Peak District based company Vertebrate Publishing have announced a forthcoming Ben Moon autobiography.
In 1990 Ben Moon made the first ascent of Hubble at Raven Tor in the Peak District. Internationally significant, it was the first route in the world to be given F8c+...
Will be interesting to see whether he teams up with someone to help him write it or go for it by himself. I'm not sniffy about cowriting (Moffatt with Grimer, Fawcett with Ed Dougles and so on). And those who write things themselves usually have plenty of helpful input from editors. I'm just interested.
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