Jerry Moffat

Jerry Moffat

Jerry Moffat is a rock climber from England who once trained at The School Room.

He came into the spotlight in the early 1980s with important ascents such as the 2nd asc. of Fawcett's Strawberries (E6 6b) at Tremadog. His own important first ascents include Helmut Schmidt (E6) at Stoney Middelton, Masters Wall (E7 6b) on Cloggy, Revelations (8a+) and Evolution (8c) at Raven Tor, Liquid Amber (8c) at Lower Pen Trwyn, and Ulysses (E6 6b) and The Ace (Font 8b) at Stanage.

He was featured in the climbing film Hard Grit.


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