http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/ The UK's leading climbing and mountaineering website. daily 2 2009-01-05T00:00+00:00 2009-01-05T00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2009 UKClimbing.com Ltd UKC News (mailto:news@ukclimbing.com) http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200901#n45537 2009-01-05T00:00+00:00 Dan Varian has grabbed the second ascent of the boulder problem Little Women at Kentmere, Lake District. First climbed by John Gaskins, this hard problem has rebuffed attempts from many talented... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200901#n45536 2009-01-02T20:24+00:00 Andi Turner reports: Pete Whittaker (17) made the long awaited second ascent of Paul Higginson's A Little Peculiar (E6 7a/b) today on the Roaches Lower Tier. The route is described in the... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200901#n45527 2009-01-02T00:00+00:00 On Tuesday December 9th, 2008, 44 year-old Swiss climber and mountain guide Walter Hungerbühler summited Cerro Torre, completing what is considered the first solo ascent of the Ferrari Route. This... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200901#n45535 2009-01-02T00:00+00:00 Nik Royale has progressive cerebral palsy. He was in a wheelchair on the day that I met him, when he was visiting DMM to thank them for their support of his ascent of First Pinnacle Rib on... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200901#n45534 2009-01-02T00:00+00:00 Riccardo Cassin, the Italian alpinist celebrates his birthday today, he is 100. One of a group called the Ragni di Lecco (the Lecco spiders) who started climbing while based in the town of Lecco,... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200812#n45531 2008-12-31T00:00+00:00 George Band received an OBE for his services to mountaineering and charity in today's New Year Honours list Born in 1929, George Band was the youngest person on the 1953 Everest expedition. In... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200812#n45533 2008-12-31T00:00+00:00 Llanberis mountain rescue team have been extremely busy this festive period, rescuing several parties of walkers from the hills of North Wales. Speaking in a BBC interview, Ian Henderson the team's... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200812#n45532 2008-12-31T00:00+00:00 Andy Kirkpatrick is currently soloing the Harlin Route on the north face of the Eiger, Switzerland. He is updating his blog every evening from his mobile phone, you can view it here: ... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200812#n45529 2008-12-30T00:00+00:00 UKClimbing.com roving reporters have given us the full low-down on this year's Kendal Mountain Festival, with photographs and insights in to the world of climbing media. Kevin Avery said, "It's that... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200812#n45530 2008-12-30T00:00+00:00 Shawn Diamond has climbed a new line on the boulders of Bishop, California. Luminance has been graded V11 (Font 8a) and features difficult climbing with a terrible landing. Commenting on the Bishop... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200812#n45528 2008-12-25T00:00+00:00 This morning, 25th December 2008, Stanage Edge in the Peaks. What am I doing here? Like the seventy-odd other climbers present, and let's face it we are odd, we are here to climb Christmas Crack,... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200812#n45525 2008-12-23T00:00+00:00 Pete Benson and Guy Robertson have climbed The God Delusion IX,9 on the 10th of December 2008. Erik B on the UKC Forums commented: "They have clearly found a route up one of the fiercest and most ... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200812#n45524 2008-12-22T00:00+00:00 UKClimbing.com have a series of End Of Year Articles for 2008 coming this week. Jack Geldard (Editor, UKC) on Trad climbing. Kevin Avery (Assistant Editor, UKC) on Sport Climbing. Tyler... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200812#n45522 2008-12-22T00:00+00:00 Christmas came early for the winner of the 25th question in the METOLIUS COMP: 25 years, 25 cams, 25 days. 24 Metolius cams had been won by 24 climbers (see winners below) then Beyond Hope pulled... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200812#n45523 2008-12-21T00:00+00:00 Looking for work in North Wales? Something creative? Something climbing related? Steve Mayers of The Beacon Climbing Centre is advertising two posts on UKC: Wall building technicians...