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We have the results of the Junior competitions on the first day of the British Bouldering Championships 2008 held at the Cliffhanger outdoor event in Millhouses Park, Sheffield on 12 July...

Skyler Weeks (US) jumped an amazing 2.65m at Cliffhanger 2008 yesterday, setting a new World Record. Keith Sharples (www.keithsharplesphotography.com) was there for UKClimbing.com to record the...

Hot on the heels of the new Southern Sandstone guidebook, the Climbers' Club guidebook to Lundy is now available. Richard Wheeldon from Cordee writes, "Just thought you'd all like to know,...

Despite the weather breaking down somewhat into heavy showers typical of July now, some folk have managed to get out bouldering, with some cool NE winds in May and June providing better conditions...

Win a Deuter Speedlite 15 Limited Edition Technicians Pack. Booty and swag. But you've got to earn it! Lots of great climbing and outdoor gear has been won at UKClimbing.com in the last year in...

For many climbers the main attraction at this weekend's Cliffhanger event in Sheffield is the British Bouldering Championships which will be held over both days of the weekend. An extensive wall has...

Just days after Nic Sellers' super fast ascent, Llanberis climber Pete Robins has also bagged an ascent of Trauma in the Llanberis Pass. Pete climbed with Nic last weekend, but fell from the...

PHOTO COMPETITION: PrAna Climbing Facial Expressions We'd like to thank everyone who entered the prAna PHOTO COMPETITION. We had 318 entries and all were voted on. Two of the winners were...

Who is this...? Where is this...? Have you seen the Cliffhanger banners on UKC? Over the past few weeks UKC and Cliffhanger have been running an excellent competition climbing quiz. This...

Chris Doyle has climbed a stunning new line down on the Sea View Walls below the Marine Drive on Great Orme. Flashpoint V8/7b+ takes the impressive bulging wall located just beyond the descent point...

During a joint operation between the RAF and the Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team to rescue a walker with abdominal injuries, the RAF SeaKing helicopter supporting the rescue team broke down on the...

Long time Yorkshire activists Matt Troilett and Mick Johnston have succeeded on a new line at Kilnsey. "Dead Calm" F8a, starts up Wyswyg moves right in to The Overlap then moves right again and...

19 year old Leah Crane has just climbed another Font 7c, this time in Brione, Switzerland. During a quick fly-by 5 day bouldering trip to Magic Wood Leah also climbed two Font 7b+'s, taking only an...

There have been some changes to UKClimbing.com over the last few months and this weekend we had an informal meeting at UKC HQ to discuss ideas for future site developments. Present were Mick Ryan,...

El Cap Report 7/2/08 By Tom Evans An illustrated account of yesterday's action on El Capitan including the new Nose speed record set by Hans Florine and Yuji Hirayama. Lots of photos. You can...

This morning in Yosemite Valley, Hans Florine and the Japanese climber Yuji Hirayama set a new speed record for climbing the 870m (2900') Nose route on El Cap. On their fourth attempt in the last ten...

Hot on the heels of the recent ascents of Ray's Roof [UKC News Item] in the Peak District, we have news of more off-width action from across the water. Dougald MacDonald reports: Pamela Pack...

The final of the BMC Youth Climbing Series 2008 sponsored by Perkins Slade was held at Edinburgh International Climbing Arena: Ratho in conjunction with the MC of S on Saturday 28th June. This is...

On Saturday 28th of June, Nic Sellers, partnered by Pete Robins and Ben Pritchard, made the fastest ascent of Trauma to date. Sellers top roped the route once and then climbed it. Trauma,...

You hear it now and again from certain forum heads, "They are all armchair climbers", or "What do they know? None of them climb." Not so of course. Nick Smith, UKClimbing.com's designer and...