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The Big Bang: The Emma Twyford Story | Weekly Video

This week’s video is special not only for its big grade and cutting edge climbing but for its sheer historical significance within the British climbing community. In September 2019, Emma Twyford became the first British woman to climb 9a with an epic tick of Big Bang, a Neil Carson route at Lower Pen Trywn. Having first been shown at the 2019 Kendal Film Festival where it won ‘Best Climbing Film’, this fantastic David Petts production is a diligent account of the years leading up to Emma’s ground-breaking ascent.

January 28, 2022
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Introduction to Trad Climbing | The Basics

If you’re completely new to climbing, or even if you have only ever sport climbed or bouldered before, your first ‘trad’ climbing experience can be daunting. Here we take a look at what it takes to become a safe and competent trad climber.

January 25, 2022
3 min read

La Sportiva Lycan GTX | Running Shoe Review

Looking for a bad weather beast to take control on the hill? Thanks to a deep, studded tread pattern, reinforced upper and Gore liner, the La Sportiva Lycan GTX is the quintessential winter off-road shoe.

January 22, 2022
2 min read

9a Project Climbed After 27 Years | Weekly Video

Adam Ondra is back with another feature in our weekly video series. This week Adam visits the beautiful crag, ‘Beckov’, in Slovakia to check out an unclimbed project bolted by Tomáš Pilka in 1994. Having failed to climb the route when he first visited in June 2020, Adam returned to polish off 27 years of unfinished business with what became ‘Absolutorium’ 9a.

January 21, 2022
1 min read

Giuliano Cameroni climbing "Off the Wagon" (8C+/V16) | Weekly Video

Giuliano Cameroni – Off the Wagon (8C+/V16) | Weekly Video

This week’s video hit comes straight from the beautiful Swiss valley of Val Bavona where we’re spoiled rotten with Swiss native, Giuliano Cameroni’s fourth ascent of Off the Wagon Low (8C+/V16). Off the Wagon’s original standing line is perhaps the most iconic boulder problem in the world, originally being discovered by Dave Graham with Nalle Hukkataival claiming the first ascent in 2012.

January 14, 2022
1 min read

Offwidth Climbing Video With Sierra Blair-Coyle

Sierra Blair-Coyle Battles with Offwidth Climbing | Weekly Video

Typically, painful, grim and dirty, offwidthing is one of the darker arts of the climbing world, especially for us Brits with the fair isles of Britain yielding little in the way of any decent offwidth climbing. So, if you’re like me and haven’t got a clue about offwidths then this video is a nice introduction to the kit, the techniques and, most importantly, the taping.

January 07, 2022
1 min read

EB Nebula Climbing shoes in blue and black. The climber is on an indoor climbing wall pushing off on his right foot on a small purple foot-hold.

EB Nebula | Climbing Shoe Review

Soft, sensitive and oh so French – the Nebula is the ultimate homage to EB’s climbing shoe heritage, nailing the same fundamentals that made their very first climbing shoe so successful whilst epitomising the modern climbing shoe’s evolution into an expertly engineered sending weapon.

January 06, 2022
3 min read

Mountain of Storms | Weekly Video

In 1968, five friends set out on a 5,000-mile road trip in a white Ford van bound for South America. They packed surfboards, skis, and climbing gear and documented the whole trip on a 16mm Bolex camera. The film is, of course, Mountain of Storms, the legendary documentary of a life changing trip which ended with an awesome first ascent on Cerro Fitz Roy – there’s nothing like a bit of Patagonian alpine action to whet our winter appetites.

December 17, 2021
1 min read

Forging Ahead | DMM | Weekly Video

The second of our weekly videos comes from the heart of Llanberis where renowned climbing hardware company, DMM, are celebrating a spectacular 40th year in business. This enchanting video recounts the company’s humble beginnings with its 3 cofounders forming the business in 1981. Having first met whilst working for Clog Climbing, Fred Hall, Richard Cuthbertson and Paul Simkiss recall tales of working for Heinz beans, debt collection and the interview rejections that brought them together in the 70’s. From here, the rest was history, going on to shape a company that has become a cornerstone of both the Llanberis and the worldwide climbing communities.

December 10, 2021
1 min read

The Frozen Frog | Weekly Video

This Friday (10/12/21) you can catch our very own Ben Robinson’s attempt to become the first person to complete the last great Lake District challenge yet to be overcome in winter, The Frog Whitton. The route includes 96 miles of cycling over some of the hardest mountain passes in the UK, interspersed with 6 miles of open-water swimming. Weaved throughout the challenge is the story of Ben's inspirational transformation from dangerously overweight to ultra-distance athlete in just 12 months.

December 09, 2021
1 min read

Preparing for Winter Adventures | Training and Skills

For some, the first flurries of snow make for a fun filled winter season ahead. However for others, initial excitement may give way to a feeling of trepidation. Here in the UK, the majority of us don’t get a lot of experience playing out in the white stuff - so it’s easy to get caught out if you aren’t prepared.

December 08, 2021
3 min read

14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible | Weekly Video

Another Friday and another weekly video but, this one is particularly special. In 2019, Nirmal Purja, or more commonly known as Nimsdai, embarked on his ‘Project Possible’ – an insane mission to summit all fourteen 8000 metre peaks in a record breaking 7 months. Having only entered the world of big mountain climbing in 2012, Nimsdai made his first 8000 metre ascent two years later, summitting Dhaulagiri in a return trip of just 15 days. From high altitude novice to Project Possible in 7 years sounds ridiculous, but Nims is pretty unique.

December 03, 2021
1 min read

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The Big Bang: The Emma Twyford Story | Weekly Video

Introduction to Trad Climbing | The Basics

La Sportiva Lycan GTX | Running Shoe Review

9a Project Climbed After 27 Years | Weekly Video

Giuliano Cameroni – Off the Wagon (8C+/V16) | Weekly Video

Sierra Blair-Coyle Battles with Offwidth Climbing | Weekly Video

EB Nebula | Climbing Shoe Review

Mountain of Storms | Weekly Video

Forging Ahead | DMM | Weekly Video

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Preparing for Winter Adventures | Training and Skills

14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible | Weekly Video

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