Sarah-Jane Dobner asks whether some facets of the modern emphasis on training and nutrition in climbing are causing some of us to disconnect emotionally from the sport, and in extreme cases, from our own bodies... Are we are losing touch with our senses? A recent UKC article by Mina Le...
We park at the lighthouse and slither down to the tide line. Waves break onto glistening black rocks. The tide is on the ebb. The sky is grey, the water like steel and a cold wind blows down the Firth of Forth. It is the 4th January: we have come to Aberdour to kick start the new trad season. I'm glad I wore so many layers.
Gear geeks be warned: these videos might get you hot under the harness. Digital design studio Tomorrow Bureau recently released a two-part film in which climbing gear and outdoor equipment appear in computer generated graphics, with spine-tingling sound...
The latter half of the 2010s brought 9c, 9A and new horizons in women's climbing. In January 2015, online engagement with climbing-related searches had grown by 69% from January 2014 thanks to Dawn Wall mania, while searches related to...
Looking back at the start of the decade, the climbing world was a very different place. Adam Ondra was...
2020: an Olympic year in which Sport Climbing will make its big debut. Not everyone can become an Olympian, but there's...
Andy Moles weaves a story of reading and climbing a classic book and line... Have you read Ulysses? I studied Ulysses, by...
The small resort of Cogne sits at 1500 metres above sea level, on the edge of the Gran Paradiso National Park in northwest Italy. As well as being the cross-country skiing capital of Aosta, with over 70 kilometres of ski trails, Cogne is one of th...
Mallorca is an island with high limestone mountains and massive sea cliffs. Traditional climbing on Mallorca goes back a very long way. It mostly took place in the mountains, which are like the Eastern Alps on a smaller scale, but unlike the Alps they can...
In Crag Notes this month, Mark Goodwin looks at one of Britain's least likely rock pastures: Leicestershire. Beacon Hill sprouts from from a hilltop in an otherwise flat, rural and distinctly un-rocky county. It's vista above the...
In this month's Crag Note Nick Bullock takes time to reacquaint himself with North Stack Gogarth, a crag he's shared an intimate...
Pete Edwards shares the beta on urban bouldering spots in and around Helsinki, Finland... Climbing on a city break these...
Lenin Peak, which sits on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, is widely cited as the...
Albarracin is an extremely popular bouldering destination in eastern Spain. Easily accessible, abundant in low...
Neil Gresham examines movement in climbing and expands on how to improve one of the most important aspects of climbing.
In this episode, Greg discusses the importance of training lock offs, which you regularly perform outside when reaching up for holds and placing gear.
Greg Boswell takes us through his tips for getting ready for winter climbing. In this episode, Greg talks about the importance of replicating similar movements to those that you find outside, specifically locking off on ice axes.
Greg Boswell takes us through his tips for getting ready for winter climbing. In this episode, he discusses the importance of circuit training and gives some advice on how to vary your training; from replicating time spent on a climb to the importance of core strength.
I used to have a theory in the first few years of my climbing career: if you want to climb hard, get a dog. Look back on those climbing videos of old and check out how many of them featured a crag dog and there are loads: Hard...
'The idea of going to El Potrero Chico, Mexico was agreed on. I got in touch with Peter to say I was going to be in North America between February and March. Wanting sunshine and multi-pitch sport climbing El Portrero kept coming up in discussions...
In February/March 2018, Matteo Della Bordella (ITA) and Silvan Schüpbach (SUI) climbed the Riso Patron Sur in Chile, establishing King Kong (900m, M7+, 90°). They sent in the following report.
"Kyrgyzstan! Wow! Where is that? Can you climb there?" Almost everyone asks me this whenever I start to tell the story of my last summer-holiday. "Yes, you can!" Kyrgyzstan is the home of the Pamir-Alai-Mountains. There are many...
In May, a team from the Chamonix-based GMHM (the French mountain military) opened a new route on Baffin Island, Canada....
In July of this year, Robert Taylor, John Proctor, Ciaran Mullan and Phil Dawson headed to the Jiptik valley in Southeast Kyrgyzstan....
Can I commit to a trip to Greenland this summer? Can I commit quickly? Can I commit now!? A personal account of...
Wil Treasure and Duncan Barrack share a trip report from Greenland's Tasermiut Fjord, where they...
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