Written in Stone: Climbing History13 Tammi 2025

Niall Grimes on Moffatt, Revelations, and What Jerry Means to Climbing

Check out our new book, Written In Stone: The 1990s!

Many climbers put Jerry Moffatt’s book, Revelations, on the top of their list. This is in no small part due to the work of Niall Grimes, who co-wrote the Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize Winner. Niall is an Irish climbing legend who lives in Sheffield, and the host of the hilarious, story filled Jam Crack Climbing Podcast.

In this episode we discuss what Jerry Moffatt’s name meant in the early days, why Niall’s first meeting with Jerry resulted in Jerry naked and tied to a pipe, and the influence that Jerry has and continues to have over Sheffield climbing.

Revelations by Jerry Moffatt and Niall Grimes

Jam Crack Climbing Podcast

Niall’s article My Map of the World

Niall’s article King of the Crag

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Season Two is generously supported by Rab.

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This episode is supported by our research partner, NOLS: The National Outdoor Leadership School.

Written in Stone is co-created with Power Company Climbing.

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