In this article series I Want That Job! I'm interviewing people from various professions within the climbing world. It's the turn of Dave MacLeod, Professional Climber. Dave is a well known and high profile climber. He lives in Fort William and divides his time between all disciplines of the sport. He made the first ascent Rhapsody - the...

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Dr Rebecca Williams is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Senior Academic Tutor at Bangor University, as well as being a climbing instructor. In this article she explores different psychological approaches and techniques that could help your climbing. These include; identifying problems, over coming fear and anxieties and what to do if 'this...

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A new film is being made which charts Andy's life from his origins in a gritty 1970's Sheffield, his rise as a notable climber, his near fatal accident, gradual recovery and rediscovery of the artist within. This brief article introduces the story of Andy's life, and the work of the filmmakers in putting together the forthcoming documentary due...

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In this article, 'Ginger' Cain shares with us his account of the first ascent of Thor E2 5c on Skye in 1967. He also shares some of his beautiful mountain landscape paintings. He is a well known figure around Llanberis and owns the shop Mountain Art on the high street. He is a regular face in the legendary Pizza & Pint night and is usually the...

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Are the skills of a professional boxer relevant in the mountains? Rob Johnson spends a few days in the hills with Barry McGuigan and finds out - but not until Barry plays a spot of piano on the summit of Snowdon...

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Simon Lee discusses why he thinks that accident reporting for rock climbing is a bad thing: "The lessons that can be drawn from accidents, especially those where all the circumstances are not fully established, are more limited than they are generally held to be..."

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Mark Stevenson discusses why he thinks that accident repoerting for rock climbing is essential: "In my previous career, I spent five years as an aircraft engineer, a profession where safety is of paramount importance... ...In aviation safety, Heinrich's Ratio is well known; for every serious accident (such as those discussed on UKC), 29 minor...

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"In the end, the quiz & the raffle, the rain & the sun, the tea & the biscuits, the midges and the music and the beer and the laughter swept us along on a wave of human warmth. I spent a...

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Cider Nut finds herself at a VS plateau and, with the help of some mental training, boosts her grade up to E1. How? Read on...

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Check out what's in the July issue of Climb Magazine. Including: UK Alpine Routes, Karin Magog and Yorkshire Limestone in Stomping Grounds, You Can Climb Tufas by Steve McClure and Dave Binney, PLUS take a trip to Chair Ladder.

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British Team Manager, Tom Randall arranged for some of the British Lead Climbing Team to visit one of the UK's best gymnastics squads and do a morning of training with one of the GB...

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"Do what you love. Love what you do. Take less. Give more. Never quit. Never follow. Be passionate. Be bold. Be honest. Respect people. Respect the environment. Always bring out the best in...

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What happened on Margins of the Mind? Neil made an extremely impressive onsight attempt. The route was dirty and difficult to follow, the climbing was hard and extremely serious. Four...

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Gordon Smith takes us back to the mid Seventies and shares some of his Alpine adventures. An all star cast help him along - 'Dirty Alex', 'Black Nick', Terry 'Kingy' King and John Bouchard amongst others.

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Mike C describes an ascent of the Austrian route on the north face of Les Courtes in 1980. His summit experience was blessed with a beautiful view of Mont Blanc under moonlight. With superb photography, Mike brings his ascent alive.

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One of the classic ice climbs of the Alps, tackling the ice-encrusted north face of Les Courtes, the Swiss Route is an ideal introduction to winter north face climbing. Pitch after pitch of steep ice and neve, weave through jagged rock bands; giving exhilaratingly exposed climbing,...

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In this article series I Want That Job! I'll be interviewing people from various professions within the climbing world. It's the turn of Pauline Sanderson, Marketing Manager at Glenmore...

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An International Affair - A photo essay by Alex Messenger. And so, they wash up at Llandudno train station, on their own, in pairs, or even whole squads, that have somehow fixed the selection process. They've travelled by plane, train, auto mobile, thumb or just plain luck. Americans, Latvians, Slovakians, Nepalese, Spanish, Dutch, Belgians,...

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More than just an internet forum, UKClimbing.com publishes regular news, gear reviews and articles written by every-weekend climbers and top climbers. This is a summary of all the latest content on UKClimbing.com from the past month (May 2008), including: 38 new articles, 7 product announcements and 6 independent gear reviews from the UKC testers.

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"Being a 'climbing photographer' is naturally an impossibly glamorous life, but one that rarely leads to financial security. Or indeed, often anything resembling money at all. Toss in the...

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Henry Iddon climbed 53 Lakeland summits spending a total of 44 days and nights on the mountains to capture the images for Spots of Time his body of work taken from the summits of the Lake...

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This essay, by Paul Hill MBE, Professor of Photography, is part of the foreword to Henry Iddon's book Spots of Time, The Lake District photographed by night published by the Wordsworth Trust on the occaision of the exhibition Spots of Time, 16 March 2008, in an edition of 800 copies. This essay puts into context Henry's work looking back at the...

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This entry is by Iain Munnery.

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This...

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This...

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This...

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This entry is by Tom Kingston.

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This entry is by Jonathan Bean.

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This entry is by Phil Hemsley.

