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During the winter months the Winter Climbing forums are the most visted forums at UKClimbing.com. Lots of keen climbers sharing... [ full story ]
Dave Macleod has been out in Spain, soaking up the sun and 'taking in some classics'.
"On the first couple of days I just... [ full story ]
Bishop, California: The Buttermilk highball boulder-route Evilution (V12, Font 8A+ or in UK route speak E8) has received its... [ full story ]
Climbing quiz-master George Smith has come up with an awesome climbing quiz. The first correct email to be pulled out of a hat... [ full story ]
UKC have a series of three films featuring Alex, Matt and Kevin in action on the grit.
Film 1: Kevin (first) then Alex... [ full story ]
Patagonia are looking for a Sales Representative for Northern England, Scotland & Ireland. You must be an active outdoors... [ full story ]
UKC have a series of three films featuring Alex, Matt and Kevin in action on the grit.
Film 1: Kevin (first) then Alex... [ full story ]
Visiting American climbers Kevin Jorgeson, Matt Segal and Alex Honnold have had an amazing gritstone trip. They've ticked some... [ full story ]
Whilst some think Team America have taken the Gritstone by storm - downgrading everything in sight, others rest easy knowing... [ full story ]
Andy Turner (first ascent of the now sought after 'The Secret' on Ben Nevis) and James Thacker (Mountain Instructor - Blog) have... [ full story ]
Mick Ryan and myself left Ambleside at 7.30 this morning axes and crampons in tow (well one of us had crampons) hoping to find... [ full story ]
On Friday 14th of November we ran a Comedy Quiz with George Smith (Watch it here).
Congratulations go to the winner - John... [ full story ]
Joe Puryear and David Gottlieb have made the first ascent of Kang Nachugo (6,735m) in the Himalya. They have described the peak... [ full story ]
The 2008 UKC/International Literature Festival Writing Competition is now over. The winning essay was read aloud by climbing... [ full story ]
Over the next few weeks we will be highlighting some special offers that climbing businesses are offering UKClimbing.com readers.... [ full story ]
With all the Peak District media glare shining directly on 'Team America' (Do they really have stars and stripes on their... [ full story ]
I've just put up a preliminary list of winners of the main film competition at the Kendal Mountain Festival. We'll have a more... [ full story ]
For the Kendal Mountain Festival Film results scroll one news item lower.
With his first book, Psychovertical, Andy... [ full story ]
Just over two hours ago On Sight, the climbing film by Alastair Lee, won the Best Climbing Film and the prestigious Grand Prize... [ full story ]
Kevin Jorgeson has repeated almost all of The Groove at Cratcliffe. He opted to finish up the top section of Fern Hill, avoiding... [ full story ]
Alex Honnold, one of the visiting American climbers, currently rampaging across the Peak District, has continued his gritstone... [ full story ]
Kevin Jorgeson has repeated (most of) The Groove at Cratcliffe, Peak District.
See updated news report with more info: UKC... [ full story ]
The rampage continues."After Gaia, I went and threw a rope down Meshuga for the second time. The friction was amazing,
the wind... [ full story ]
Anyone can press the shutter, but only the talented can take a photograph.
Check out the UKClimbing.com Photo Gallery for the... [ full story ]
EDIT: PHOTOS AT: http://lezec.cz/clanek.php?key=7446
Yesterday Adam Ondra, the fifteen year old wonderkid from Brno in the... [ full story ]
In August, the American climber Dean Potter made a "BASE solo" (or FreeBASE) of Deep Blue Sea (7b+, 300m, Rathmaier-Ruhstaller,... [ full story ]
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of METOLIUS, Beyond Hope in conjunction with UKClimbing.com Presents..
THE METOLIUS... [ full story ]
Although complete details are still not available, one of the highlights of the post-monsoon season in Nepal is likely to be the... [ full story ]
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One of the world premieres at Kendal Mountain Festivals next weekend is 'Andy Parkin: 'Life in adaptation" by Blue Hippo Media... [ full story ]
The E - grade confusion continues.
Jens Larssen of 8a.nu in a discussion at 8a.nu says that, "The E-grading system is just a... [ full story ]
Is the UK lacking climbers who can dispatch the Grit's hardest routes, some climbed over 20 years ago? No excuses about the rain... [ full story ]
On Wednesday the 12th November Alex Honnold climbed Gaia E8 at Black Rocks. He'd not been on the route before and had seen video... [ full story ]
We've had another great response to one of our competitions. Thirty-four climbers entered the MARMOT "On Sight" Film Clip... [ full story ]
Climbing quiz-master George Smith has come up with an awesome climbing quiz. The first correct email to be pulled out of a hat... [ full story ]
Phew! It's all over the place this great British grade debate. Climbing forums are alive with discussion, it's a hot topic... [ full story ]
Taken from the full report by Dave Simmonite on the Climb Magazine Website
On Wednesday the 12th November, the first day of... [ full story ]
The incredibly successful UKC Logbooks system has now got 100,000 routes recorded in its database.
The 100,000th addition was... [ full story ]
The Swedish extreme skier Fredrik Ericsson is trying to become the first person to ski the three highest mountains in the world.... [ full story ]
British films have done exceptionally well at the latest Banff Film Festival in Canada, with Hot Aches and Posing Productions... [ full story ]
In dramatically different ways, Sid Marty's book The Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek and Robert MacFarlane's The Wild Places both... [ full story ]
British junior team member Edward Hamer has had a recent run of form in his half term school holiday.
Hamer, who recently... [ full story ]
Sheffield based Leah Crane has topped off her recent trip to Fontainebleau with an ascent of Carnage Assis (Font 7c).
Leah's... [ full story ]
Rockfax have plucked a prize at the Banff Mountain Book Festival for their new book Lofoten Rock. This follows on from their win... [ full story ]
Lancashire based Jordan Buys has ticked one of Earl Crag's last great problems with his recent ascent of French Duke E9 7a (Font... [ full story ]
On October 29th (UKC News) I was asked:
"If the grade of one route falls, what happens to the grade of the others that are... [ full story ]
Think of a 'climbers city' – do you come up with Sheffield? Edinburgh? Leeds? Glasgow? What about London?! Perhaps in part... [ full story ]
Dan Varian and Ned Feehally have repeated Ron Fawcett's 1986 slab nightmare Toy Boy at Froggatt in the Peak District. Graded E7... [ full story ]
It's not just Barack Obama who can raise money to fund good causes using the internet.After the media debacle that was this years... [ full story ]
Congratulations Barack Obama and the USA. [ full story ]
There is an unprecedented number of climbing film premieres at this years Kendal Mountain Festivals ( 20th - 23rd November); of... [ full story ]
On the day of the US elections it is with sadness that we report that bolt chopping is still alive in the USA. Sport climbing... [ full story ]
Alex Honnold, 23, the extremely talented American climber over in the UK with a group of friends at the moment has made the third... [ full story ]
At Earl Crag on Saturday, Jordan Buys from Burnley, made the first headpoint ascent of one of Yorkshire's last great... [ full story ]
It's easy to lose track of what Steve McClure has climbed, he doesn't exactly shout about it from the rooftops - he hasn't a blog... [ full story ]
UK mountaineer Valerie Parkinson has climbed Manaslu without using oxygen. Valerie was part of the Altitude Junkies Manaslu... [ full story ]
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