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Anak Verhoeven repeats 'Rainshadow' (9a) at Malham Cove, England
05/06/2025 - Climbing
Anak Verhoeven repeats 'Rainshadow' (9a) at Malham Cove, England
On 5 May 2025 Belgian rock climber Anak Verhoeven made the first female ascent of 'Rainshadow' (9a) at Malham Cove in England.
Wild Camping ruled legal on Dartmoor by UK's Supreme Court
21/05/2025 - Environment
Wild Camping ruled legal on Dartmoor by UK's Supreme Court
United Kingdom's Supreme Court has ruled that wild camping is legal on Dartmoor in Devon, England.
Adam Ondra makes historic first-ever flash of E11 trad route, 'Lexicon' in England
19/05/2025 - Climbing
Adam Ondra makes historic first-ever flash of E11 trad route, 'Lexicon' in England
On 16/05/2025 Czech climber Adam Ondra made the first-ever flash ascent of a British trad climb graded E11, Lexicon at Pavey Ark in England.
Rob Matheson (74) repeats 'The Bells, The Bells' (E7) at Gogarth in North Wales
25/04/2025 - Climbing
Rob Matheson (74) repeats 'The Bells, The Bells' (E7) at Gogarth in North wales
Yesterday 74-year-old British climber Rob Matheson made a rare repeat of 'The Bells, The Bells!', one of the most fearsome trad climbs in Great Britain. Located on North Stack Wall at Gogarth, it was first ascended in 1980 by John...
Watch Neil Dickson onsight The Hollowman (E8) at Gogarth, North Wales
16/02/2024 - Climbing
Watch Neil Dickson onsight The Hollowman (E8) at Gogarth, North wales
The Brit Rock video of Neil Dickson onsighting 'The Hollowman' (E8 6c) at Gogarth in North wales in 2008. Even by today's standards this is considered one of the most impressive onsight ascents of a British trad route.
Franco Cookson makes first ascent of The Dewin Stone, 9a+ slab at Twll Mawr in North Wales
01/11/2023 - Climbing
Franco Cookson makes first ascent of The Dewin Stone, 9a+ slab at Twll Mawr in North wales
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.
Caroline Ciavaldini repeats Olwen (E9), James Pearson repeats Prisoners of the sun (E10) at Rhoscolyn, Wales
18/08/2023 - Climbing
Caroline Ciavaldini repeats Olwen (E9), James Pearson repeats Prisoners of the sun (E10) at Rhoscolyn, wales
At Rhoscolyn on the island of Anglesey in North wales Caroline Ciavaldini has repeated the E9 trad climb 'Olwen' while her husband James Pearson has repeated the E10 'Prisoners of the sun'.
Shauna Coxsey climbs Hydro, second 8B in two months
07/07/2023 - Climbing
Shauna Coxsey climbs Hydro, second 8B in two months
30-year-old British climber Shauna Coxsey has climbed Hydro in Ogmore, South wales. This is her second 8B boulder problem in as many months, after having repeated Flip Flopera in May.
Brit Rock Film Tour 2022 streaming from 3 - 6 November
03/11/2022 - Events
Brit Rock Film Tour 2022 streaming from 3 - 6 November
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...
Anna Hazlett and Tom Randall repeat The Quarryman on Llanberis slate in Wales
21/07/2022 - Climbing
Anna Hazlett and Tom Randall repeat The Quarryman on Llanberis slate in wales
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.
James Pearson repeats Lexicon in England in smooth style
30/06/2022 - Climbing
James Pearson repeats Lexicon in England in smooth style
British rock climber James Pearson has made a swift repeat of Lexicon, the E11 at Pavey Ark first ascended by Neil Gresham in 2021. After making a bold 'flash' attempt, Pearson worked the route ground-up before repeating one of Britain’s...
Watch Climbing With a Legend / Jerry Moffatt on Training and Climbing Performance
04/06/2022 - Climbing
Watch Climbing With a Legend / Jerry Moffatt on Training and Climbing Performance
The video featuring Jerry Moffatt, Stian Christophersen and Martin Mobråten sharing insights into training for climbing and performing at your best.
Franco Cookson magical on The Sandman at Nesscliffe
12/04/2022 - Climbing
Franco Cookson magical on The Sandman at Nesscliffe
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...
Dave MacLeod makes third ascent of Lexicon, Neil Gresham's Lake District extreme
01/04/2022 - Climbing
Dave MacLeod makes third ascent of Lexicon, Neil Gresham's Lake District extreme
Scottish climber Dave MacLeod has made the third ascent of Lexicon, one of the most difficult trad climbs in the UK first ascended by Neil Gresham in summer 2021 at Pavey Ark in the Lake District and repeated by Steve...
Jerry Moffat's Frankenjura Stone Love in Lines Of Legends
18/02/2022 - Climbing
Jerry Moffat's Frankenjura Stone Love in Lines Of Legends
The second episode of Lines Of Legends directed by Yuri Palma features Andrea and Marco Zanone versus Stone Love, the famous 8b+ first ascended by British rock climber Jerry Moffatt in Germany's Frankenjura in 1988.
The Big Bang, the Emma Twyford Story at Lower Pen Trwyn in Wales
27/01/2022 - Climbing
The Big Bang, the Emma Twyford Story at Lower Pen Trwyn in wales
The Big Bang follows Emma Twyford and her quest to repeat Big Bang at Lower Pen Trwyn in North wales. In sending the route in September 2019 she became the first British woman to climb 9a.