Niccolò Ceria cruises Moon's Voyager
Italian climber Niccolò Ceria has made the first repeat of Voyager sit, the 8B+ boulder problem put up by Ben Moon in 2006 on the gritstone outcrop Burbage North in England’s Peak District.
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Niccolò Ceria making the first repeat of Voyager 8B+ at Burbage North, England
Giulia Paoletti
Voyager, Moon, gravity, landings… those not adept with climbing jargon might believe this report is linked to the earths' closest natural satellite. This has nothing to do with outer space though, but with the stellar news that yesterday the Italian boulderer Niccolò Ceria managed to repeat Voyager sit, the 8B+ boulder problem freed in 2006 Ben Moon at Burbage North in the Peak District, England. At the time Moon was 40 years old and this problem checked in as his hardest ever, so much so that until yesterday - despite numerous valiant attempts - it lay unrepeated.
During his first visit to England’s gritstone in 2010 Ceria attempted the 8B stand-start of this elusive prow yet failed on the final moves by the smallest of margins. Yesterday the 1993 born climber from Biella set the record straight and took down the coveted first repeat. Not bad for a visiting climber…
Talking about overseas climbers and in line with the "space" theme: Hubble, Ben Moon’s legendary route at Raven Tor initially graded 8c+ and in recent years considered by many to possibly even be 9a, still awaits its first foreign repeat. It has often been referred to as "a boulder problem on a rope." Who knows…
Ben Moon on Voyager Low Start, 2006
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