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Nick Bullock|9 February 2012
Steep-Frowning-Spouting-Inhospitable-Linking-Glories.Nick Bullock describes an extraordinary new winter route established with Guy Robertson on LochnagarRead More | Comments
Martin Moran|7 February 2012
A Rough Ride with RudolfEvergreen Scottish activist Martin Moran blogs about an eventful first winter ascent on Beinn Eighe in Scotland's North West.Read More | Comments
Colin Haley|5 February 2012
The Removal of Cesare Maestris Bolt Ladders on Cerro TorreLeading Patagonian activistgives his personal take on the recent controversies surrounding the part-chopping of The Compressor Route on Cerro Torre Read More | Comments
Kelly Cordes|20 September 2011
ReputationsReputations can be a funny thing. Especially if they shut you down before you even try. To me Siyeh became a 3,500-foot monster that I could never be good enough to climb.Read More | Comments
Calum Muskett|12 September 2011
Dolomites June 2011Our bivi was utterly freezing and uncomfortable in only our survival bags with the ropes for pillows; consequently we got no sleep and were back moving at first light.Read More | Comments
Tom Randall|30 August 2011
The Original Rays Roof SoloHe was too fast for me this time though - my calls of "it's starting to rain" and "I think I've just seen a buzzard nesting in the break" did little to stifle his enthusiastic jams through the crux.Read More | Comments
Tom Quigley|25 August 2011
Watching the Glass (or, how waiting tables taught me to rock climb)Either you do what you love, or you get paid bank to put up with your job. There’s a middle ground, but it’s occupied by the lucky, the obscenely talented, and the people who brush their teeth twice a day.Read More | Comments
Dave MacLeod|4 August 2011
Returning from OrkneySimplicity can be a bad influence when it obscures or distorts the real picture or just dumbs everything down.Read More | Comments
Nick Bullock|24 July 2011
The Man in Black Points the Way to The Lost Pillar of Scheiser“Shall we do it then?” I asked with trepidation not wanting to sound like a lightweight and hoping the Hippy would see sense.Read More | Comments
Will Gadd|19 July 2011
Eat ThisTo sum up my philosophy on food for sports: You are what you eat, but the human body is amazing at processing almost anything.Read More | Comments

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