be sold off to fund the Yorkshire Tour de France depart.

It's now located next to a cement factory just outside Burgos

In reply to UKC News:

I am totally gobsmacked by this achievement. This guy is a legend of the highest order and is an inspiration to us all.

His training notes, reported in his biography and elsewhere, record that he "celebrated" the FA of Hubble by, er, doing more training. What dedication!

When he got into climbing again (last year!?) he could climb font 7b-odd off the couch which is totally bragable.

Not settling for that though, he goes and puts in a ton of solid effort to get this done. What a blinding bit of work.

Really made me think "what would ben do?" should be my training mantra for the next three months....

In reply to TimB:



Oh that's a real shame. It'll be far too hot in the summer.

In reply to UKC News:

Awesome!

In reply to jon:


It's already too hot in the summer, apart from when its raining.

In reply to stp:


So not too hot then!

In reply to UKC News:

Wow.

As a 49er about to go over the five-O, that was quite emotional

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Magnificent!

And thank goodness for the lack of people screaming 'Venga!' 'Allez!' 'Send it dude!' every three seconds over heavy rock music...

In reply to UKC News:

Ben Moon is an absolute inspiration. I just can't quite comprehend how he did this. For anyone who hasn't read his blogs with diary entries surrounding the FA of Hubble... i'd do it. It's great! http://www.moonclimbing.com/blog/2015/06/ben-moons-climbing-diary-from-1990...