Archive for January, 2012
Follow 5 Climbers: Try and Achieve Their 2012 Targets
As part of our training series of articles, we have decided to put the principles into action and see if we can help a group of climbers achieve their goals for the year. We have started by looking at things like their diet, body fat levels, current training structure, current climbing grade, strengths and weaknesses, [...]
Inspiration on all levels
Here at RCUK we like you to see the best quality climbing videos available. Whether it be famous climbers, famous routes, excellent editing or an inspiring story, we choose the videos because we enjoy them and we hope that you will too. The video below is a short one from DPM, a climbing website/magazine based [...]
Century Crack Trailer
OK, so it’s not the most recent of news … and YES we have talked about this before. BUT, we challenge you to watch this trailer and tell us that you didn’t get goosebumps, that the strange feeling deep in the pit of your stomach when the training scenes play through didn’t really happen AND [...]
Islands: Traditional Tales of Lakeland Climbing
When we saw the following film at the Kendal Film Festival in November, we were blown away by the excellent stories unified & produced by Land & Sky Media. It’s the first film to feature at the festival from Land & Sky Media and it was received with a very warm welcome. It’s been a [...]
Steve McClure on Training Power Endurance
As part of our training series this week we are going to focus on power endurance. Often overlooked by many climbers, training power endurance, is critical to getting you up most UK sport routes where the hard sections are usually no more than 10 to 30 moves. Steve McClure needs little introduction to most climbers. [...]
Winter Trips for UK Climbers – Scotland or Abroad?
Every year British ice climbers face a dilemma. Where to go for that one big trip- Scotland or further afield? Some might choose the Lakes or Snowdonia for a quick jaunt if conditions are good but it’s almost impossible to predict what English and Welsh ice will be like in advance, or even if there [...]
Beal Diablo Rope to be THE rope for 2012 Climbing World Championships
BEAL and the French Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (FFME) have renewed their partnership until 2015. Pierre YOU, the President of the FFME and Michel Beal, BEAL President, welcome the extension of this historic partnership. Official Partner of the FFME, BEAL introduces a revolutionary breakthrough with its new rope DIABLO. This dynamic rope with unprecedented performance [...]
Moon Original School Holds
I have been in need of adding some new holds to my board for a while, to allow me to start to create some new and harder problems. After looking around I decided to try the Moon School Room holds set. A single set costs £100, which includes 40 handholds and 10 footholds. This represents [...]
Neil Gresham Opens New Bouldering Wall at Rockcity, Hull
Last week I attended the opening of a new bouldering area at my local climbing wall, Rockcity. The new bouldering area is called La Cantina (Italian for cellar) and is sponsored by La Sportiva. Top climber and coach, Neil Gresham was on hand to officially open La Cantina to a large and eager crowd. La [...]
Emergency SMS Service
With the news of personal locator beacons getting the green light for mountaineers, climbers and any other outdoor enthusiast in the UK I thought it also a good idea to re-promote the Emergency SMS service. Once you have registered your phone you will be able to txt 999 in case of emergency, this is for [...]
RCUK is lovingly sponsored by…
Follow RCUK