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A National Geographic team led by Free Solo director Jimmy Chin believe they have discovered the remains of British mountaineer Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine, the youngest member of the 1924 expedition who disappeared 100 years ago along with George Mallory.ukclimbing.com/news/2024/10/…
An extract from 'Behind Everest – Ruth Mallory's Story – First British Expeditions' by Kate Nicholson. Ruth Mallory was a founder member of the Pinnacle Club and the wife of English mountaineer George Mallory, who died on Everest in 1924.ukclimbing.com/articles/lite…
GB Climbing's Erin McNeice reached finals and finished 5th in Lead, having won bronze in the IFSC Boulder World Cup just days before. Toby Roberts — although absent from this event — won the overall Lead World Cup title for 2024.ukclimbing.com/news/2024/10/…
GB Climbing's Max Milne and Erin NcNeice won silver and bronze respectively at the IFSC Boulder World Cup in Seoul, South Korea today. McNeice's bronze is her first-ever IFSC World Cup medal. ukclimbing.com/news/2024/10/…
A British team consisting of Simon Smith, Tim Miller and Callum Johnson along with Slovakian Miška Izakovičová have returned from a successful expedition to Torssukatak Fjord in the Cape Farewell region of south Greenland.ukclimbing.com/news/2024/09/…
Toby Roberts has shared an in-depth YouTube video of his journey to becoming Olympic Champion in Paris 2024. The 19-year-old from Surrey is the youngest Brit to win individual gold for Team GB since boxer Terry Spinks in 1956. ukclimbing.com/news/2024/09/…
Vast pine forests, turquoise rivers, limestone gorges… and not a climber in sight. Welcome to Bosnia and Herzegovina.ukclimbing.com/articles/dest…
Dohyun Lee of Korea and Natalia Grossman of the USA won gold in two suspenseful Boulder World Cup finals in Prague. Great Britain's Olympic Champion Toby Roberts won bronze after a gutsy fight in the men's event.ukclimbing.com/news/2024/09/…
Tonight's Friday Night Video follows US climber - and British trad aficionado - Anna Hazelnutt as she repeats Peace (5.13d/8b) in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park.ukclimbing.com/news/2024/09/…
Angus Kille has made the first ascent of Patrescence E9 7a at Nant Peris Quarry in Llanberis, North Wales.ukclimbing.com/news/2024/09/…
In Paris, we only had time for a brief chat as Garrett was gathering cold drinks for the team before semi-finals on the first day. We caught up to see how things went behind the scenes and how he felt about the outcome of the team's work. ukclimbing.com/articles/feat…
James McHaffie has made the first ascent of an E10 7a (8c+) involving a direct start to Mission Impossible E9 7a at Gallt Yr Ogof in Gwynedd, North Wales, which he has named Yma o Hyd E10 7a. ukclimbing.com/news/2024/09/…
The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) is appealing for feedback on proposed membership price increases ahead of the BMC Board meeting on 18 September. The proposal was announced at the Members' Open Forum meeting last night.ukclimbing.com/news/2024/09/…
The shortlist for the 2024 Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature has been announced. There were 32 entries by authors from Great Britain, Ireland, USA, Australia, Canada, India, Pakistan, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic. ukclimbing.com/news/2024/09/…
The British Lead, Speed and Paraclimbing Championships took place in Edinburgh last weekend. The Paraclimbing competition in particular attracted record participation, showing the growth of the sport ahead of its Paralympic debut in LA 2028.ukclimbing.com/news/2024/09/…
British Mountaineering Council (BMC) Chair Roger Murray has announced that he will not seek re-election following the conclusion of his term at the end of November 2024. ukclimbing.com/news/2024/09/…
Broadcasters reported record-breaking figures for Paris 2024, in terms of the number of viewers, total watch time and engagement on both streaming services and social media channels. How did sport climbing athletes benefit from all this extra attention?ukclimbing.com/articles/feat…
An extract from Martin Crook's new book charting the storied development of the North Wales bouldering scene...ukclimbing.com/articles/lite…
