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A video which combines the poem by Fernando Pessoa with climbing, interpreted by Lavarda for the Red Bull project Poets in Action.

Dave Macleod analyses his ascent of Echo Wall on Ben Nevis. Climbed in July 2008, this terrifying route represented a new level of trad climbing for the 29 year old Scottish climber.

On 28/07/2008 Dave Macleod made the first ascent of his project on Echo Wall, Scotland, his hardest lead to date.

Canadian Sonnie Trotter has made the second ascent of Rhapsody, Dave MacLeod's e11 at Dumbarton Rock, Scotland.

On 21/08/07 Sonnie Trotter freed "The Path" 5.14 R (E10/e11) at Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada.

On 02/05 Dave Macleod made the first ascent of Metalcore F8c+ at The Anvil, Scotland. This is now the hardest sports route in the country.

Dave MacLeod has climbed his first 8c+, "L’odi Social" at Siurana, Spain to discover how this compares to cutting edge trad routes in Britain, such as his Rhapsody e11 7a.

James Pearson makes the first ascent of "The Promise" E10 7a, at Burbage North, Dave McLeod repeats "Blind Vision" at Froggat and Ben Cossey from Australia makes an audacious headtorch repeat of John Dunne's famous The Parthion Shot E9 6c.

News about the structure of the Bouldering World Cup 2006 at Rovereto and the Parassiti Rock due to take place at the Palazzetto dello Sport in Rovereto from 12 - 14 May 2006.

Scottish Dave MacLeod has climbed the direct finish to Requiem at Dumbarton Rock, Scotland, calling the climb Rhapsody and grading the route e11 7a. This makes it a strong contender for one of the hardest trad pitches in the world.