Katie Mackay, partnered with Arthur Jones, recently completed the Lake District Classic Rock Challenge, becoming the first woman to finish in under 24 hours. Katie led every pitch and recorded a total time of 23:28:46. The challenge combines 34 miles of running between 15 multipitch Classic Rock routes, involving 70 pitches of climbing from VDiff to VS, and 4300m of ascent. In short: it's really, really tough. But just how tough? We found out...
She's a proper star with no ego and a genuine old school love of climbing. Well done Katie, its a long road since that first time we did Little Cham together.
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Fri Night Vid Rakchham: Bridge Between Worlds
Bernd Zangerl and the village of Rakchham have been working together over the last decade to develop a sustainable world-class climbing area in Rakchham, Himalaya. Last autumn Bernd took Melissa Le Nevé and Giuliano Cameroni on his trip there. They...
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