Niall Grimes on Moffatt, Revelations and What Jerry Means to Climbing
Niall Grimes on Moffatt, Revelations, and climbing history.
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.
Niall has a rare ability — if you’re a hiphop nerd like I am, he’s a bit like an MF Doom song. He can monologue for an hour, seemingly with non-sequitors and veering all over the place, while not ever giving the listener the urge to change the channel. And he eventually gets to the point - usually after you’ve been laughing for who knows how long. Then, when it matters, he can sit back and listen. It’s really a brilliant skill to have.
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. And of course, the links to Niall’s articles that we talk about in here are in your show notes.
