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End of Year Articles on UKC

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Jack Geldard

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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 Landman on Bouldering.
  • Leah Crane on Female Achievements.
  • Jon Griffith on the Alps.
  • Kevin Thaw on Super Alpine.

You can read the first article Trad Climbing here: UKC ARTICLE.

All the articles are illustrated with excellent photographs and video footage, including an exciting short film of the hardest bouldering ascents of 2008 - featuring some of the top boulderers on the World's hardest problems - watch this space.

We also have exclusive photographs of Chris Sharma on Jumbo Love, his mega route at Clark Mountain.

The articles are going live over the next three days. You can view them on the Articles Page and they will be announced in the UKC Forums.

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Silum
22 Dec, 2008
excellent stuff. What a year!
Jack Geldard
22 Dec, 2008
Luke90
22 Dec, 2008
Great round-up, an interesting read. Any reason you didn't include any grades? I know it shouldn't all be about grades but I think I would have found it more informative with them included. We're talking about people who are pushing boundaries so it would be nice to know where the boundaries are.
Michael Ryan
22 Dec, 2008
Problem with grades at the top end Luke is that often they are a bunch of bullshit, especially where the E grade is involved. Best to be taken as ball park, not set it stone, despite some headlines (some in print) that persuade some otherwise. As regards the boundaries, numbers don't do that justice. An E7/8 on sight to an E11/12 headpoint are probably similar despite the difference in number. Trust Jack's picks, ignore the numbers (they are quasi meaningless)...there are a handful of climbers who have pushed the boat out this year, not one or two; anything less is disrespectful. Mick
Luke90
22 Dec, 2008
I'd agree with everything you said there and I certainly wouldn't quibble with any of Jack's choices. Having said that, almost everyone who reads UKC would understand that any grades have to taken with a pinch of salt and at the end of the day there's a reason you put grades in all your normal news reports, despite any problems with them they're still informative and interesting.
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