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the shizzle => sponsors => Topic started by: shark on April 18, 2013, 09:26:16 pm
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Looking forward to doing a video interview with my new BFF and UKB Sponsor Ben Moon :bow:
I've got a few things I want to ask him about Moon Climbing, their products and whether he kept his dreadlocks.
I'm sure there are some other things you would like me to ask him...no guarantees he'll answer them
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How did he stop getting wet on the holds?
Or when is going to mend my fireplace?
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The real story behind the route name 'Statement of Youth'.
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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??
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I'd like to know what he thinks about the evolution of their original grading system with routes like Liquid Ambar, Sea of Tranquility and Hubble all being suggested as a grade higher. And does he take the first 9a in the world tick? :worms:
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Aside from the elephant impression potential, why are the flaps on his trousers seemingly stuck on backwards?
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and Hubble all being suggested as a grade higher. And does he take the first 9a in the world tick? :worms:
That's already on the list ie is he happy for Hubble to go up to 9a in the new guide
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The real story behind the route name 'Statement of Youth'.
Is this something you already know the answer to?
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There might be an obvious answer to this, but which of his new routes/problems mean the most to him and why?
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What's the best combination of mind-altering substances for a party in Paris?
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Being successful at a young age - especially in climbing - suggests a personality with large amounts of perseverance, tenacity, bloody mindedness (call it what you like) that is rarely seen when people are young.. what in your upbringing gave you these qualities and this drive?
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Whose decision was it to use slo-mo for the shot of Jerry, in Toms Cave, in One Summer?
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The real story behind the route name 'Statement of Youth'.
Is this something you already know the answer to?
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No not really, just heard a few different stories - one boring and one a bit more interesting involving the typical dole climbers sort of stuff.
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As he gets older how does his approach to climbing change? How much of this is mental and how much is physical?
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In old interviews he's adamant that you should never get pumped in training, even for routes, as "If you can do 6c moves aerobically you can do them for ever and ever". Does he still believe this?
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I think what I'd like to ask is - When those guys - Moon, Moffatt, Carson, et al - were climbing routes like Sea of Tranquility, Liquid Ambar, Hubble, Big Bang etc, did they know how far ahead of the game they were? Or did they think lots of British climbers would soon catch up and be climbing those routes within a couple of years. It really is pretty amazing how far ahead of the pack those late 80's/early 90's sport climbers were - only Ste Mac has really bettered their achievements in the UK until very recently.
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Did he ever eat the world's hardest boiled egg?
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Great idea to get some interviews going from sponsors Simon.
Can I put in a suggestion/request for a couple more..
JB (with BMC Access Rep hat on) on the work involved
Grimer (with BMC Guidebook Editor) on the work involved
cofe (VP) on trumpet blowing
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Ask him whether he thought he could have made it as a footballer, and if so would he rather have done that than climbing?
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In retrospect, does he agree that dreads look shit?
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i to would like to hear wether he did indeed get wet on the holds....
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Has he ever come out with a better put down than "That's how you do it though, isn't it?".
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Great idea to get some interviews going from sponsors Simon.
Can I put in a suggestion/request for a couple more..
JB (with BMC Access Rep hat on) on the work involved
Grimer (with BMC Guidebook Editor) on the work involved
cofe (VP) on trumpet blowing
And a Slackline talk through on installing Linux ;)
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Which first ascent are you most proud of and which project do you most regret not quite ticking? ie. the one that got away
Is there any truth in the rumour about Hubble only getting ascents by people on speed?
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What's his favourite duck?
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I am interested in his 'retirement' from climbing...if you can call it that! I know he still climbs now but the last time I remember reading about high profile ascents from him was a trip to the US a few years ago when he did Mandala etc. Did he step away from 'pro' climbing due to the birth of his daughter? Lack of motivation? Putting more time in to his business? Getting weak? Getting old?
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When is he going to make an old farts reunion video with Jerry like that one of Joe and Don on Cemetery Gates? Ben grunts his way up Statement, belayed by Jerry making crusty owd git comments.
Johnnys D & R could look on and heckle from the beach too. With the tide coming in.
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How fast did he manage to go in urban built up areas?
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I am interested in his 'retirement' from climbing...if you can call it that! I know he still climbs now but the last time I remember reading about high profile ascents from him was a trip to the US a few years ago when he did Mandala etc. Did he step away from 'pro' climbing due to the birth of his daughter? Lack of motivation? Putting more time in to his business? Getting weak? Getting old?
I was at the climbing works a year or so ago and I remember seeing a couple of wads (whose names I'll withhold to spare their blushes but between them climbing in the Font 8s and sport 8s) get shut down on a problem on the comp wall.
A few days later I was there again and saw Ben Moon rinse the same problem like he was just warming up which leads me to believe that at no point he's been 'getting weak'
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I am interested in his 'retirement' from climbing...if you can call it that! I know he still climbs now but the last time I remember reading about high profile ascents from him was a trip to the US a few years ago when he did Mandala etc. Did he step away from 'pro' climbing due to the birth of his daughter? Lack of motivation? Putting more time in to his business? Getting weak? Getting old?
I was at the climbing works a year or so ago and I remember seeing a couple of wads (whose names I'll withhold to spare their blushes but between them climbing in the Font 8s and sport 8s) get shut down on a problem on the comp wall.
A few days later I was there again and saw Ben Moon rinse the same problem like he was just warming up which leads me to believe that at no point he's been 'getting weak'
Ben did pretty well at the CWIF this year IIRC
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I would like to ask him how I became his hero.
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What was the best/worst leggings/vest combo that he wore?