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Jerry Moffatt - Revelations
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
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Summary
When Jerry Moffatt burst onto the scene as a brash 17-year-old, rock climbing had never seen anyone like him before. Fiercely ambitious, even as a boy Moffatt was focused on one thing: being the best in the world. This is the story of his meteoric rise to stardom and how he overcame injury to stay at the top for over two decades.
Top sport climber, brilliant competitor, and a pioneer in the new game of bouldering, Moffatt's story is that of climbing itself in the last 30 years. Yet Jerry Moffatt is more than a dedicated athlete. Travelling the world to fulfill his dreams, his story is a compelling and often hilarious account of the climbing community with all its glories, dangers, and foibles as well as the story of a true sporting legend.
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- Gwyn
- 11-06-23
Inspiration
Being a dyslexic climber of similar age. Also familiar with some of the climbs and carecters in early years I connected with the story very well. But I wound recommend this as a motivational book for anyone wanting to do well at anything. Thank for sharing your story.
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- Mr. E
- 16-02-23
inspiring
excellent from start to finish.
much more down to earth and relatable than some of the other... characters... in climbing history.
and yet another person who has benefitted from Lanny Basham. Will have to get his book next!
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- attila
- 09-12-22
great story!
the narrator was great but kept mis pronouncing John Bchar's name sit was uper annoying
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- mr t w wright
- 01-10-22
Inspired!
What a legend from such a great era in climbing history. loved all the stories! Such an inspirational listen!
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- MCRaff
- 30-09-22
great listen overall
pleasure to listen to despite some butchered pronunciations of some key and quite simple phrases and words
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- Sandwich_voucher
- 29-04-21
Remarkable life..a great listen
thoroughly enjoyed this from start to finish..an inspirational read whether you're into climbing or not..I found the narration really easy to listen too.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-02-21
Top class
I really enjoyed this. Minor niggle though about the narrator obviously not being a climber and mispronouncing a few things but I'll let him off. It was great to get an in depth account of just how dedicated, obsessed and prolific Jerry was, inspiring stuff.
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- Travis
- 11-05-20
Great lessons learnt and inspired!
Fantastic story to listen to and I am even more motivated now to "train like a dog" as Jerry likes to put it! Valuable lessons learnt not just physically but mentally to which is too often the hardest part! Thanks for the great lessons, I'll be referring back to this for everything.
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- AD_NG
- 25-01-20
The mindset of a great climber
Really fun story of one of the UK's best rock climbers. As a climber, and being familiar with a lot of the locations I really enjoyed it. Not sure how a non-climber would find it, due to lots of references to grades, etc. However it still gives great insight into someone with incredible dedication and tenacity to become the best in their field.
I thought the narrator did a great job. Just a shame there were several mispronunciations (e.g. arête).
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- Voice of reason
- 24-10-19
Poor narration and midly irritating climbing bio
The narration was far too self consciously 'theatrical' with irritating emphases on certain words, embarrassing clichéd accents and some unforgiveable mispronounciations. For example, 'Arate' for 'Arete' and 'Tie-rolean' for 'Tyrolean'. This does detract from the content of the original text which deserves a more thoughtful, mature and nuanced narration. As the book progressed, the competitively driven character of Moffat gave way to a different side of the man, far more self effacing and sensitive. The moments of tragedy in his life are conveyed with an emotional impact that places all else in context. The documentation of the climbing process enables you to understand Moffat. All this being said, his overbearing sense of ego does become slightly wearing and irritating. Combine all this with the badly recorded and 'amateur theatrical-style' narration and this bio left much to be desired and far more to be irritated by. A classic climbing bio? The jury's out on that one despite the several awards the book has received. It certainly complements those other recent bios of Pollit, Fawcett and Dawes, all of which convey a picture of a creative and altogether alternative era of British climbing but one which provided the foundation of all that is both good and bad in climbing today. In comparison to those other bios, this one, ghost written by Niall Grimes, fails on so many counts. An historical document perhaps but no more.
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