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The Friday night video shows that Alpine dreams can be achieved in less than a week. Watch Rich Cross, Stu McAleese and Graham... [ full story ]
Jens Larssen, the founder of the climbing website that ranks climbing achievement and puts everyone and the routes they have... [ full story ]
It's official! Scottish Winter has arrived. Several teams have been out in the mountains;
"Finally I can post about actual... [ full story ]
Double Olympic gold medallist and National School Sport Champion, Dame Kelly Holmes showed her natural sporting ability... [ full story ]
If the route that you called "the hardest route on grit" gets climbed in an hour and downgraded from E10 to E8, as James... [ full story ]
Grit Update 5: The Promise, 2nd Ascent
28 October 2008
Today I managed to climb The Promise at Burbage North for its second... [ full story ]
We have a preliminary report that Kevin Jorgeson, the visiting American climber (See UKC News, Parthian Shot Ground-Up) has... [ full story ]
Chris McNamara founder of the guidebook company and website Supertopo.com is thinking of compiling and publishing a US classic... [ full story ]
Sarah Clough writes...
"There are special dates, and there are associated traditions. Christmas - exchange of gifts, Bonfire... [ full story ]
“What? Mountain rescue teams will have to pay £260,000 a year for radio use! I'm outraged!”
Is a common response to the... [ full story ]
Patxi Usobiaga has climbed the legendary sport route Action Directe
(F9a) in the Frankenjura, Germany.
Patxi succeeded on the... [ full story ]
Thomas Huber has climbed three summits in Italy's Dolomites, the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, and B.A.S.E. jumped off two of them in a... [ full story ]
In a recent trip to Sardinia, climbing prodigy Adam Ondra has made the first complete on-sight ascent of the classic route... [ full story ]
Kevin Jorgeson Grounds Up Parthian Shot E9 6c (see news item below).Kevin writes on his blog, see below, and on the... [ full story ]
Kevin Jorgeson, 24, one of the USA's top climbers renowned for his highball bouldering and solos (he's also climbed sport 8b+)... [ full story ]
Whilst climbing and mountaineering is a sport long dominated by men, participation levels amongst women have increased and women... [ full story ]
Last weekend's Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival (EMFF) went well with around 2,500 people visiting, Stevie Christie, director of... [ full story ]
Deadline: 31st October 2008
UKClimbing.com are hosting an annual writing competition in conjunction with the International... [ full story ]
Dedicated bouldering centre Climb Newcastle will be unveiled this Thursday 23rd October in Byker, just outside of Newcastle City... [ full story ]
Buy tickets for KMF here www.mountainfilm.co.uk
Clive Allen of Ascent Marketing and Matt Heason of Heason Events who are... [ full story ]
Trad Films, in conjunction with next years Outdoor Show are giving six lucky aspirant filmmakers a big chance.
Get kitted out... [ full story ]
Chamonix, France: Unseasonably warm temperatures over the last 10 days has turned excellent North face climbing conditions into a... [ full story ]
Nico Favresse and Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll are on a road trip in the USA. They have recently completed a new free route on El... [ full story ]
Americans Matt Segal, Alex Honnold and Kevin Jorgeson are stomping their way through several hard Grit test-pieces, including... [ full story ]
Dave Graham is highly regarded as one of the top rock climbers to have come out of the US in the last ten years.
Kevin Avery... [ full story ]
"Probably the best footage I've ever filmed"This was Ben Pritchard's reluctant statement after he had been the hired cameraman on... [ full story ]
Jackson, Wyoming — October 16, 2008 — Alpinist LLC, which publishes the climbing magazine Alpinist, runs the website... [ full story ]
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Scotland's capital sees the start of the three-day Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival, Friday night, 17th October... [ full story ]
Keith Sharples reports for UKClimbing.com from Raven Tor in the Peak District
"On Tuesday a tsunami blasted Raven Tor in the... [ full story ]
The world premiere for the much anticipated climbing flick ON SIGHT is tonight at the Sheffield Showroom Cinema. (Thurs 16th Oct)... [ full story ]
In September United Utilites, owner of the popular Wilton Quarries near Bolton, Lancashire put this popular climbing area up for... [ full story ]
James Pearson has written a very illuminating account of his new route, The Walk Of Life at the sea cliff Dyer's Lookout on the... [ full story ]
Hans Florine, 44, of Lafayette, California and Yuji Hirayama, 39, of Hidaka, Japan set a new speed record for climbing the 870m... [ full story ]
This week is the American Alpine Club International Climbing Editors Summit. UKClimbing.com Editor Jack Geldard is there with... [ full story ]
American climber Ethan Pringle has repeated the hard trad route China Doll, in Boulder Canyon, USA. Pringle has been steadily... [ full story ]
Sheffield based climber Tom Briggs has made what is thought to be the sixth headpoint ascent of Parthian Shot (E9) at Burbage,... [ full story ]
John Mann MP for Bassetlaw told outdoor journalists and the BMC at a press briefing at the House of Commons that it is extremely... [ full story ]
Katie Brown has onsighted the Regular Northwest Face (VI 5.12) of Half Dome, completing the 23-pitch route in about nine... [ full story ]
Stewart Watson has topped off an already impressive year of climbing with the fifth ascent of Tao (F8c) at Piburger, Oetztal,... [ full story ]
Mina Leslie-Wujastyk has made an ascent of Ben's Roof (V10/Font 7c+) at Raven Tor - just after Leah Crane.
This makes Mina's... [ full story ]
Liam Desroy and Tyler Landman continue their run of form on Europe's desperate boulder problems. Reporting on his MoonBlog,... [ full story ]
Jack Geldard, UKClimbing.com's Editor is away for a week representing UKClimbing.com at the American Alpine Club International... [ full story ]
Over a hundred climbers and mountaineers, donning newly purchased dresses and suits, are visiting No. 10 Downing Street tomorrow... [ full story ]
Leah Crane has climbed Ben's Roof (Font 7c+/V10) at Raven Tor in the Peak District.
It took Leah a sustained effort over a... [ full story ]
Back in July, Dave MacLeod succeeded on his hardest route yet; Echo Wall. A fearsome and dangerous aręte climb, perched high... [ full story ]
Sheffield-based mountaineer, Adele Pennington (42), has become the first British woman to climb Manaslu, in the Nepalese... [ full story ]
It's November 1980 and I have been climbing for a year. Friday night I hitched up from a farm near Blackpool, where I was... [ full story ]
Bill Pattison Onsights Three 6a+'s on his 74th Birthday
Bill Pattison (MBE) of Gosforth, Wasdale (Cumbria) started climbing... [ full story ]
On the 23rd September, 14 year-old Kitty Wallace from London became the youngest female British climber to redpoint a confirmed... [ full story ]
Opening Saturday October 11th, Mountain Intelligence is a new climbing and mountaineering shop situated at 70 North Street in the... [ full story ]
Dyno World-record holder Skyler Weeks has completed a first ascent of a huge new dyno problem in America. The problem named... [ full story ]
On The Edge, Not Over It: Cotswold and Plas Y Brenin Team Up On Mountain Safety Website.
The outdoor retailer Cotswold... [ full story ]
Ray Wood reports on the DMM Website:
Pete Robins and Ben Bransby, were deservedly chuffed to recently complete a Pembroke... [ full story ]
John and Anne Arran have just returned from what they have described as 'their most adventurous big-wall expedition yet'.... [ full story ]
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