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VIDEO: How To Rig a Top Rope 03-Mar-10

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This brand new UKC mini-series combines words, photos, diagrams and video to make clear some of the trickier technical aspects of climbing to grasp.

With the most up top date info possible it uses the stunning images of Mike Robertson, video clips from Get Out On Rock and diagrams from Rock Climbing – Essential Skills and Techniques.

Here professional mountain guide Libby Peter shows us how to rig a top rope. [ full story ]

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thumb Simon Carter, the Australian climbing photographer takes us through some tips about how to make it as a professional climbing... [ full story ]

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thumb Stephen Venables was the first Briton to climb Everest without supplementary oxygen. He reached the summit alone, after climbing... [ full story ]

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thumb What is a CWIF? It stands for Climbing Works International Festival and this year, on Saturday 20th March, some of the best... [ full story ]

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thumb In this exclusive excerpt from his new book Rock Athlete, Ron Fawcett, one of Britain's most influential climbers, talks openly... [ full story ]

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thumb Back in September of 2009 the well known Spanish team of Iker and Eneko Pou completed what they consider to be their hardest... [ full story ]

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Patagonia Ascensionist Soft Shell Jacket 10-Mar-10

thumb Soft shell? Never been a fan of it, says Jon Griffith. Or so he thought, anyway... "Too flimsy and not windproof enough. It's... [ full review ]

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