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Everything You Needed to Know About Carabiners But Never Dared to Ask
It used to so simple back in the ‘golden age’ of climbing – or so the older climbers tell us! All you did was go into your local climbing shop, choose from either a snap-gate or screw-gate carabiner, pay your 3 shillings and that was it – you were ready to go climb a new [...]
A Life Less Ordinary – One Man’s Journey to a Career on Rock
A door to another world; an epiphany; a light turned on – I’ve used all the cliches over the years. But however it’s described my light-bulb moment was being taken climbing with the scouts when I was 12. For someone who’d never had anything in particular to focus on climbing was the full package – [...]
How to prepare for an expedition
Those long hours of overtime at work are worth it when you know you’ll soon be jetting off to somewhere far more exotic. There’s nothing as exciting as going on expedition (though Beyonce inviting you out for dinner might come close!). But, in reality, there’s much to do before you board your flight. The success [...]
An ascent of Ama Dablam, Nepal, and a 30 year dream realised
When I was 12 my friends dragged me, rather reluctantly, to the local scout group. I was ushered into a room to meet the leader. He welcomed me warmly and announced that we were going climbing that evening at a local quarry. The quarry was a damp and dismal place, but as soon as I [...]
Climbing equipment review: Evolv Defy VTR
When I first started climbing the cragging footwear of choice were those traditional black pumps like you used to wear in gym class at school. My friends and I loved them because they performed reasonably well. However, there were a few drawbacks; They had to be really tight to edge on anything small so we [...]
Top mountaineering tips – 5 part series: part 5
Hi RCUK fans. Here we are, week 5 of my mountaineering tips series. I hope you’ve enjoyed them and that they’ll serve to save you some bother when you’re next on an expedition.
Top mountaineering tips – 5 part series: part 4
Week 4 of our 5 part series of mountaineering tips
Top mountaineering tips – 5 part series: part 3
Hi RCUK fans. This week’s top mountaineering tips article will be covering personality. When it comes to mountaineering, you’re bound to face some hardship at some point, having the right attitude and climbing partner counts for a lot…
Top mountaineering tips – 5 part series: part 2
Hi RCUK fans. This week’s top mountaineering tips article will be covering how to decide what kit you should take and what to leave behind when you’re packing for an expedition.
Top mountaineering tips – 5 part series: part 1
I’m really excited to be bringing this 5 part series on mountaineering to you, from Paul Lewis. Paul runs peakmountaineering.com, specialising in mountain activities and training. There’s some great advice here from personal (and by the sounds of it, in some cases bitter) experience (Ed). Learn from (my lack of) experience – my top tips [...]
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