Facts: - knownfor: * first man to climb 8a + - updated: 13 may 2013 - highestredpoint: 8c + - typeofclimber: sport climbing , trad , bouldering - retired: 1990 - birth date: 1963 - name: jerry moffatt - nationality: british - birth place: london Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jerry moffatt .
jerry moffatt -lrb- born 1963 -rrb- is a rock climber from leicestershire , england .he came into the spotlight in the early 1980s with important ascents such as the 2nd asc .of ron fawcett 's strawberries -lrb- e6 6b -rrb- at tremadog , and lightning quick repeats of some of the world 's hardest routes such as genesis and equinox in the us , super imjin in japan , bidule in france , and the face in altmuhl valley nature park in germany .his autobiography , '' jerry moffatt : revelations '' won the grand prize at the banff mountain book festival in 2009 .