Interview with John Cullen: Creagh Dhu Climber

ARTICLE: John Cullen: Creagh Dhu Climber

'It's funny how these interesting events unfold, but it's only if you put yourself in a position to be open for these things to happen, you know. If you sit at home all your life, adventures don't happen to you!' 90 year old John Cullen was a member of the notorious Creagh...

INTERVIEW: Mark 'Zippy' Pretty and Andy Pollitt

The tables are turned as 80s legend and routesetter Mark 'Zippy' Pretty declines an interview and offers to interrogate Andy Pollitt instead... My first memories of meeting...

REVIEW: ROCKFAX - Southern Sandstone Climbs

Southern Sandstone local, Tom Gore, takes a look at the new Rockfax guide to his home turf.

Shop Fjällräven's new Bergtagen collection at Snow & Rock

For Fall/Winter 2017 Fjällräven has returned to where it all started: the mountains. Designed for a life above the tree line, the new Bergtagen collection is built on equal parts tradition and innovation.

Each layer of this advanced mountaineering system makes no compromises on functionality, durability, quality and sustainability and has been created in collaboration with an elite test team, including Sweden’s first mountain guide Stefan Palm, and Fjällräven’s outdoor expert Johan Skullman.

Developed using the latest fabrics and technologies, the Bergtagen system includes advanced Merino base layers, durable and breathable work layers in G-1000 Eco, waterproof and sustainable shell layers made from Fjallraven's award-winning Eco-Shell, plus insulation layers filled with high-performance G-Loft Supreme.

Explore the full range now at selected Snow & Rock stores and online at www.snowandrock.com.

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Competition

COMPETITION: Win a Jay II or Jayne II Harness from EDELRID

The Jay II and Jayne II harnesses from EDELRID are affordable, versatile and comfortable for all-day use. Three lucky climbers can win the harness of their choice simply...

Photo of the Week

Valentine on a very snowy, very cold clear dawn on the Dent Blanche (4357) just...

Ben Tibbetts

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Congratulations to Matt1234 for being voted Gallery of the Week by UKC users.

There were 127 new photos added added to the Photo Galleries this week

Introducing our all NEW website!

We promised new and exciting changes would be happening online and we are so happy to finally bring users to our all new online shopping experience.

With a much thorough and better optimised user navigation, finding the product you need will be a much quicker process. Better, cleaner use of high-quality imagery and a highly refined search facility all bring together what we believe to be a more enhanced and enjoyable website to use.

Click on any product page and you will be presented with in-depth and insightful product descriptions so that you get a thorough understanding of what the product is and is designed to be used for.

Hopefully, and we believe you will, fully appreciate all these changes. With more gear and clothing than ever, please do come go and explore our all new www.joe-brown.com website and uncover all these new and exciting changes for yourself! And let us know what you think of course.

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Events Diary

View the Events Diary for Competitions, lectures and even club meets. Here's some for the next 7 days:

Oct 5: A Crawl Down The Ogre, by Doug Scott...
Oct 6: Scrambling Masterclass
Oct 6: WBL Round 1 - Bouldering Competition
Oct 7: Short Roping for AMI members

Oct 7: Outside In - 2017
Oct 8: Level 3 Award in Outdoor First Aid
Oct 8: Southern Sandstone Open Meeting -...
Oct 10: PETZL GRIGRI DEMO
Oct 11: Boardman Tasker Night - Wragg, Dean,...