[rich d]

I'd buy it. I saw him climbing at burbage south, said hello and he said hello back - walked back to the car grinning like a twat.I also bought some trousers off him at the ourdoor show in brum a few years back and he said hello then too!

[Johnny Brown]

Shit the bed! That means Malc must have lied about doing Magnetic and therefore all his other ascents must be questionable.

Ha! I knew it all along. When has being strong indoors ever translated to achieving outdoors? Its time we flushed these bullshitting weightlifters out of the sport  once and for all.

[Paul B]

I think we first met in B&Q... buying spanners.

[BB]

Shit the bed! That means Malc must have lied about doing Magnetic and therefore all his other ascents must be questionable.

If he claims a four minute mile then I'm calling bullshit.

[Jim]

whilst seb and i got throughly tucked into the beers

I don't think you've ever tucked into a beer Dobbin. More like nursed a shandy.

ps didn't you used to have a different first name but changed it to ben after ben moon? you were going to change our whole name to ben moon iirc but you thought it was going a little too far. 

[slackline]

ps didn't you used to have a different first name but changed it to ben after ben moon? you were going to change our whole name to ben moon iirc but you thought it was going a little too far. 

Think you missed this on Twitter the other day, but re-arrange to "Bent Moron".

[petejh]

I remember at a military climbing competition in Sheffield probably around 2000, Ben Moon came in to demonstrate the finals route. The MC did his introduction 'ladies and gents Ben Moon, one of the UK's top climbers, will now demonstrate the route for the finals' at which point a squaddie in the crowd piped up very loudly 'Who the FUCK is Ben Moon?'  . Moon looked a bit embarrassed, and proceeded to piss his way up the route (which tbh being a military comp was probably about 7c).

[al123]

well here is a claim to fame! when i bought my first pair of climbing shoes back in maybe march time in outside in hathersage, big ron walks in asks for some shoes and the size, says something like "hello, just getting into are we? its a great sport" then pays and walks out, i didnt know it was him at the time just some old local geezer but i went to pay and his book was there and im thinkin "thats weird, he looks just like that man hmmmmm...." i walk out and start walking home and then stop by a wall to put my new shoes in my bag and ron comes past again and heres the best bit, i say " umm hello... are you ron fawcett?" and he says "yes, i am." me "can i have your autograph pleaaaasee" "of course" i rumage around in my bag for what seems like a age and pull out a torn half of A4 and he signs it, " To Emlyn, ron fawcett"  . the said paper has now seemed to have vanished. bollocks. i have met Johnny dawes too but i wont bore you with that story, well not yet anyway......

[mrjonathanr]

On an autograph theme, whilst sitting in a cafe in Apt I was once asked for my autograph by a rather attractive French girl. Actually I should say'we', tbh. Zips and Plantpot looked incredulous and I think only Ben actually signed his moniker -which was really what she was after, I suspect.

coda: I went to Stockport Wall just before Christmas, mid-afternoon. Some lanky grey-haired guy with glasses was just warming up on the traverses. I think I must have been the only one there who knew who Martin Boysen is - when I mentioned his presence to one of the staff they just looked bemused.

[andy_e]

I once saw Martin Boysen three times in a week - first at brownstones, then at outside in hathersage, then again the same day at high neb... Also at brownstones that day were Allen and Bancroft and Nige Bonnet (I think).

[The Sausage]

I was fondled by John Redhead in Pete's Eats toilets...

[Moo]

I would definatley love to read a ben moon autobiography. The only problem I had with Jerry's was that i felt it could have been twice as long by going into a bit more depth about some of his more important ascents and giving just a bit more insight. As a result of not including this, to me the book just felt a bit rushed like they thought you were going to get bored by reading about any detail. But before anyone bites my head off i still thoroughly enjoyed it.

[Doylo]

I was fondled by John Redhead in Pete's Eats toilets...

ever had a wank whilst holding your mates ropes?

[Jim]

Well if the books going to be anything like this thread then it'll be on to a winner

[mrjonathanr]

Moo: With an avatar like that no-one's going to bite your head.

Sausage: probably not as rare an accurrence as you might (or might not) think... Please only post proper claims to fame: I once shared a pint with Richard Harris, stuff like that.

 (Actually he sat down at the same table as me in a Covent Garden pub, to drink a coffee. I think I plucked up the courage to ask the time, that was about it - I'm not Richard Burton ffs..)

[petejh]

I was fondled by John Redhead in Pete's Eats toilets...

ever had a wank whilst holding your mates ropes?

Define 'ropes'

[lagerstarfish]

I stood next to a drinking pal while he taunted Prince(ss) Naseem trying to provoke a fight

[grumpycrumpy]

I was stood next to a mate when he had his arse fondled by Jane Birkin  ..... 

[lagerstarfish]

I was stood next to a mate when he had his arse fondled by Jane Birkin  .....

How long ago are we talking about here

[grumpycrumpy]

About twelve years ago ...... And she definitely still had 'it' ......   

[Moo]

I've had a shower with dense beat that........

[Andy B]

Is it really as small as everyone says?

[grumpycrumpy]

Is it really as small as everyone says?

What ? ..... Dense's shower ? ......

[andy_e]

Rumour has it that he has a small cubicle.

[tomtom]

Looks like its a tight fit...