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British climber Franco Cookson has made the first ascent of The Dewin Stone, a 9a+ slab at Twll Mawr in the Dinorwig slate quarries above llanberis in North Wales.

The 2022 Brit Rock Film Tour is available to stream from 3 to 6 November only, on the platform Film Festival Flix. The program contains three films, Queen Lines featuring Anna Hazelnutt, Ephemeral featuring Guy Robertson and Greg Boswell, and Sea to Summit with Jacob Cook, Bronwyn Hodgins, Angela Vanwiemeersch,...

Both Anna Hazlett and Tom Randall have repeated The Quarryman, the Johnny Dawes classic located in the Dinorwig slate quarries above llanberis in North Wales.

At Nesscliffe, England, Franco Cookson has made the first ascent of The Sandman E10 7a. During the previous weeks the British rock climber has repeated The Meltdown 9a in the Dinorwig slate quarries at llanberis in Wales, as well as repeating Hold Fast, Hold True E10 7a at Glen Nevis...

British rock climber Hazel Findlay has repeated the classic Johnny Dawes testpiece The Quarryman in the Dinorwig slate quarries above llanberis in North Wales.

Joe Brown, one of the world’s greatest all-round climbers, passed away last night aged 89. Brown pioneered climbs throughout Great Britain, the Alps and the Greater Ranges in particular in the 1950's and '60's. Cenotaph Corner on Dinas Cromlech in Wales and the first ascent of Kangchenjunga (8586m) in Nepal...

The video of British rock climber Steve McClure making an onsight ascent of Nightmayer, the difficult trad climb on Dinas Cromlech in Wales.

The video portrait of Britain’s Hazel Findlay, one of the strongest and most versatile climbers in the world.

Interview with blind British paraclimber Jesse Dufton who the famous trad climbing route The Old Man of Hoy off the Orkney Islands in Scotland. Guided by his climbing partner Molly Thompson, the achievement has been recognised by the Scottish parliament.

The film The Quarrymen by Neil Hart, about the slate quarries above llanberis in North Wales starring James Pearson, Johnny Dawes and one of Britain’s most famous multi-pitch rock climb, The Quarryman.

Good weather has resulted in a series of hard trad repeats in Wales by the likes of James McHaffie, Angus Kille, Emma Twyford, Gérome Pouvreau and Florence Pinet.

France's Caroline Ciavaldini has made the long-awaited first female ascent of The Quarryman in the slate quarries above Llanberris in North Wales. First ascended by Johnny Dawes back in 1986, this climb is one of the most famous multi-pitch rock climbs in Great Britain.

Will Sim and John Crook report about their climbing trip to the Torres Del Avellano in Patagonia, Chile, together with Paul Swail, John McCune and Ruth Bevan. The highlight of the expedition was a 1000 m new route up the East Face of the South Avellano Tower.

British climber James Pearson has made the first ascent of the bold and difficult route Power Ranger (5.14R / 8c) at Sunset Rocks, Chattanooga, USA.

The video by Neil Hart of James Pearson climbing The Quarryman in the llanberis slate quarries in North Wales.

British rock climber James McHaffie has made the first ascent of House of Talons, an E9 6c on Dinas Cromlech, llanberis Pass, Wales.