Jerry Moffatt

Jerry Moffatt, born 18 March 1963, is a British rock climber and climbing author widely considered the best British rock climber from the early 1980s to the early 1990s and arguably the best in the world in the mid 1980s. He was among the first to onsight routes at 7b+, 7c and 7c+, and the first to climb a route at 8a+. On the traditional side he established Master's Wall (E7 6b) at Clogwyn Du'r Arddu in 1983, and in June 1985 he made the first free ascent of the Lost Arrow Spire in Yosemite with Ron Kauk as a live television event. He was known for the intensity of his training, opened Britain's first indoor climbing centre, The Foundry in Sheffield, in 1991, and has written books on mental preparation for competition climbing.