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Check out this years Fort William Mountain Festival. Films Events Lectures Exhibitions Guided Walks Skills Workshops The event runs from the 15th 19th February 2012 Festival Highlights Wednesday 15th February 2012 – Festival Launch Evening Thursday 16th February 2012 - Bike Night with Steve Peat Friday 17th February 2012 – Mountaineering Evening with Bob Shepton and [...] Fort William Mountain Festival 2012 is a post from: Rock Climbing UK , an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR
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With the arrival of the New Year, now’s a perfect time to plan your rock climbing objectives for 2012 and develop a training program that will help achieve them. These objectives can be anything from doing your first E1, increasing your climbing grade from 7a to 7c or doing a specific route. Using a Scoring [...] Turbo Charged New Years Training Resolutions is a post from: Rock Climbing UK , an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers. If you liked this post, you might also ...
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Our Fine Land lays claim to some of the finest climbing in the world, and is regarded by most as the birthplace of modern mountaineering as we know it. Over the hundred and fifty or so years of climbing history that we have accumulated, the UK has received visits from some of the greatest [...] Video: Webb-Parsons Comes to UK is a post from: Rock Climbing UK , an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers. If you liked this post, you might also like: Climbing book review: Peak ...
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At last there’s been major snow in the Highlands! The raw weather of the last 10 days has meant big accumulations in all the climbing areas and although at the time of writing the avalanche hazard is rated Considerable, the forecast is for a good freeze-thaw cycle to settle a more stable snowpack for an [...] Clothing for Winter Climbing is a post from: Rock Climbing UK , an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers. If you liked this post, you might also like: Climbing ...
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Keywords:
Dry Tooling,
Foundry,
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mixed climbing,
Sheffield,
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Water Ice in Norway,
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Lakeland Classic
I’ve done plenty of seasons ice climbing over the last 13 years, I’ve done gully’s and ridges in Scotland and the Lakes, climbed Water Ice in Norway and in the Alps, but so far I’ve never done any of serious mixed climbing, sure I’ve torqued an icy crack on a buttress when the ice has [...] Dry Tooling At The Foundry, Sheffield is a post from: Rock Climbing UK , an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers. If you liked this post, you might also like: FigFour Training
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The joy of climbing is a private thing between me and climbingOur relationship is complicated Andy Kirkpatrick The US magazine Climbing once described Andy Kirkpatrick as a climber with a “strange penchant for the long, the cold and the difficult”, with a reputation “for seeking out routes where the danger is real, and the return [...] COLD WARS Video Profile is a post from: Rock Climbing UK , an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers. If you liked this post, you might
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It is some 45 years since John Harlin fell to his death from the Eiger Nordwand in 1966, however the pain and power of the event still looms large in the psyche of Sir Chris Bonnington. On Thursday 1st December I had the pleasure of hearing him speak on the subject at the Royal Geographical [...] The Eiger – Triumph and Tragedy, and an Evening at the RGS is a post from: Rock Climbing UK , an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers. If you liked this post, you might also like:
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If like me, your leisure activities are tough on your skin you need to treat yourself to some skin repair. Climbing and bouldering can be particularly brutal. I’m sure you’ve all had those sessions where you feel like you left most of the skin from your fingertips on the wall. I know the guys from [...] ProBalm For Skin Repair is a post from: Rock Climbing UK , an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers. If you liked this post, you might also like: Rock climbing training –
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The first thing my girlfriend said when she saw the Merrell, Outbound jacket was “Hmmm, it’s very girly. I think you should give it to me, it’ll suit me better”. Nice try Emma!!! What Merrell say about the Outbound Gore-Tex® Jacket Waterproof, breathable technical performance that’s ready to hike ridgelines and push ahead, the supple [...] Merrell Outbound Gore-Tex® Jacket is a post from: Rock Climbing UK , an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers. If you liked ...
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You may have read my recent review of the Dinas Supersnug Hoody from one of my new favourite clothing brands, StoneMonkey. I promised you a review of the Adrenaline Jacket too, so here it is. What StoneMonkey say about the Adrenaline Jacket Men’s warm windcheater jacket With ¼ zip fastening and drawstring hood to keep [...] StoneMonkey Adrenaline Jacket is a post from: Rock Climbing UK , an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers. If you liked this post, you might also like:
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