By 2016 Moran had made the first ascents of 14 summits within the Indian Himalayas, including the 1995 ascent of the south face of Nanda Kot () and the first ascent in 2000 of the west ridge of Nilkanth (). Moran also led mountaineering trips to Kamet and Trisul, and to summits in the Uttarakhand region.