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The fifth round of the IFSC Lead World Cup took place at EICA Ratho near Edinburgh this weekend. For the first time in 14 years, the IFSC lead circuit returned to the UK, once again attracting the World's best lead competition climbers to the quarry-turned-climbing wall in Ratho, which was also the chosen venue for the UIAA World Cup in December 2003. The weekend also hosted a round of the IFSC Speed World Cup and the Paraclimbing Cup. Read more
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Alex Puccio has repeated Bernd Zangerl's Wovenhand, ~8B, at Magic wood/Averstal, Switzerland. This was Alex' 4th 8B or harder in... Read more
Cobra Crack in Squamish is infamous within knarly crack climbing circles. It's hosted a number of battles over the years, but... Read more
Margo Hayes has repeated Chris Sharma's iconic Biographie, 9a+, at Céüse, France. This was the first female ascent... Read more
A group of walkers escaped by the skin of their teeth in the Lake District at the weekend when one of their number got too high... Read more
Nalle Hukkataival has made the first repeat of Tim Clifford's Singularity, ~8B+, at Squamish, BC, Canada. Tim put up the problem... Read more
This week's Friday Night Video takes us to the Arctic archipelago of the Lofoten Islands in Norway, where granite towers pierce... Read more
In one of the biggest hill running events ever to hit the Scottish highlands, four different races were held in Lochaber last... Read more
Beat Kammerlander (58) has free climbed his own multi pitch Kampfzone in the Rätikon mountain range. The two crux pitches of... Read more
A handful of books by British authors and publishers have made the longlist in the prestigious Banff Mountain Book Competition,... Read more
Alex Puccio has repeated the classic Riverbed, ~8B, at Magic Wood/Averstal in Switzerland. She needed only two days of... Read more
Paige Claassen has repeated fellow American Ethan Pringle's Eye of Odin, 8c+, in the Hanshelleren cave, Flatanger, Norway. This... Read more
Ievgeniia "Jenya" Kazbekova has repeated Güllich, 8c+, at Red Stone, Crimea in Ukraine. This was the first female ascent of... Read more
13 years after belaying Didier Berthod on the first ascent, it was Fred Moix' turn to tie in on the sharp end and repeat... Read more
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Leo Houlding has teamed up with Canadian Will Stanhope to complete a historic one-day link-up of the Howser Towers in British... Read more
Our Winter Bouldering League (WBL) and Elevate competitions are back. This is going down in all locations Manchester, Reading,... Read more
The legend himself, Mr Jerry Moffatt is coming to Reading Climbing Centre to talk about the mindset of an athlete. Elaborating on... Read more
The Wide Boyz Crack School in association with Wild Country will tour a number of popular UK climbing walls this winter to... Read more
We, Totem MT., are voluntarily recalling all Basic cams with serial numbers starting from 1706200 to 1733205 (as shown in the... Read more
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To celebrate the launch of Marmot's new AW17 Featherless collection, we're teaming up to offer one lucky UKC reader a fabulous... Read more
When it comes to winter backcountry camping, MSR's new Access Tents are carving fresh tracks. Lighter than a classic... Read more
Pongoose is a brand new grass-roots UK climbing brand. Our mission is to help climbers and boulderers everywhere to start... Read more
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The Mile End Climbing Wall was the original dedicated indoor climbing facility in the country; and opened its doors to the... Read more
Westway, otherwise known as the best and biggest lead climbing centre in London, is looking for a talented Routesetter... Read more
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