21st February
21-year-old Giuliano Cameroni has climbed a new Font 8C+ in Brione, Switzerland, on the same boulder as Dave Graham's Pamplemousee. Cameroni named the problem 'Poison the Well' and he believes it to be his hardest problem to date. This was Cameroni's first of the grade, having previously climbed ...
All seven hydro electric schemes proposed for Glen Etive have been approved at a planning meeting today, a decision that has met with anger among conservationists.
Norwegian climber Mari Augusta Salvesen has made the first female ascent of the burly Ray's Roof E7 6c at Baldstones in Staffordshire. First climbed by visiting American Ray Jardine in 1977, the...
Isabelle Faus has climbed her 3rd Font 8B+ with an ascent of Memory is Parallax in Rocky Mountain National Park. The problem was originally climbed by Dave Graham in 2011. This was Isabelle's 3rd 8B+ after climbing Amandla in Rocklands in...
Our Friday Night Video this week features Jenny Fisher and Kat Whipple in Liming, China. Both were drawn to each other by a mutual love of crack climbing and head to China with the aim of putting up new routes. The area has an abundance of dark red...
Eadan Cunningham travels to Madagascar with a group of friends and older brother. His goal, to discover, clean and climb untouched boulders. Their goal, to develop a hard big wall on the granite cliffs of Tsaranoro. We both succeeded and here is what I got up to on the trip of a lifetime...
Prompted by Franco Cookson's article on headpointing recently, Wil Treasure shares a short...
As a video of a 99 year-old woman trying out climbing for the first time goes viral and some walls begin to offer free climbing for over 70s, we take a look at climbing into the twilight years...
David Kilner shares some local knowledge for South Walian Winter climbing, inspired by Toby Archer's popular 'Chasing the Very Bloody Ephemeral article on winter climbing in England and North Wales... One statement stood out from Toby's...
We recently reported that a group of five Aymara indigenous women from Bolivia - known as cholitas escaladoras, the cholita* climbers - had summited Aconcagua (6961m) in the Argentinian Andes. The cholitas started climbing five years...
With ample space and time to think, it's no surprise that the most captivating climbing stories are ones that go beyond gear and grades - ideas and commentary on wider society permeate mountain literature. In this series of interviews, we talk to...
These are reviews from the UKC editorial team
Mountaineering involves all sorts of terrain, so a general mountain boot has to be an all-rounder. We look at eight models that should take you from summer Alps to snowy Munros, UK scrambles to low grade winter climbs.
Over the past few years Alpkit have been investing in their UK factory. They've also been working on their range of bouldering mats, which saw a complete overhaul late last year. With six new pads to choose from, we test the three largest.
Maybe it's the good cut, maybe it's the breathability, or maybe it's the balance between insulation and airflow - but there's just something about the Icarus Flight that works, says Rob Greenwood
These are annoucements direct from manufacturers
Torq Gtx 2.0 is a versatile mountain boot, which ideally suits people who practise light mountaineering and via ferratas. Functional aesthetics, superior-quality materials and advanced construction technologies are all blend together in this Made ...
New for 2019 is Jöttnar's Odin, its most fully featured technical hardshell jacket. Built from Jöttnar's proprietary new SKJOLDR™ waterproof breathable fabric, the Odin is designed as a winter fortress for the...
Edmund Hillary – A Biography is the story of the New Zealand beekeeper who climbed Mount Everest. A man who against expedition orders drove his tractor to the South Pole; a man honoured around the world for his pioneering climbs...
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