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The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 25, 2013, 02:47:34 pm
Shark interviews Ben Moon .......

As promised




Big up to Guy again for the editing and Ben for being Ben
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#1 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 25, 2013, 03:20:27 pm
Nice one for asking the speed question  ;D

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#2 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 25, 2013, 03:28:14 pm
Awesome stuff!

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#3 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 25, 2013, 03:59:19 pm
Great :2thumbsup:

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#4 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 25, 2013, 05:03:31 pm
Bookmarked for fingerboard session psyche this evening......

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#5 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 25, 2013, 05:06:52 pm
Nice one for asking the speed question  ;D

There were some other UKB questions after the camera had stopped and from what I remember his answers were roughly as follows:

How about this: Ben was pretty much the best back in the day, does he reckon he would be pretty much best now as well if he was 25 given what we know about training etc these days? Would be be do Change and La Dura Dura as well as Goia (sp?) etc??

He couldnt really answer this

Which first ascent are you most proud of and which project do you most regret not quite ticking? ie. the one that got away

He said what the routes you might expect Statement, Cypher, Hubble, Black Lung, Voyager Low start. He regreted Northern Lights more than Action Direct.

Ask him whether he thought he could have made it as a footballer, and if so would he rather have done that than climbing?

Given the choice he definitely would have preferred to score a goal for England than what he has done climbingwise


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#6 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 25, 2013, 05:12:56 pm
Brilliant  :2thumbsup:

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#7 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 25, 2013, 09:53:49 pm
Thoroughly brilliant stuff guys! Please do more....

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#8 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 25, 2013, 10:19:00 pm
Actually really refreshing to have the 'two guys sit down and have a conversation' style rather than EPIC wonky footage, RAD high fives and the rest.

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#9 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 25, 2013, 11:00:50 pm
enjoyed that,i'm available for an interview it would be a great start then massive gaps in the middle and an anti climax at the end!

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#10 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 26, 2013, 08:52:03 am
great stuff.

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#11 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 26, 2013, 10:57:14 am
+1 really enjoyed it, wish more people doing such candid interviews. 

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#12 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 26, 2013, 11:50:42 am
Agreed, Simon - that was absolutely brilliant, thanks.

So refreshing to hear someone as talented as Moon talking openly and honestly. Listening to him brings into sharp relief how totally anodyne so many of the current bunch of climbers who the court media attention are. No holding back on his opinion of Rich Simpson, quite rightly  :lol:

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#13 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 26, 2013, 12:09:56 pm
Ta guys.  ;D

While I'm on a roll can someone PM me Gaskin's contact details and I'll see if he's up for it. 

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#14 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 26, 2013, 12:53:25 pm
Best asking Greg, although I somehow doubt you'll get far.

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#15 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 26, 2013, 01:06:08 pm
That was great

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#16 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 26, 2013, 01:56:41 pm
Probably showing my climbing video geekiness here, but is Graeme's question about "wet on the holds" a sly reference to Ben's reaction to falling off something in One Summer?

"...there's wet on the holds! Look, proof..."



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#17 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 26, 2013, 02:00:19 pm
aka Peter Pan.

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#18 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 26, 2013, 02:13:49 pm
Probably showing my climbing video geekiness here, but is Graeme's question about "wet on the holds" a sly reference to Ben's reaction to falling off something in One Summer?

"...there's wet on the holds! Look, proof..."

Wasn't it "Grease. Proof" ?

Edit: love the video/interview, great idea setting it up.

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#19 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 26, 2013, 02:23:42 pm
Brilliant!
Thanks!!!

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#20 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 26, 2013, 05:49:50 pm
Quality interview :thumbsup:


Probably showing my climbing video geekiness here, but is Graeme's question about "wet on the holds" a sly reference to Ben's reaction to falling off something in One Summer?

"...there's wet on the holds! Look, proof..."
Don't have a copy to hand but you're on the right track there - Ben is moaning about "getting wet on the holds" iirc...

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#21 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 26, 2013, 06:35:51 pm
Great interview, thanks

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#22 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 26, 2013, 06:59:42 pm
Excellent interview Simon.

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#23 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 26, 2013, 09:17:50 pm
Quality interview :thumbsup:


Probably showing my climbing video geekiness here, but is Graeme's question about "wet on the holds" a sly reference to Ben's reaction to falling off something in One Summer?

"...there's wet on the holds! Look, proof..."
Don't have a copy to hand but you're on the right track there - Ben is moaning about "getting wet on the holds" iirc...


Had to clear this up.  It's Superman which he falls off and says "It's greasy. Look, proof".  problem starts at about 32:30.

Looks mad now seeing bouldering like that with no pads.

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#24 Re: The UKB Ben Moon interview
September 26, 2013, 09:55:53 pm
What's the actual "getting wet on the holds" quote though? Or was that in a different video?

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