Named after Jerry Moffatt who decked from the upper reaches of the route on a previous attempt at the FA. Miraculously he survived relatively unscathed, using up one of his nine lives. Having completed all the hard, dangerous climbing and found a good runner he was stumped by the dirty top section so decided to lower off the runner. The runner failed and he landed flat on his back and was knocked unconscious, but miraculously awoke unscathed.
Alan Carne recalls
I thought he was dead. He landed flat on his back and was completely unconscious, immobile and I just looked at him and thought 'oh, my god, he's dead'.
8 recorded ascents, including 1 unsuccessful ascent.
| Climber | Style | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade |
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| Johnny Woodward | Lead | worked | 28th Apr 1982 | |
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First ascent.
Jerry Moffatt was so incensed that Woodward had plucked the FA from under him (after his huge ground fall) the he never spoke to him again. |
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| Dougie Hall | Lead | Sep 1986 | |
| Patrick Hill | Lead | worked | 22nd Jun 2020 | |
| Tom Briggs | Lead | worked | 8th Jun 2021 | |
| Alex Norton | Lead | worked | 8th Jun 2022 | |
| Ethan Walker | Lead | worked | 19th Aug 2022 | |
| Mike Adams | Lead | worked | 6th Jul 2025 | |
References |
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| Jerry Moffatt | Lead | did not finish | ||
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Belayed by Alan Carne.
Belayer Alan Carne after Jerry decked out after taking a huge fall while trying to make the first ascent:
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