Climbing Never Die - A Film about Ukrainian Climbers in the Midst of War

ARTICLE: Climbing Never Die - A Film about Ukrainian Climbers in the Midst of War

IFSC commentator and EpicTV presenter Matt Groom writes about travelling to Ukraine during the Russian invasion to make the documentary 'Climbing Never Die' for the current Reel Rock 18 film tour. On the journey to Kyiv by train, I shared a cabin with a bearded bear of a man who spoke very little English. I woke up to find him injecting insulin in the pale morning light of the swaying carriage. I asked him what Kyiv was like and he shook his head in sadness, unable to find the words. As we got up to leave the train, he pressed an old, heavy head torch into my hand. 'Take it, you will need it…there is not much light,' he said.

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Destination Guide

The Ogwen Valley: Best of British Bouldering

The Ogwen Valley has an enormous amount of rock to climb on. It’s not just one set of boulders, it’s lots of sets of boulders scattered in clusters across the length and breadth of the valley. Within this video, we visit a few different venues to sample some of the classics.

Peak Bouldering – Rockfax Digital Update

We recently updated Peak Bouldering on Rockfax Digital. This is a full update for every crag and features all the content from the recent Peak Bouldering print guide plus a lot more. This means mostly new boulder photos, all new maps plus 700 extra problems making a total of 5400 problems in all described and that doesn’t include the minor variations!

This is a free update to all subscribers. How to subscribe to Rockfax Digital.

Significant extra areas included:
Wharncliffe (extra areas), Bitholmes Wood, Froggatt (extra areas), Tideswell Dale, Duke’s Seat, Rabbit Warren, Harthill Quarry, Hillcar Wood, Shining Cliff (Matlock), Roche Abbey, Anston Stones, plus numerous small boulders added to other areas.

Other areas included from the previous book:
Tintwistle Knarr, Black Tor, The Woolpacks, Houndkirk Moor, The Churnet

This is an ongoing work and we will be adding more areas to Peak Boudlering in the future – just keep an eye out for updates and extra areas in the ‘Installed’ section of Rockfax Digital.

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Photo of the Week

Ragnalstindane, Sunnmøre alps, Norway.

Al Todd

Congratulations to Al Todd for being voted Gallery of the Week by UKC users.

There were 183 new photos added added to the Photo Galleries this week