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How to Succeed on the Hardest Climb of your Life | Weekly Video

Our favourite WideBoy, Pete, is back on our YouTube screens discussing what it takes to send the hardest climb of your life. Alongside working on his trad project in Norway, Pete has been putting in the hard yards back at HQ where he's undergone a Lattice assessment to target his weaknesses. Here he takes us through the training he's been doing to tick off his ultimate Norwegian goal, enjoy!

July 13, 2023
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Shauna Coxsey is BACK | Weekly Video

Shauna Coxsey is BACK in this week's video as she embarks on a huge trip to tick off some of the UK's best 7th grade boulder problems. In this first episode of her new YouTube series, we follow Shauna as she catches the end of the grit season around her local Sheffield crags. Enjoy!

July 07, 2023
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Free Solo on Ben Nevis | Weekly Video

We're back with another super video from Dave MacLeod this week. Short and sweet, kick start your weekend watching Dave solo the Left Hand Route on the Orion Face of Ben Nevis. Relatively easy going for Dave at VS 4c but the exposure will leave you watching with sweaty palms, Friday evenings don't get much better, enjoy!

June 30, 2023
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Burden of Dreams | Weekly Video

We couldn't have picked anything else for our weekly video, could we? Without further ado, here's Will Bosi's much covered second ascent of Burden of Dreams, the world's first ever 9A boulder problem. Enjoy!

June 09, 2023
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The Physics of a GriGri | Weekly Video

We're back this week with another high tech video from Ben at Hard is Easy as he takes a deep dive into the physics of a Petzl GriGri.

June 02, 2023
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Scarpa Vapour S | Climbing Shoe Review

Innovative brilliance in a versatile vehicle of climbing comfort and performance, it doesn't get any better than the modern day remake of the Scarpa Vapour S. Recent years have seen a renaissance for the climbing slipper with many of the top brands ranging one, although most seem to type cast their slipper into one of two categories; the left-field performance thoroughbred or the super-soft, comfy training shoe. But, as legendary inventor, Thomas Edison once said, "There's a way to do it better - find it", and I reckon Scarpa might just have done that with the Vapour S, here's why.

May 19, 2023
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Aidan Roberts V14 FLASH | Weekly Video

This week's video is a quicker hit than usual with uncut footage from Mellow of local Lake District lad, Aidan Roberts, flashing Momentum - a V14/8B+ in Valle Bavona, Switzerland. A Nalle Hukkataival first ascent, Momentum's crux is a painful quarter-pad right hand crimp with a huge lock off right through to a pinch, sounds right up Aidan's street if you ask us. Enjoy!

May 19, 2023
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Black Diamond Mission Leather Low WP | Approach Shoe Review

From easy-going, summer trails to soggy coastal walk ins, the Mission Leather Lows from Black Diamond have been a revelation. Like a best hits album, the Mission Leather Lows combine a lot of the essential underfoot features of their superb approach shoe range with the best bits of a sturdier leather walking boot to produce the ultimate approaching machine.

May 15, 2023
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A LITTLE LIFE | Weekly Video

This week's video features everyone's favourite Mellow member, Keenan Takahashi, as he embarks on the quest for new king line highballs in the Buttermilks. From his journey through climbing to the ultimate development and send of A Little Life V14, this one had us on the edge of our seats throughout. We challenge you to get through this without sweaty palms, enjoy!

May 15, 2023
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Deuter Guide 30 | Rucksack Review

Faster, lighter, brighter, the Guide 30 is the quintessential Deuter pack within the new SS23 range boasting a range of subtle and some not so subtle improvements that put the new packs up there as the very best on the market. Perfectly sized for a day out in the UK hills, the Guide 30 sits at the fulcrum of the Guide range and will doubtless be one of the most popular options for UK mountaineers but, is it worth your money?

May 15, 2023
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Steve McClure: Le Voyage | Weekly Video

In 2017, British climber James Pearson made the first ascent of Le Voyage at Annott crag, near his adopted home in France. With runout 8b+ climbing above tricky gear, it weighed in at E10 on the British trad scale. Top British climber, Steve McClure, thought it sounded right up his street and couldn't resist donning the unlaced 5.10 Blancos to take a look. Cracks, crimps and cams, Le Voyage has it all - enjoy!

April 28, 2023
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Will Bosi's Climbing Journey | Weekly Video

Bosi is BACK. Life after Lappnor looks sweet with Bosi firmly cementing himself as the world's in-form boulderer becoming only the second climber ever, after Shawn Raboutou, to climb two 9A graded boulder problems. In this week's video, we take a look at the trip that kickstarted Will's rise to outdoor domination. Going toe to toe with Adam Ondra on a super successful Czech climbing trip was just the start for Bosi - enjoy!

April 21, 2023
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