Archive for the ‘Interviews’ category
Rock legends, rising stars, the people that are pushing our sport.
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. [...]
FACING THE ROCK – Trailer
Not To Be Taken Away has to be one of the most aesthetic lines of any climbing discipline, on any rock type, in any part of the world. The beauty of this beast is the long, steep ramp that traverses one of the best know grit stone blocks, the Grand Hotel at Stanage. It is [...]
An interview with Emily Winterhalder – Young hotshot
Emily Winterhalder has been on the climbing competition circuit for almost ten years, relatively unknown due to her not being on the British team, she is one of the rising stars of British climbing, both indoors and outdoors. After recently competing at the BMC Youth Climbing Series she walked away with a fantastic result, an [...]
Rising Star – Emma Powell
Emma Powell, Aged 10. (11 in December) is a rising star, and a name to keep your eyes and ears open for. I caught up with Emma and her Dad Phil for an interview at the Harrogate Climbing Centre. If you climb at any of the walls around Leeds and York you will have probably seen this extremely [...]
An interview with Lucy Creamer
Lucy Creamer, Britain’s most accomplished female climber, needs little introduction. Since being introduced to climbing back in the late 1980s, Lucy has dedicated her life to climbing and has excelled across multiple disciplines, with competition wins and notable ascents in trad, sport, bouldering and ice climbing. Now sponsored by Marmot, DMM, Scarpa/Grivel, Lucy also shares [...]
An Interview with Neil Gresham
Regular readers of RCUK will no doubt be familiar with my gushing praise of this man’s work. I reviewed Neil Gresham’s Masterclass DVDs back in May. Neil Gresham is famed for his climbing ability across a range of disciplines from rock and ice to deep water soloing. He is one one of the few climbers [...]
Interview with Andy Kirkpatrick
(One of the UK’s top mountaineers, Andy Kirkpatrick, recently spoke to the Climbers’ Club of great Britain, so I grabbed the chance to talk to him about his new book, next expedition and tweeting…) “If you’re fit, you’re full of ideas. If you’re not fit, it keeps you safe” says Andy Kirkpatrick, explaining the concept [...]
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