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Excellent video, thanks! I can at least relate to it, and it makes a change from mega-athletes hanging upside down doing the first ascent of a Z14c or whatever it is these days. We tried an ascent of Moonraker in the early 70s and having got unconditionally gripped getting to the first stance failed on the first pitch. But now, Hoorah, I have (almost fifty years later) an excuse after hearing Pat talk about Pete going off line and getting similarly flummoxed. In the somewhat hermetically sealed world of the Exeter Uni Climbing Club I had no idea then whether or not our failure would be laughable to the ‘real’ climbers up in the Pass; it turns out in hindsight that there really were an exceptional bunch of gifted climbers around the SW at that time. Chris Gimblett.
> An article and film about Pat Littlejohn and Peter Biven's audacious first ascent of Moonraker on The Old Redoubt: A journey back through time to August 1967 when the crag was still unknown territory. The climbing life of a young Littlejohn comes full circle as he climbs the route exactly fifty years to the hour later, with Peter's granddaughter. Anna Biven experiences her first time on a sea-cliff as she follows in her incredible grandfather's footsteps!
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Moonraker (HVS 5a) Berry Head - The Old Redoubt