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| Name: |
Wilson Moir |
| Age: |
38 |
| Occupation: |
PE Teacher |
| Base: |
Rickarton, near Stonehaven |
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| Description: |
A true aficionado of Cairngorm climbing he has repeated most of the Extremes up to E7 and added lines such as The Bedouin (E4 6a) and The Shetlander (E6 6c) to the Dubh Loch. More recent first ascents include the very fine Existentialist (E6 6b) and the striking roof-crack of Steep Frowning Glories (E5/6 6b) on Lochnagar. A solo day by Loch Avon saw The Needle, Salamander, Clean Sweep and Hellfire Corner completed!
Further north Wilson left his mark on Shetland and Reiff with the addition of many climbs up to E6. Closer to home on the NE coast he has repeated over 90% of the routes including second ascents of many of Dinwoodie's test pieces. Furthermore Wilson has put up over 150 lines, around 30 of which are E5 or above, on this coastline, the hardest of these being Lunatic Fringe E6/7 6c.
Also a keen winter climber he has made several first ascents with two notable ones being The Nose Direct on The Fiddler (VII,7) and Mantichore (VII,7) although he prefers to repeat routes.
To date Wilson's most technically difficult repeat is Shere Khan E6/7 6c at Murdoch Head. Although mentally he found leading all the hard pitches on Cannibal E6 6b an altogether tougher challenge. |
| Finest Moment: |
"My finest moment would be leading the crux pitch on Naked Ape in 1989, a real psychological breakthrough at the time". |
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