UKC Christmas Quiz 2020 - The Answers
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Fri Night Vid First ascent of El Flechazo - Sean Villanueva & Nico Favresse
This week's Friday Night Video follows Sean Villanueva and Nicolas Favresse on their trip to Patagonia in February 2020. At first, they arrive without any objective or expectations - a reasonable approach for the unpredictable weather i...
Newsflash First Winter Ascent of K2 made by All-Nepali Team
A ten-strong all-Nepali team has achieved the coveted first winter ascent of K2 (8611m), the last of the fourteen eight-thousand-metre peaks to be summitted in the winter season. The ascent was a joint effort from three separate teams...
Video Chinese Mountaineering in the Karakorum
In June 2019, three young Chinese climbers set off for the Karakoram Mountains in Pakistan. Their goal was an unclimbed 6000m peak deep in the mountains above the unexplored Liligo Glacier. Hao Xin, Stanley and Ken set off together on what would...
Fri Night Vid Patagonia Promise
This week's Friday Night Video follows the story of Sean 'Stanley' Leary's journey to scatter his wife's ashes. Roberta Nunes...
2020 - A Year of Climbing News
2020 will be a year that most will hastily forget, with COVID-19 overshadowing the majority of the year. With much of the...
Changabang and the Mirrors of a Repetition
This week's Friday Night Video takes us to the Himalayan peak of Changabang where we follow three alpinists...
Fri Night Vid The New Kid - An Expedition to Antarctica
This week's Friday Night Video follows the 'new kid' Savannah Cummins as she embarks on an expedition...
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Quadriplegic Berghaus Ambassador Completes Charity Mount Everest Challenge at Hom
Ed Jackson, Berghaus ambassador and a quadriplegic former professional rugby player, has scaled the height of Mount Everest up his parents' staircase. The Bath resident made the journey of 8,8...
Chombu wins again, but Mick Fowler proves his point
Mick Fowler and Victor Saunders have returned to the UK after being repelled for a second time this year by the still unclimbed 6,362m Himalayan mountain Chombu. After overcoming numerous permit challenges, bad weather and terrible...
Leo Houlding leads new team to explore heights of the lost world
Leo Houlding has revealed details of a major expedition that will start next month. Leading a team of six, Leo will set out to climb a new route on the 600m, continually overhanging Prow of Roraima in Guyana. In a trip...
The North Face FUTURELIGHT™ - The Technology behind the Innovation
The North Face changed the future of the outerwear industry with the unveiling of...
Ortovox Safety Academy Part 3: How to pack your climbing pack for alpine climbing
Alpine climbers need to pack light. Whether for the approach or on the...
Mick Fowler returns to the Himalaya in bid to make first ascent with a colostomy
Mick Fowler has returned to the Himalaya in his quest to be the first...
Ortovox Safety Academy Part 2: Abseiling
In the second part of the safety academy Ortovox show you how to safely build belays and use bolted anchors whilst...
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