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On 21 September 2014 Neil Mawson made the first ascent of Choronzon at Pembroke in Wales. Graded E10 7a, this checks in as one of the hardest trad routes in the UK.

The video of Ben Bransby making the first repeat of The Parthian Shot at burbage South, England, after the crucial flake was damaged in 2011.

On 19/11/2013 Ben Bransby became the first person to climb The Parthian Shot at burbage South, UK, since the crucial flake broke off in 2011.

The report by Michele Caminati about yet another trip to England to climb some of the famous gritstone trad routes and boulder problems.

Part 2 - from July to December - of what happened in alpinism and climbing in 2012.

Switzerland's Claude Remy provides a chronological analysis of the evolution free climbing (bouldering and difficulty). An article which clearly is not and cannot be definitive, but is merely a stimulus for further analysis and discussion about the evolution of this...

Pete Whittaker and Jordan Buys have established some new gritstone rock climbs at Hall Moor Quarry and Baildon Bank, England.

At burbage North on England's gritstone Michele Caminati has sent the boulder problems The Voyager 8B, The Promise (7B+) and the route Three Blind Mice E7 6c.

Video of Chris Webb Parsons during his training on the gritstone at burbage and in England's gyms.

Interview with Johnny Dawes, one of the most talented and influential British climbers of all times.

Millstone Edge is one of the most popular gritstone crags in England. Overlooking Hathersage and just a stone's throw from Sheffield, this former quarry hosts some of the finest gritstone lines in the country.

An intense couple of months for Hansjörg Auer: together with Thomas Schreiber he recently carried out the first ascent of Silberschrei on Sass de la Crusc in the Dolomites, before a lightening fast trip to England with Much Mayr which...

Interview with Jerry Moffatt, one of the most successful climbers in the world during the 1980's and 1990's, with important first ascents such as Stone Love 8b+ in Germany's Frankenjura and Liquid Ambar 8c+ at Lower Pen Trwyn, Wales and...

Review of Alastair Lee's award winning film On sight.

American climber Kevin Jorgeson has made the first ever ground up ascent of an E9 gritstone climb, Parthian Shot E9 6c, burbage, England.

On 29 September James Pearson made the first ascent of 'The Walk of Life' at Dyer's Lookout, North Devon, at E12 7a a strong contender for one of the hardest trad routes in the world.