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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 [...]
Kendal Wall – Grand Re-Opening
It’s been an accumulation of more than two years of meticulous planning, hard graft & a vast building project … but last weekend, Kendal Wall, at the Lakeland Climbing Centre officially re-opened it’s doors to the public. Marked with a grand day of climbing, bouldering, coaching & lectures the occasion came with the promise of [...]
IFSC Lead World Cup – Boulder, Colorado
It had been a long time coming. An IFSC Lead World Cup round hadn’t been on soil in the United States of America for over twenty years. After a long awaited return, sponsored by TNF, climbers from 13 countries battled it out for the valuable World Cup points that were up for grabs. Movement Climbing [...]
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 [...]
Carrie Cooper Climbing at 39 Weeks Pregnant
Check out this video from prAna Living. It features Carrie Cooper climbing at 39 weeks pregnant. She uses a special harness that sits over the bump rather than under under it, and is climbing on a top rope, so it looks as safe as it can be. Being a man and not having children I [...]
Chris Sharma at The Quay Climbing Centre, Exeter
Entre Prises Climbing Walls presents Chris Sharma on Oct. 14, 2011 at the Quay in SW England. This is the second stop in a series of events with Chris Sharma that will be hosted by Entre Prises Climbing Walls at notable EP installations throughout the world. The Quay event will be Chris’ only UK appearance [...]
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 [...]
Biscuit the Rock Climbing Dog
You may have noticed that we haven’t published a lot of news recently. This is a conscious decision to only publish the really important stuff, and focus our efforts more on the articles. Well here’s a really important piece!.. This is awesome. Biscuit the rock climbing dog. At the beginning of the film you think [...]
Nesting Bird Restrictions Lifted a Pembroke
The climbing restrictions in place to protect nesting birds along the Pembrokeshire coast will be lifted a few days early this year, allowing climbing from Saturday July 30th. As all the birds on the usually restricted climbing venues along the Pembrokeshire coast seem to have completed their nesting rituals early this year, the National Park [...]
Cliffhanger 2011 – Bigger, Further, Higher, Happier & Sunnier
Feedback from visitors to this year’s Cliffhanger festival shows that more than 20,000 people attended over the gloriously warm and sunny weekend, with more travelling further than ever before to get to the event. The field in the Bouldering World Cup final was bigger and more competitive than ever with 81 competitors from all around [...]
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