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thumb George Band received an OBE for his services to mountaineering and charity in today's New Year Honours list Born in 1929,... [ full story ]

thumb Llanberis mountain rescue team have been extremely busy this festive period, rescuing several parties of walkers from the hills... [ full story ]

thumb Andy Kirkpatrick is currently soloing the Harlin Route on the north face of the Eiger, Switzerland. He is updating his blog... [ full story ]

thumb Shawn Diamond has climbed a new line on the boulders of Bishop, California. Luminance has been graded V11 (Font 8a) and features... [ full story ]

thumb UKClimbing.com roving reporters have given us the full low-down on this year's Kendal Mountain Festival, with photographs and... [ full story ]

thumb This morning, 25th December 2008, Stanage Edge in the Peaks. What am I doing here? Like the seventy-odd other climbers... [ full story ]

thumb Pete Benson and Guy Robertson have climbed The God Delusion IX,9 on the 10th of December 2008. Erik B on the UKC Forums... [ full story ]

thumb UKClimbing.com have a series of End Of Year Articles for 2008 coming this week. Jack Geldard (Editor, UKC) on Trad... [ full story ]

thumb Christmas came early for the winner of the 25th question in the METOLIUS COMP: 25 years, 25 cams, 25 days. 24 Metolius cams... [ full story ]

thumb Looking for work in North Wales? Something creative? Something climbing related? Steve Mayers of The Beacon Climbing Centre is... [ full story ]

thumb "Rob's just been in the shop singing the praises of his father-in-law the infamous Stevie Haston. It seems that Stevie did his... [ full story ]

thumb Following on from other recent video articles on UKC, we are now proud to publish an offering from SteepMedia. Dave Gill from ... [ full story ]

thumb We asked the climbing and outdoor shops who support and partner with UKClimbing.com to give us five gift ideas for climbers and... [ full story ]

thumb Were you inspired by the recent Scottish Tooling Series? Looking for somewhere to go 'tooling' south of the border? Drytooling... [ full story ]

thumb Three cams left to win. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of METOLIUS, Beyond Hope in conjunction with UKClimbing.com have been... [ full story ]

thumb As reported, Chris Sharma has managed to make the first ascent of Golpe de Estado in the El Pati-sector of Siurana, Spain; a... [ full story ]

thumb Björn Pohl reports at 8a.nu. "It seems Chris Sharma has managed to make the FA of Golpe de estado in the El Pati-sector of... [ full story ]

thumb "There's worse things in life than dying" This morning on the Radio 4 program Midweek with Libby Purves, Andy Kirkpatrick gave... [ full story ]

thumb Alex Honnold, 23, the extremely talented American climber, just doesn't let up. After an amazing trip to the UK he returned to... [ full story ]

thumb Six teams climbed the upper west face of Cerro Torre in the first nine days of December, doubling the number of previous ascents.... [ full story ]

thumb Pauline Sanderson reports on the final of the Scottish Tooling Series held at the Ice Factor - Lochaber last weekend. Thanks to... [ full story ]

thumb The BBC who created an international news event out of this years Original Mountain Marathon (OMM) could learn a lot from the... [ full story ]

thumb Hot on the heels of his ascent of Ingravids Extension F8c+, Tom Bolger has followed it up with a quick ascent of another Santa... [ full story ]

thumb Seven years old, with twenty-six issues and a respected website, as reported Alpinist is up for sale, and it seems that it has... [ full story ]

thumb Australian boulderer Sam Edwards has repeated The Island, Dave Graham's Font 8c problem in Fontainebleau. Sam has registered... [ full story ]

thumb As you may know, Kevin Jorgeson, Alex Honnold and Matt Segal certainly made a mark on their brief trip to the UK. Here are... [ full story ]

thumb The winners of MARMOT On Sight CLIP COMPETITION have been decided and announced. The judges were Hugh Harris of Marmot UK,... [ full story ]

thumb BMC negotiate access to Craig y Forwyn, ending a 20-year ban This is a cause for celebration! The BMC has just re-secured... [ full story ]

thumb Updated with picture Twenty-year old British stamina machine, Tom Bolger, now resident of the Catalunyan town of Lleida has... [ full story ]

thumb This is an excerpt from the report by Lindsay Griffin on the BMC Website This autumn a four-member team of like-minded friends... [ full story ]

thumb 47 year old Lynn Hill completed Chablanke a V11/12 (font 8A/+) boulder problem at Hueco Tanks, Texas a couple of days ago. The... [ full story ]

thumb After poor early-Autumn weather, conditions are finally improving in Catalunya, heralding a flurry of important ascents over... [ full story ]

thumb We asked the climbing and outdoor shops who support and partner with UKClimbing.com to give us five gift ideas for climbers and... [ full story ]

thumb Now updated with photos Dan on his ground-up repeat of Superbloc Another view of Dan on Superbloc Ryan just before his... [ full story ]

thumb The Promise saw three ground-up ascents this weekend at the hands of Pete Robins and Ben Bransby. Yes, that's right, Three. Pete... [ full story ]

Climber, Coach and Photographer Mark Reeves has put together a short film titled Hard Sl8. Mark has a photography article coming... [ full story ]

thumb A new institute of higher climbing learning is opening in Bristol next Tuesday, 9th December. The Climbing Academy is a new... [ full story ]

thumb It's Christmas time again, and the BMC is getting into the festive spirit by announcing the next round in the great BMC bolt... [ full story ]

thumb Gaz Parry has made the third ascent of Infinite Gravity at Blackers Hole, Swanage. This 40m route was first climbed by Pete Oxley... [ full story ]

thumb The Articles page on UKClimbing.com has undergone a major upgrade to make it more user-friendly and attractive. As part of these... [ full story ]

thumb The forthcoming Gogarth North guide has been transferred to Fratelli Spada, the Italian printing company. The books are due to... [ full story ]

thumb UKClimbing.com are proud to present a video interview with Johnny Dawes and Nick Dixon. This interview was expertly filmed and... [ full story ]

thumb Leah Crane has climbed Bus Stop (V9/Font 7c) on the Jerry's Roof boulder in the Llanberis Pass. Leah tried the problem on... [ full story ]

thumb 19-year-old Alex Puccio from Boulder, Colorado has climbed her fourth V12 (Font 8A+) with an ascent of A Maze of Death at the... [ full story ]

thumb Mina Leslie-Wujastyk has climbed the classic gritstone problem Brad Pit (Font 7c+). Mina is one of only a handful of women to... [ full story ]

thumb Katy Whittaker has made what is thought to be the second female ascent of the coveted gritstone route Master's Edge (E7... [ full story ]

thumb UKClimbing.com reports on hundreds of new routes and significant repeats every year. In our reports we try to convey as much... [ full story ]