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25 Jul 2017
Jorg Verhoeven recently penned a short Facebook post on the issues surrounding the upcoming European Bouldering Championships in Munich this August. His concerns - mirrored by many other athletes - revolved around the fact that the Munich round of the IFSC Boulder World Cup was effectively 'doubling up' as a European Championship event, bringing with it the associated problems of having separate qualifying groups. Following consultation with the Athletes' Commission and the IFSC, some changes have been made. Jorg sent us the following article to explain. Read more
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24 Jul 2017
Last week, Steve McClure set himself the goal of completing the Yorkshire 'Triple Crown' in a day: to climb the three classic... Read more
24 Jul 2017
Ned Feehally has flashed Nalle Hukkataival's Trust Issues at the Realm area in Rocklands. This makes Ned the 4th person to have... Read more
21 Jul 2017
This week's Friday Night Video is an excerpt from the classic film 'Onsight' from Al Lee at Posing Productions. In the clip, Pete... Read more
21 Jul 2017
Alex Mason has added a high quality E7 6c to the popular and well-established crag Clogwyn Du'r Arddu (Cloggy), North Wales,... Read more
22 Jul 2017
Alex Megos has made the second ascent of Nalle Hukkataivals The Finnish line a the Coop in Rocklands, South Africa.
As far as... Read more
18 Jul 2017
With climbing now being an Olympic sport, some things have changed from previous seasons.
In Lead climbing a new time limit,... Read more
18 Jul 2017
Last November, Jorg Verhoeven made the first repeat of Tommy Caldwell's Dihedral Wall on El Capitan, Yosemite. Caldwell first... Read more
18 Jul 2017
An international team consisting of Ines Papert (GER), Joseph Pfnür (GER), Luka Lindič (SLO) and Paul McSorley (CAN)... Read more
17 Jul 2017
The second IFSC Lead World Cup round of 2017 took place in Chamonix, France last week. An unusual competition which saw over 80... Read more
14 Jul 2017
This week's Friday Night Video is an in depth look at Lena Herrmann's attempt to climb Battle Cat - a notorious 8c+ in the... Read more
13 Jul 2017
Jordan Buys has made the second ascent of Steve McClure's Bat Shadow (8c+) at Malham. The route starts up Bat Route (8c), heads... Read more
13 Jul 2017
French artist and climber Philippe Echaroux released his latest work this week, a project titled 'Ice Scream', which quite... Read more
11 Jul 2017
The first IFSC Lead World Cup round of 2017 took place in Villars, Switzerland last weekend. Romain Desgranges of France... Read more
Press Releases
21 Jul 2017
An independent organisational review of the BMC is well underway and the next step the Review Team is taking is to perform a... Read more
19 Jul 2017
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18 Jul 2017
. This short film outlines the key attributes of a Development Coach and the role they will play in your training, which is... Read more
17 Jul 2017
Award-winning author and filmmaker Matt Dickinson has announced that Killer Storm, the third and final book in The Everest Files... Read more
13 Jul 2017
Film is the beating heart of Kendal Mountain Festival, and this year we are bringing you even more film pass options to help you... Read more
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20 Jul 2017
Rockbusters offers all-inclusive climbing trips, pro-climbers coaching camps that aim to help you “build confidence, improve... Read more
17 Jul 2017
Faster, stronger, higher: high mountaineering is changing, and the same is true for Julbo’s flagship mountain model. More... Read more
14 Jul 2017
Win Swiss Flights from London to Geneva from Mountain Drop-offs. Prize includes airport transfers to Chamonix too. Read more
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20 Jul 2017
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19 Jul 2017
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