Mastermind

There are few climbers who could be acknowledged as the best of their generation, but Jerry Moffatt is one of them. After taking up climbing while at school in Llandudno in the 1970s he went on to become arguably the best climber in the world during the 1980s and continued to operate at the highest level throughout the 1990s. His routes and boulder problems, such as Liquid Ambar, Evolution, The Ace and Dominator, are still considered prized ticks by today’s top climbers. He has climbed and trained with many of the world’s best climbers, including Wolfgang Gullich and Ben Moon, and is as renowned for his mental strength as well as his physical strength and technical ability. Jerry’s autobiography, Revelations, co-written with Niall Grimes, won the Grand Prize at the Banff Mountain Book Festival in 2009. Mastermind is his second book.

• Title: Mastermind
• Subtitle: Mental training for climbers
• Author: Jerry Moffatt
• Imprint: Vertebrate Publishing
• ISBN: 978-1-912560-96-7
• Rights: World
• Publication date: 21 November 2019
• Edition: First
• Size: 210mm x 148mm
• Extent: 288 pages
• Cover: Hardback
• Weight: 490g
• Retail price: £25

Not only highly informative, but a pleasure to read ... I would recommend this book to any climber who wants to improve, whether that's at 5a or 9a, as well as to anyone who's interested in the mindsets or experiences of professional climbers. – Theo Moore, UKClimbing.com

Having read Jerry’s book we may be kicking ourselves that we never joined the dots and saw the bigger picture, and worked it out for ourselves years ago. But that really is the genius of it. – Dave Parry, The Project Magazine

The books layout and setting is truly modern and is typical of the author, a ’with it’ mind set bolstered by wise sayings and epigrams, everyone from Muhammad Ali, Lao Tzu to Bruce Lee. – Dennis Gray, Footless Crow