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Rumble in the Jungle, 67 kb

This week's Friday Nighter is a double bill from Cedar Wright.

"After a whirlwind three day travel sequence Lucho and I found ourselves on Tioman Island staring up at the mythical "Dragon's Horns." It was hard to believe that only one of the huge jungle spires had been climbed...until we started the approach..." [ full story ]

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thumb Andrea Cossu, a videographer based in Torino, Italy, has in the last month or so had the chance to shoot some footage with... [ full story ]

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thumb The new rechargeable CORE battery is designed for the Petzl TIKKA- ZIPKA2 line of headlamps. This battery is easily inserted into... [ full story ]

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thumb The buzz at ISPO on Monday was all about the BIG news from Wild Country - rumours were going round that it had been sold. I... [ full story ]

thumb At a lecture sponsored by GORE-TEX®, Dave MacLeod and climbing partner Andy Turner will present their first free ascent of the... [ full story ]

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thumb The Vertical Chill Ice Wall is an 8 metre ice climbing wall located within the Ellis Brigham store in a central part of... [ full story ]

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thumb Following on from their first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II in 2011, Simone Moro and Denis Urubko are currently on expedition... [ full story ]

thumb Here's a new video introduced by the : "Securing access...Supporting British climbing talent...Promoting good... [ full story ]

thumb On the 15th of January 2012, 15 year-old James Squire climbed his first Font 8A boulder problem with an ascent of Boy Racer at... [ full story ]

thumb Back in October of last year we reported that New Zealand climber Mayan Smith-Gobat had made a free ascent of the famous Salathe... [ full story ]

thumb Reported on Scottish Winter is the news that Greg Boswell has repeated Dave MacLeod's winter test-piece of Don't Die of Ignorance... [ full story ]


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thumb From today Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) can legally be used on land in the UK. PLBs are compact distress radiobeacons... [ full story ]

thumb Morgan Preece broke his back in a fall from his home crag of Llangattock after he pulled off a large block. His helmet was... [ full story ]

thumb There's been a few videos going round the internet recently which have had the staff here at UKC laughing. Shit Yogis Say and... [ full story ]


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