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Dave MacLeod's Tendon Therapy: The Walk of Life
6 Jan 2009 at 1:00am
Dave MacLeod has repeated The Walk of Life, James Pearson's route on the steep slab of Dyer's Lookout on the North Devon coast.
As usual Dave has written extensively on his blog in an entry...
The Punters' Punter Explains
6 Jan 2009 at 1:00am
Andy Kirkpatrick knows when to bail.
After five days on the Eiger's Harlin Route Andy had had enough, this attempt. Too much snow, too much gear, fatigue and emails from his son made him decide to...
Bouldering News - Little Women Second Ascent & More
5 Jan 2009 at 1:00am
Dan Varian has grabbed the second ascent of the boulder problem Little Women
at Kentmere, Lake District. First climbed by John Gaskins, this hard problem has rebuffed attempts from many talented...
Pete Whittaker 2nd ascent of 'A Little Peculiar'
2 Jan 2009 at 9:24pm
Andi Turner reports:
Pete Whittaker (17) made the long awaited second ascent of Paul Higginson's A Little Peculiar (E6 7a/b) today on the Roaches Lower Tier.
The route is described in the...
Cerro Torre West Face – First Solo Ascent
2 Jan 2009 at 1:00am
On Tuesday December 9th, 2008, 44 year-old Swiss climber and mountain guide Walter Hungerbühler summited Cerro Torre, completing what is considered the first solo ascent of the Ferrari Route.
This...
VIDEO: Nik Royale's Everest
2 Jan 2009 at 1:00am
Nik Royale has progressive cerebral palsy. He was in a wheelchair on the day that I met him, when he was visiting DMM to thank them for their support of his ascent of First Pinnacle Rib on...
Riccardo Cassin ....100 today
2 Jan 2009 at 1:00am
Riccardo Cassin, the Italian alpinist celebrates his birthday today, he is 100. One of a group called the Ragni di Lecco (the Lecco spiders) who started climbing while based in the town of Lecco,...
Band, Cooksey and Gregory in New Year Honours List
31 Dec 2008 at 1:00am
George Band received an OBE for his services to mountaineering and charity in today's New Year Honours list
Born in 1929, George Band was the youngest person on the 1953 Everest expedition. In...
Snowdon - 17 People Rescued Since Christmas
31 Dec 2008 at 1:00am
Llanberis mountain rescue team have been extremely busy this festive period, rescuing several parties of walkers from the hills of North Wales. Speaking in a BBC interview, Ian Henderson the team's...
Kirkpatrick Solo on the Eiger North Face
31 Dec 2008 at 1:00am
Andy Kirkpatrick is currently soloing the Harlin Route on the north face of the Eiger, Switzerland.
He is updating his blog every evening from his mobile phone, you can view it here: ...
Kendal Mountain Festival - Full Report
30 Dec 2008 at 1:00am
UKClimbing.com roving reporters have given us the full low-down on this year's Kendal Mountain Festival, with photographs and insights in to the world of climbing media.
Kevin Avery said, "It's that...
New Bishop Highball - V11 - E?
30 Dec 2008 at 1:00am
Shawn Diamond has climbed a new line on the boulders of Bishop, California. Luminance has been graded V11 (Font 8a) and features difficult climbing with a terrible landing.
Commenting on the Bishop...
Christmas Crack, Stanage........ Route Name Changes!
25 Dec 2008 at 1:00am
This morning, 25th December 2008, Stanage Edge in the Peaks. What am I doing here?
Like the seventy-odd other climbers present, and let's face it we are odd, we are here to climb Christmas Crack,...
Stunning Winter Route by Benson and Robertson
23 Dec 2008 at 1:00am
Pete Benson and Guy Robertson have climbed The God Delusion IX,9 on the 10th of December 2008.
Erik B on the UKC Forums commented:
"They have clearly found a route up one of the fiercest and most ...
End of Year Articles on UKC
22 Dec 2008 at 1:00am
UKClimbing.com have a series of End Of Year Articles for 2008 coming this week.
Jack Geldard (Editor, UKC) on Trad climbing.
Kevin Avery (Assistant Editor, UKC) on Sport Climbing.
Tyler...
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