In the last week of October I went on a week-long trip to Leonidio in Greece. Having never been to the area before, I decided to focus the trip on onsighting, trying to visit as many of the crags and try as many of the 5 star classics as possible.

Succeeding is always the goal, but sometimes we need failure. Sometimes we need it more than success. 

Going out to Maltatal to try Bugeleisen was a familiar feeling. Some travel, some flying, some driving, and a new place to experience. But many things were different. A new climbing area, but with only one real focus for the trip. Being in an area

Buster Martin recently made the first ascent of Persian Dawn 8C+ which is a direct finish to Make It Funky at the historical crag, Raven Tor in the Peak District. Click here to read a short article Buster wrote about his first ascent and some history into the crag, the routes and the first ascensionists behind the famous climbs.

The walls are currently back open, current guidelines are in place and climbers can finally get back to pulling on plastic. It’s been a while since we have been able to climb inside and you may or may not have kept up training at home. If you have been to a climbing wall again, you may have experienced some of the following after your session, depending on how much training you have kept up over lockdown.

A video series by Moon athlete Eliot Stephens. Featuring tips for building, setting and training on a home board. As well as tips for hard climbing outside, how to approach projecting, how to flash hard climbs and much more!

Brett and Sophie from climbing vlog channel Climbing Nomads met up with Ben Moon at the School Room, Sheffield, to talk about his lifelong love of climbing. From the moment he first discovered rock to his groundbreaking first ascents, like Statement of Youth (8A), Ben shares his most prominent climbing memories, and current projects.

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.