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Buster Martin on HubbleVideo

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Last month, Buster Martin made the tenth ascent of Hubble (9a) (9a) at Raven Tor (Miller's Dale). The route took him just a handful of sessions and was documented by filmmaker Andrew MacFarlane.

The film looks back at Ben Moon's climbing in the '80s, the first ascent of the route and discussion concerning the grade change decades later. Buster goes on to give some insight into his own climbing career and explains how he went from a competition/endurance climber to ticking one of the toughest short routes around.


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Buster Martin is only the second Brit to tick a confirmed 9a+, with his ascent of First Ley in November 2019. In 2018, he redpointed Rainshadow 9a not long after taking a 4-year break from climbing. He is the first brit...

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9 Nov, 2020

Saw the video last night!

Great film and great to see a La Sportiva athlete crushing a historic route again!

I loved the Ben Moon footage as he is a hero of mine both climbing wise and environmentalist wise.

MS

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