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On 31 October 2021 Scottish climber William Bosi made the long-awaited second ascent of Mutation at Raven Tor. First ascended by Steve McClure in 1998 and originally graded 9a, Bosi has now suggested an upgrade to 9a+.

16-year-old British rock climber Toby Roberts has repeated Hubble, the milestone sport climb established by Ben Moon in 1990 at Raven Tor, England.

British rock climber Steve McClure has made the second ascent of Lexicon, the E11 trad climb established only recently at Pavey Ark in England by Neil Gresham.

Scottish climber William Bosi has repeated Northern Lights 9a at Kilnsey, England.

English climber Steve McClure has made a flash ascent of Impact Day, a difficult and somewhat dangerous E8 6c trad route at Pavey Ark in England.

British climber Buster Martin has made the 10th ascent of Hubble, first ascended by Ben Moon at Raven Tor, England, in 1990.

22-year old British rock climber Mathew Wright has made a rare ascent of Hubble, the Ben Moon masterpiece at Raven Tor. First ascended in 1990 and hailed as the world’s first 8c+, this is increasingly considered the world’s first 9a.

Interview with British rock climber Ben Moon, one of the world’s greatest rock climbers throughout the 1980’s and early 1990’s with landmark first ascents such one of Britain’s first 8a, Statement of Youth at Lower Pen Trwyn in Wales and...

The video of the trad climbing potential on the island of Inis Mór in Ireland, featuring Steve McClure and Ricky Bell.

The video of British rock climber Steve McClure making an onsight ascent of Nightmayer, the difficult trad climb on Dinas Cromlech in Wales.

21-year-old William Bosi has climbed La Capella at Siurana in Spain today. In doing so he has sent his first 9b sports climb.

Buster Martin has repeated First Ley 9a+ at Margalef in Spain. In doing so he has become only the second Briton to climb a confirmed 9a+ after Steve McClure.

The video of Steve McClure making the first ascent of GreatNess Wall, an E10 7a trad climb at Nesscliffe, England.

Britain’s Steve McClure has made the first ascent of GreatNess Wall, the long-standing trad climbing project at Nesscliffe, England. Graded E10 7a, this checks in as one of the most difficult trad climbs in Great Britain.

British climber Ben Moon (52) has repeated Evolution, the 8c+ sports climb freed by Jerry Moffatt at Ravens Tor, England.

The video of Steve McClure climbing Rainman at Malham Cove in England. Freed on 04/06/2017, this is the first sports climb in Great Britain to graded 9b.