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The UK's Best Bouldering — Top Peak District Problems Below 7A

Outdoor bouldering can be one of the most rewarding and easily accessible ways to get out on rock. In this new series, we take a tour through different regions of the UK exploring the best boulder problems in the 4s, 5s and 6s.


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Classic UK Routes Commando Ridge, Bosigran

Tom Newberry writes about a classic of the West Country with a storied past: Bosigran Ridge, AKA Commando Ridge... When you are on page 1 of the AA UK road atlas and you are parked in the shadow of an old tin mine, there is only one place you can be: Cornwall. Bosigran, probably the most popular of the Cornish crags, typifies the climbing in the area. The huge, heavily featured traditional granite sea-cliff hovers high above the icy blue Atlantic. Jutting out from Porthmoina Cove, Bosigran Ridge a.k.a Commando Ridge (VD)'s jagged crest dominates the foreground.

Expedition Exmoor Coast Traverse - England's Best Kept Mountaineering Secret

Journeying through a largely hidden world at the base of England's biggest sea cliffs, where few ever tread and the tidal range is the second highest on the planet, the traverse of the Exmoor Coast is a unique multi-day...

Bridging Two Worlds: The Unlikely Connection Between Horses and Climbing

These days articles are often oriented around click bait, with publishers and media outlets frequently focussing on 'top five' this and 'top ten' that. As a result of this we thought we'd buck the trend and...

The Best Beginner Multi-Pitch Trad Crags in North Wales

Classic Winter /
East Ridge of Beinn a' Chaorainn

Dartmoor Bouldering - Gems in a Granite Setting

The Best of Peak Limestone Sport Climbing (6a – 7a)

Meteora, Greece - A Sport Climbing Area for Trad Climbers


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Running Solo and Unsupported on the Cuillin Round

Covering 60 peaks in the Red and Black Cuillin, the Cuillin Round is an extraordinary hill running and scrambling challenge, to date completed by only a select few. Charlie Byers was inspired to try it solo and unsupported - a pure style, but hardly the easy...

Scrambling Lake District Scrambles: 10 of the best

John Fleetwood, author of Cicerone's two updated Lake District scrambling guides, lifts the lid on some of his favourite hands-on routes on the fells.

Climbing in Albania

The more I learn about Albania, the more interested I become in this small country that is full of potential but also multilayered and finding its feet, having isolationist, communist rule until the late 1980s and early '90s. There is a huge amount of...

South-West Sport Climbing

September heralded the fast approaching end of the summer climbing season with many praying for an eternal Indian summer to get that last project clean. However, truth be told, the deteriorating weather can turn many crags into a dank seeping mess within...

Stoney Middleton - Historical Relic or Overlooked Gem?

Euro Sport Climbing Destination Sicily

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Classic Scramble - The Dubh Ridge

A Guide to Climbing Trips in Europe by Train

Best of Chamonix Granite up to 6b

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