| From | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 |
| Date of birth | 18th Mar 1963 |
| Age | 63 years old |
| Gender | Male |
| Climbing | |
| Hardest Boulder (Worked) | 8B |
| Hardest Sport (Worked) | 8c+ |
| Hardest Sport (Onsight) | 8a |
| Hardest Sport (Flash) | 7c+ |
| Hardest Trad (Worked) | E8 |
| Hardest Trad (Onsight) | E7 |
| Hardest Trad (Flash) | E7 |
| Notable Partnerships | |
| Ben Moon | |
| Malcolm Smith | |
| Neil Molnar | |
| Kurt Albert | |
| Wolfgang Güllich | |
Jerry Moffatt was at the forefront of British climbing throughout the eighties and nineties. Jerry established many hard firsts in the UK, Germany, France and USA including historic ascents such as The Face, Revelations and Liquid Ambar, all at the cutting edge of difficulty at the time they were established.
In the early eighties Jerry pushed the mental side of climbing to the limit, onsight soloing mountain extremes, making a traumatising ascent of Master's Wall (E7) and soloing pretty much every hard classic on Dinas Cromlech, up to Right Wall (E5), in a single day.
A trip to America in 1983 saw him onsight some of the hardest routes there, including Psycho! (Free) (E6) and Genesis (E6).
Jerry was an early proponent of bouldering in its own right. From early ascents on The Bowderstone he went on to put up a host of hard classics such as The Ace at Stanage and Dominator in Yosemite.
Jerry pioneered training for climbing, initially spending countless hours doing reps in scrappy limestone caves, then building one of the first cellar boards in the world. He went on to open The Foundry, one of the world’s first modern climbing walls.
Jerry was one of the first professional climbers, innovating ways to make a living through sponsorship and media coverage. He starred in several much-loved climbing films, notably The Real Thing (which he co-produced) [1]. His charisma, quotability and brattish charm endeared him to a generation of acolytes who, when faced with a seemingly insurmountable challenge would invoke the mantra: “What would Jerry do?”
[1] The Real Thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brbxoKEgsw0
[2] Stone Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FguueX9jM78
[3] 80's Birth of Extreme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkj3Buhfi2k
[4] Statement of Youth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeqI9axxrco
[5] Portrait by Chris Gore https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/3456311291101688
[6] https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/2732067140192777
[7] https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/876401569092686
[8] One Summer by Ben Pritchard, 1994 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnGf69g6Igc
[9] Interview with Wedge Climbing, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBmqm3VTrn4
[10] Photoshoot for DMM 1995 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cu8uyrStQ6I/
[11] https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ixcvxW0xNrX07Hxwxw8fE
[12] https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ITuiLGEgJB8kpavKkNOIK
| From | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 |
| Date of birth | 18th Mar 1963 |
| Age | 63 years old |
| Gender | Male |
| Climbing | |
| Hardest Boulder (Worked) | 8B |
| Hardest Sport (Worked) | 8c+ |
| Hardest Sport (Onsight) | 8a |
| Hardest Sport (Flash) | 7c+ |
| Hardest Trad (Worked) | E8 |
| Hardest Trad (Onsight) | E7 |
| Hardest Trad (Flash) | E7 |
| Notable Partnerships | |
| Ben Moon | |
| Malcolm Smith | |
| Neil Molnar | |
| Kurt Albert | |
| Wolfgang Güllich | |
Jerry Moffatt was at the forefront of British climbing throughout the eighties and nineties. Jerry established many hard firsts in the UK, Germany, France and USA including historic ascents such as The Face, Revelations and Liquid Ambar, all at the cutting edge of difficulty at the time they were established.
In the early eighties Jerry pushed the mental side of climbing to the limit, onsight soloing mountain extremes, making a traumatising ascent of Master's Wall (E7) and soloing pretty much every hard classic on Dinas Cromlech, up to Right Wall (E5), in a single day.
A trip to America in 1983 saw him onsight some of the hardest routes there, including Psycho! (Free) (E6) and Genesis (E6).
Jerry was an early proponent of bouldering in its own right. From early ascents on The Bowderstone he went on to put up a host of hard classics such as The Ace at Stanage and Dominator in Yosemite.
Jerry pioneered training for climbing, initially spending countless hours doing reps in scrappy limestone caves, then building one of the first cellar boards in the world. He went on to open The Foundry, one of the world’s first modern climbing walls.
Jerry was one of the first professional climbers, innovating ways to make a living through sponsorship and media coverage. He starred in several much-loved climbing films, notably The Real Thing (which he co-produced) [1]. His charisma, quotability and brattish charm endeared him to a generation of acolytes who, when faced with a seemingly insurmountable challenge would invoke the mantra: “What would Jerry do?”
[1] The Real Thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brbxoKEgsw0
[2] Stone Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FguueX9jM78
[3] 80's Birth of Extreme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkj3Buhfi2k
[4] Statement of Youth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeqI9axxrco
[5] Portrait by Chris Gore https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/3456311291101688
[6] https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/2732067140192777
[7] https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/876401569092686
[8] One Summer by Ben Pritchard, 1994 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnGf69g6Igc
[9] Interview with Wedge Climbing, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBmqm3VTrn4
[10] Photoshoot for DMM 1995 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cu8uyrStQ6I/
[11] https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ixcvxW0xNrX07Hxwxw8fE
[12] https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ITuiLGEgJB8kpavKkNOIK