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Clean Climbing

Custodians of the Stone

In this three-part series, Mick Ward explores the ethos of 'clean climbing' and how it has shaped the equipment we use, the ascents we make and the community we build. 

The Strength to Dream

In this three-part series, Mick Ward explores the ethos of 'clean climbing' and how it has shaped the equipment we use and the ascents we make.   Part 2: The Strength to Dream

Thou Shalt Not Wreck the Place: Climbing, Ecology and Renewal

Mick Ward explores the ethos of 'clean climbing' and how it has shaped the equipment we use and the ascents we make.   In the 1960s, Yosemite became a climbing paradise. But what do you do when paradise is threatened with...


Photo Awards

Marmot Photography Awards 2021

UKC and UKH are proud to announce the winners of the 2021 Marmot Photography Awards

Marmot Photography Awards 2020

UKC and UKH are proud to announce the winners of the 2020 Marmot Photography Awards

Marmot Photography Awards 2019

UKC and UKH are proud to announce the winners of the 2019 Marmot Photography Awards

Marmot Photography Awards 2018

UKC and UKH are proud to announce the winners of the 2018 Marmot Photography Awards. An automatic selection of five photos...

Marmot Photography Awards 2017

UKClimbing and UKHillwalking are proud to announce the winners of the 2017 Marmot Photography Awards. An automatic...

Marmot Photography Awards 2016

An automatic selection of five photos from each of the catagories on site was made based on the votes from the previous...


Culm Dancing

The Guidebook and a Personal History

The last article in the Culm Dancing series features guidebook author Mark Kemball, who recounts his experiences both of putting the latest guide together, coupled with his own experiences across this dramatic stretch of coastline.

Bumbly Exploration on Culm Adventures

As a climber, Dr Dave Hillebrandt is not a household name, although some of you may have found his legacy in the form of garden gnomes placed strategically on certain crags in the South West. This says much about the man. In this latest piece in the...

Voyages of Discovery (1976-1990)

In the fifth article in the series, Pete O'Sullivan recounts his experiences of this highly memorable and character building...

Reelin' in the Years (Mid-70's)

Within the fourth article in the series Dave Garner takes us through a fruitful and frantic period of development during...

A Second Wave (1968-73)

In the third instalment of the series, Pat Littlejohn describes the 'second wave' that took over new routing, exploration and...


Tokyo 2020

The Olympic Flatmates - Jakob Schubert and Michael Piccolruaz

One household, two Tokyo Olympians. Austrian competition legend Jakob Schubert and world-class Italian rock and competition climber Michael Piccolruaz share more than just a living space — they have the same birthday (Dec 31 - Jakob 199...

What does it take to become an Olympic climber?

In case you have plans for Paris 2024, Sam Laird has done some digging into what it takes to compete on the Olympic stage in Sport Climbing and attempted to answer some of the common questions: What proportion are second-generation...

The Mawem Brothers - Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité

Mickael and Bassa Mawem will be the sole sibling pair in the Tokyo 2020 Sport Climbing event, occupying the men's quota places for France. Their journey to Tokyo has been circuitous and uncertain; the brothers describe having started...


A Brief History

The Ghost of Bonatti - A Brief History of the Petit Dru Rock Scar

Will Sim writes about the history of major rockfalls on the Petit Dru in the Mont Blanc Massif, and reclimbing new routes on its iconic grey streak...


Out of this World

The Rough Guide to Climbing in the Solar System

THE LIST of people that have summited Mount Everest is hovering around the 10,000 mark. The long-hoped-for winter ascent of K2 was finally pulled off in January. The fourteen eight-thousand metre peaks have very much been 'done' in all seasons and in myriad styles of ascent. You might say that there aren't too many virgin, iconic mountains left to climb – on Earth, that is. But what about beyond this planet? If we had the whole solar system as our playground and neither distance nor money nor technology were an object, where could we go climbing and what sort of fun could we expect? This isn't realistic, but it's going to be a lot of fun.


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