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23 Jun 2017
Mammut have released the next in their 'Classics' series and we're in Fontainebleau this week. Jacky Godoffe first climbed C'Était Demain 33 years ago and it became the forest's first 8A. In this short film, Jakob Schubert and Anna Stöhr make the pilgrimage to the problem and find that a problem first climbed in 1984 is not that straightforward... Read more
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23 Jun 2017
Over the last few days the UKC development team has been putting the finishing touches to a few new features, most of which... Read more
23 Jun 2017
A recent advocacy event named 'Climb the Hill' took place on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., where a select few top US climbers... Read more
22 Jun 2017
Continuing his theme of bold mountain routes protected by skyhooks, James McHaffie has made the most of the recent spell of warm... Read more
16 Jun 2017
Back in May, we reported that James Pearson had made the first ascent of an impressive E10 7a crack line at Annot, in Provence.... Read more
21 Jun 2017
Alex Megos has kept his cool in the heat and managed to climb two more 9a+'s lately: the FA of Clash of the titans at... Read more
17 Jun 2017
Kajsa Rosén is showing good form just a couple of weeks before the European Lead Championships in Campitello di Fassa,... Read more
17 Jun 2017
Alex Puccio has repeated Bear Toss, ~8B, on the Veritas boulder in the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
After... Read more
14 Jun 2017
Alex Megos has made the second ascent of Jakob Schubert's route, Companion of Change, 9a+ at Bergstation, in the Zillertal,... Read more
14 Jun 2017
The fifth round of the IFSC Bouldering World Cup took place over the weekend in Vail, Colorado. Shauna Coxsey returned to the top... Read more
12 Jun 2017
Following two rockfall-related accidents in the same Cairngorms corrie in just two days, Mountaineering Scotland have issued a... Read more
10 Jun 2017
Julia Chanourdie has repeated Stefano Ghisofi's Hell'Avaro, 8c+/9a, at Tetto di Sarre in the Aosta valley, Italy.
Hell'Avaro... Read more
9 Jun 2017
Our Friday Night Video this week is a short clip of Steve McClure working the route Batman (9a/+), which he eventually linked... Read more
8 Jun 2017
Daniel Fuertes has made the first ascent of a long standing roof project at Rodellar, Spain. No pain no gain weighs in around the... Read more
Press Releases
22 Jun 2017
We are just back from the OutDoor show at Friedrichshafen. We'll be releasing full show reports soon, but to kick things off... Read more
15 Jun 2017
We are very proud and excited to announce that Joe Browns Capel Curig will be moving just a few paces East onto the A5... Read more
13 Jun 2017
Osprey Europe has recently been recognsied in two separate company awards. In May 2017 it was listed in the London Stock Exchange... Read more
8 Jun 2017
German climbing brands EDELRID and RED CHILI have announced that they are joining forces. This merger will combine the strengths... Read more
6 Jun 2017
Have you ever wondered how your climbing shoes are made, what it takes to design, test, feedback, test again and eventually put... Read more
Competitions
22 Jun 2017
Win a Mammut Juho or Jona waterproof Jacket in this easy to enter Mammut competition. Read more
19 Jun 2017
The innovative Nomad solar panels have been reengineered to be lighter and smarter than their predecessors, with a detachable... Read more
15 Jun 2017
To coincide with the launch of the new PFC-free Marmot Trestle Elite bags, Marmot are giving away one bag to a lucky UKC/UKH... Read more
Outdoor Industry Jobs
23 Jun 2017
Founded in 1973, Patagonia is an outdoor apparel company based in Ventura, California. They are looking to recruit a new member... Read more
19 Jun 2017
The Climbing Station in Loughborough is one of the leading bouldering centres in the UK and we have set very high standards of... Read more
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5 Jun 2017
Steve McClure has finally ticked his long-term super project at Malham Cove to establish the UK's first 9b. The line starts up... Read more
3 Jun 2017
Alex Honnold has become the first climber to free solo El Capitan in Yosemite, by climbing Freerider. On 3rd June 2017, Honnold... Read more
5 Jun 2017
As reported earlier, Steve McClure finally ticked his long-term super project at Malham Cove to establish the UK's first 9b,... Read more
5 Jun 2017
Nathan Phillips has flashed Ropes of Maui (8B) in Llanberis Pass. This is the hardest flash of a boulder problem on British soil.... Read more
2 Jun 2017
Mina Leslie-Wujastyk has climbed her first 8B boulder problem - The Pursuit of Happiness - on the Cape Peninsula, SA. Mina says... Read more