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Nick Bullock Echoes
08/09/2012 - Alpinism
Nick Bullock Echoes
Engaging video portrait of British alpinist Nick Bullock.
The Meltdown, video of Johnny Dawes and Jerry Moffatt on the Welsh slate testpiece
25/07/2012 - Climbing
The Meltdown, video of Johnny Dawes and Jerry Moffatt on the Welsh slate testpiece
The video filmed by Alun Hughes of Johnny Dawes and Jerry Moffatt during their early attempts on The Meltdown, the super testpiece freed recently by James McHaffie at the Dinorwig slate quarries in wales.
James McHaffie conquers the Meltdown in Wales' Dinorwig slate quarries
10/07/2012 - Climbing
James McHaffie conquers the Meltdown in wales' Dinorwig slate quarries
Big news comes from the fresh Dinorwig slate quarries in wales where British climber James McHaffie has freed an old project which over the years had come to be known as The Meltdown project.
Charlie Woodburn adds Something's Burning to Pembroke
10/07/2012 - Climbing
Charlie Woodburn adds Something's Burning to Pembroke
At Stennis Ford in Pembroke, wales, Charlie Woodburn has made the first ascent of Something's Burning E9 7a.
Hansjörg Auer onsights Strawberries at Tremadog
29/05/2012 - Climbing
Hansjörg Auer onsights Strawberries at Tremadog
In May Hansjörg Auer from Austria on-sighted the famous route Strawberries first ascended by Ron Fawcett in 1980 at Tremadog in wales. In more than 30 years this trad climb has only been on-sighted by Stefan Glowacz and Jorg Verhoeven.
Nick Bullock climbs The Frumious Bandersnatch at Rhoscolyn
19/05/2012 - Climbing
Nick Bullock climbs The Frumious Bandersnatch at Rhoscolyn
The video of Nick Bullock making the first ascent of The Frumious Bandersnatch (E7 6c) at Rhoscolyn, North wales.
Hydrotherapy, the video of Neil Gresham and his Deep Water Solo
07/02/2012 - Climbing
Hydrotherapy, the video of Neil Gresham and his Deep Water Solo
Video of Neil Gresham during the first ascent of Hydrotherapy 8a+ at Pembroke in wales.
Capri Deep Water Solo, new route Tramonti on the Faraglioni
06/02/2012 - Climbing
Capri Deep Water Solo, new route Tramonti on the Faraglioni
In October 2011 Mike Rolf established 7a, a Deep Water Solo climb up the famous Faraglioni seastacks at Capri.
Johnny Dawes - the rock climbing interview
23/12/2011 - Interviews
Johnny Dawes - the rock climbing interview
Interview with Johnny Dawes, one of the most talented and influential British climbers of all times.
Johnny Dawes and Paul Pritchard climb the Rainbow Slab
19/12/2011 - Climbing
Johnny Dawes and Paul Pritchard climb the Rainbow Slab
A video documenting Johnny Dawes and Paul Pritchard as they climb up the Rainbow Slab in North wales.
Neil Gresham Pembroke DWS video
06/11/2011 - Climbing
Neil Gresham Pembroke DWS video
Video of Neil Gresham deep water soloing in Pembroke, wales
The Rock Bottom Line, the longest sport climb in the UK
05/10/2011 - Climbing
The Rock Bottom Line, the longest sport climb in the UK
In Twll Mawr in the Dinorwig slate quarry in wales Ian Lloyd-Jones and Sion McGuinness have established The Rock Bottom Line (130m, 7b+).
Neil Dyer adds Megalopa 8c+ to Lower Pen Trwyn, Wales
25/08/2011 - Climbing
Neil Dyer adds Megalopa 8c+ to Lower Pen Trwyn, wales
British climber Neil Dyer has added two important new sport climbs to North wales limestone, namely Megalopa F8c+ at Lower Pen Trwyn on the Great Orme and The Brute 8b at the Diamond on the nearby Little Orme.
James McHaffie repeats The Big Bang at Lower Pen Trwyn
01/08/2011 - Climbing
James McHaffie repeats The Big Bang at Lower Pen Trwyn
James McHaffie has made the first repeat of The Big Bang 9a at Lower Pen Trwyn, first climbed in 1996 by Neil Carson.
Twll Mawr: new route and The Quarryman
08/07/2011 - Climbing
Twll Mawr: new route and The Quarryman
Ian Lloyd-Jones and Sion McGuiness add Supermassive Black Hole (F7a, 75m) to Twll Mawr in the Llanberis slate quarries in wales. Video of James MacHaffie on The Quarryman
The Quarryman and Strawberries - important repeats in Wales
05/07/2011 - Climbing
The Quarryman and Strawberries - important repeats in wales
Jorg Verhoeven has made the second on-sight of Strawberries E6 at Tremadog while Steve Mcclure has carried out the first one-day ascent of The Quarryman E8 in the Dinorwig slate quarries.