Climbing

In November 2019, Moon Climbing athlete Buster Martin claimed the seventh ascent of Chris Sharma’s 9a+ sport route in Margalef, First Ley. Buster’s first meeting with the route came earlier in the year whilst on the hunt for a new sport project. He returned to the climb in April, then again in October before completing the ascent on 17 November.

On the 30th anniversary of his ascent of Agincourt, the first 8C rock climb in France, Ben Moon embarks on a trip down memory lane to once again visit the place that played such an important role in the history of sport climbing. Watch the short film documenting this journey.

The Swedish summer was long and warm and made the climbing condition terrible. After a 2 week long trip to Ceuse I quickly realized I had to give up my dreams on Swedish granite. Instead I decided to get insanely strong for whatever outdoor project

Overtraining Syndrome (OTS) is actually a clinical syndrome and, as you can imagine, is common in athletes. Learn about the different types of overtraining, the symptoms, and how to prevent it.

I remember when North East climber and photographer, Mark Savage, sent me a photo of the damage done to the classic Bowden problem 'Vienna'. The damage is obviously due to it's popularity and 'Vienna' is certainly not unique in this