News for August 2008

On Friday a family of three from Peterborough fell off Sharp Edge, Blencathra in the Lake District. In a joint operation Keswick... [ full story ]

Dougald MacDonald reports on the US website Climbing.com that Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou has recently redpointed the route Bad... [ full story ]

"Leo Houlding is an unstoppable force in the hard-core arena of extreme sports" sprays the opening line of the 'Take Me To The... [ full story ]

Liam Desroy has pieced together a hard new link in Parisella's Cave, namely the obvious Rock Atrocity – Clyde connection. Liam ... [ full story ]

Renowned Slovenian alpinist Pavle Kozjek has been reported missing on the striking and seldom-climbed Muztagh Tower (7284m) in... [ full story ]

Chris Craggs, perhaps the most prolific guidebook writer in the UK has just climbed his 1,000th route at Stanage in the Peak... [ full story ]

The British team of Es Tresidder, Tony Stone, James Vybiral, Dan McManus, Tom Spreyer and Ged Desforges with Bavarian climber,... [ full story ]

Rachael Crewe, a 22 year-old graduate ex-Nottingham Uni, has scooped the top prize in the UKC 'Be in my calendar competition'... [ full story ]

Read more on the 8a.nu news page. Adam Ondra has on-sighted an almost vertical F8c, Absinth in Sparchen. "20m of crimping,... [ full story ]

Hope was fading fast last night for eight mountaineers missing near Mont Blanc after a powerful avalanche caused one of the... [ full story ]

On the 15/08/08, James Noble head-pointed a first ascent on the Rabbits Head South Face on Jersey, naming the route Authentic... [ full story ]

Several UKC users are reporting that all camp-sites around Bosherston in South Pembroke are closed due to flooding. If you are... [ full story ]

Late in the afternoon of August 14, while guiding the New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, her husband Peter Davis, and ... [ full story ]

Gone are the days when you could run an organisation like the BMC from a dusty backroom with a single filing cabinet.... [ full story ]

Lucy Creamer has been keeping her sport climbing fitness high at Raven Tor, climbing the F8b link-up of Weedkiller Traverse in to... [ full story ]

Moving pictures and sound are more powerful than words or pictures and yet these days almost anyone can put together a small... [ full story ]

There were 30 entries for the Keith Sharples - Be in My Calendar Competition where you had to answer 6 multiple choice... [ full story ]

Dave Anderson and Brady Robinson have free-climbed the full version of Karma de los Condores (V 5.11+R) in the Ishinca Valley of... [ full story ]

On Friday the 15th of August James McHaffie and Pete Robins set to work on a 1 day attempt of The Quarryman E8 7a, Johnny... [ full story ]

"Great Success Gypsy! The Cobra Crack is complete! Yes, the world continues to turn. President Bush is still the leader of the... [ full story ]

From Dougald MacDonald's Blog: Of all the things I saw at the Outdoor Retailer show while reporting for the trade show's daily... [ full story ]

Was an everyday morning here in Ambleside, still raining of course. I get up, check emails, check my news feeds and write my list... [ full story ]

The latest on this years' Kendal Mountain Festivals (KMFF) being held 20th - 23rd November 2008. As reported at... [ full story ]

Big things have been happening over in Denmark! The Bornholm Deepwater Climbing Festival has now finished, and it looks like the... [ full story ]

Wife beating on Everest, porn in mess tents, robbery, demands for money and exaggerated claims from a Swedish alpinist. The... [ full story ]

From Mike Weeks, organiser of the DWS festival that was to be held September 6th and 7th at Conner Cove and Winspit Quarry.... [ full story ]

On Friday 8th August Andy Marshall and Eddie Barbour headpointed the 4th and 5th ascents of Tolerance E8 6c on Binian Tor,... [ full story ]

Beyond Hope Ltd the UK distributors for prAna, Metolius, Evolv and Scapegoat are recruiting. They are after a Sales Rep, Customer... [ full story ]

Italian alpinists Simone Moro and Hervè Barmasse have made the first ascent, in fast alpine style, of Beka Brakai Chhok (6,940m)... [ full story ]

Dean Potter has made a "BASE solo" (or FreeBASE) of Deep Blue Sea (7b+, 300m, Rathmaier-Ruhstaller, 2001) on the west side of the... [ full story ]

Yesterday afternoon Ian Jackson, 19, of Guisborough, fell in a sport climbing accident, whilst threading a chain at Les Gaillands... [ full story ]

Every year Keith Sharples (Keith Sharples Photography), the photojournalist and climber, publishes a climbing calendar and this... [ full story ]

The Tibetan Environmental Protection Bureau has announced plans for closure of the northern side of Mount Everest in an effort... [ full story ]

The Prime Minister is hosting a reception for the BMC in 'Celebration of British Mountaineering' at No.10 Downing Street on... [ full story ]

What: Hard Rock Festival II and South West Film Festival. When:15 to 17th August. Where: Mill Adventure Centre, South Molton,... [ full story ]

Read Luca Signorelli's translation of Marco Confortola's account at UKClimbing.com, here. The last known survivor of the... [ full story ]

The Westway Sports Centre in London is looking for a full time Climbing Wall Duty Manager: Salary £18,404. Full job... [ full story ]

Bubbling under the surface of top trad climbing is a question: 'Do these big E grades really exist?' E grades are designed to be... [ full story ]

Nicholas Rice writes from K2 Base Camp: August 5th 2008: Today, after a rainy night in base camp, I headed down to the empty... [ full story ]

The Northumberland Mountaineering Club have arranged to have the trees at one end of this iconic crag felled. The work will... [ full story ]

A new route was established last week by Russians Valery Babanov and Victor Afanasiev on the southwest face of Gasherbrum I... [ full story ]

On the 31st July, Rob Mirfin (Mirf) made the first ascent of Cornelius E8 6c / Highball V9 at Ina's Rock, Staffordshire. Rob... [ full story ]

Eleven climbers have died in north Pakistan trying to scale the world's second-highest peak, K2, reports say. An eyewitness... [ full story ]

Agence France-Presse are reporting (link): ISLAMABAD (AFP) — At least nine mountaineers died near the summit of K2 when... [ full story ]

A tragedy on K2 is unfolding. Report by Jason A. Hendricks. We have yet to verify this report with Jason. The reports are... [ full story ]

From Dave MacLeod's blog Dated 25/07/2006 "It was last summer that I started to visit Ben Nevis again with an eye for new... [ full story ]

Petzl have uploaded a video to demonstrate the correct technique to belay the leader with a Grigri. The video demonstrates the... [ full story ]