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This...

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This entry is by Richard Hampton.

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This entry is by Sean Barr.

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This entry is by Mark MacLean.

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This entry is by Gareth Halliday

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This entry is by Caroline McCann.

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This entry is by Sharon Beardsley

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This entry is by Jonathan Gibson.

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This entry is by Tom Everett.

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This entry is by Ian Black .

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This entry is by John Haxon.

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This entry is by Ben Lownie.

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This...

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This...

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This entry is by Tanya Konstantinova Tomova from Bulgaria.

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This entry is by Joshua Hughes.

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This entry is by Drongo.

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This entry is by DavidC.

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This entry is by Peter Davis.

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This entry is by Greg Sexton.

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This...

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The brief is to design four banner adverts for climbing products from La Sportiva, Beal and Petzl using images from their websites and you can incorporate some of your own images. This...

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The Alpine is a climber's down jacket, lightweight, harness & helmet friendly. The outer is 100% windproof & will shrug off showers, the high chest pockets are above harness level & the large hood will take a helmet. Box-wall construction ensures excellent warmth to weight ratio.

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A lightweight belay device suitable for use with single and double ropes ranging from 7.6 to 11 mm

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Hybrid rock shoe incorporating many approach shoe features. The heel and tongue are padded for comfort when walking and a large tread on the sole to stop you slipping over when not on the rock. The front area of the boot is formed as a proper rock boot and gives a genuinely good feel when climbing.

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A single device for all rope types:This multi-purpose belay/rappel device is lightweight and easy to use. The asymmetric V-shaped grooved friction channels regulate the amount of braking friction on the rope according to its diameter and condition. "Like its predecessor it is incredibly versatile: suitable for twin, double, and single ropes, it is...

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C.A.M.P. supersedes its own record with the Nano 23 which, at 23 grams, is five grams lighter than its Nano Wire big brother while keeping the same dimensions. Good for long multi-pitch mountain routes or on-sight sport climbing where every gram counts. Ultra compact and ultra light with an 8mm rope section in accordance with UIAA regulations.

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A new two volume guidebook to the best mountain, crag, sea cliff and sport climbing in Scotland. The first volume covers the land and coast from the Highland Boundary Fault to the Great Glen. Over 1,600 selected routes.

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SteriPEN® is the only portable water purifier that uses ultraviolet (UV) light to destroy waterborne microbes. Whatever your source, SteriPEN purifies clear water by destroying viruses,...

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The Aconcagua is a classic box-walled long duvet with a down hood, the ideal jacket for high peaks and high treks, where altitude and cold are the dangers.

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Want to stand out from the crowd this summer? You need to check out the great range of clothes from new active clothing company UAX, who have just released a new range of great climbing and...

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Spring flings for the alpinist: predawn turns, shaded verglas corners and high alpine storms. The Stretch Latitude's unwavering waterproof/breathable performance pairs with stretch reinforcements to keep you going in all conditions, while its soft interior glides over layers and wicks moisture. A...

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Who was John Wilson Robinson? Most climbers with an interest in history will have heard of W.P. Haskett-Smith, the legendary young man who is often credited as having invented rock climbing with his solo ascent of Napes Needle in 1886. Without wishing to take away the credit Haskett-Smith deserves for his early development of climbing, this...

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"Most water filtration systems do not offer protection against viruses, and neither Chlorine nor Iodine can kill Cryptosporidium, a protozoan that can cause diarrhea. Chemical methods are...

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DMM have brought an old favourite back to the market, Alloy Offsets. Toby Archer, a big fan of the old HB Offsets, goes out cragging and takes them through their paces. He finds them lacking in one department. Then DMM responds with a slight change in design.

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An in depth look at helmets; how they are tested, what models are available and what they are designed for. With info from the BMC and UKC gear testers.

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A very versatile shoe offering all day comfort, excellent technical performance, a great fit (particularly the heel) and some very sticky rubber. It would be a great choice for climbers of...

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Born in 1979 from the fertile mind of Mark Vallance, founder of Wild Country, WC Rocks are found on most climbers racks. Here Jonathan Griffith takes a fresh look at Wild Country Anodised Rocks and yes he does ask the question, DMM Wallnuts or WC Anodised Rocks?

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"Taaaaaaaake!" Hurtling through the air, arms bathed in lactic torment, body quivering from the exhaustion and the shock it's not a good time to be wondering if your belay device is up to scratch. Thankfully however, I stop before I hit the ground!... Kevin Avery takes the plunge - all in the name of Gear Testing! Read the new Black Diamond ATC...

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"One day I was down on a ledge sorting ropes whilst Crispin eyed possible lines around us. Then I noticed he was gone and – more puzzlingly – was not tied in." Toby Foord-Kelcey reviews the Deep Water Rockfax guide, and at the same time recounts some fascinating anecdotes of early 1980s deep water soloing exploits and characters. For anyone...

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Stylish, sporty and technical, Red Chili's first women's specific shoe looks and feels the business... That's what Red Chili say. Lou Neill and Jenn Pacyna take these shoes out and put them through their paces. Are they tough enough? "These are some of the most comfortable shoes I have ever worn.." says Lou Neill.

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