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Adam Ondra, the routes I cannot climb!
12/01/2012 - Interviews
Adam Ondra, the routes I cannot climb!
Czech climber Adam Ondra talks to Planetmountain about the sport climbs he has failed to climb. hubble, Three Degrees of Separation, Underground and many more.
Adam Ondra, Britain's first 8c on-sight and 9a+ repeat
18/05/2011 - Climbing
Adam Ondra, Britain's first 8c on-sight and 9a+ repeat
During a quick visit to Britain Adam Ondra made the first repeats of two Steve McClure testpieces: Overshadow 9a+ and Rainshadow 9a at Malham Cove. At the same crag the Czech climber also carried out the first on-sight of an...
Raven Tor, rock climbing in the Peak District, England
11/11/2010 - Climbing
Raven Tor, rock climbing in the Peak District, England
Steve McClure, one of Britain's most talented sport climbers, introduces the hallowed ground of English sport climbing: Raven Tor.
Steve McClure minds a gap at Malham
21/10/2010 - Climbing
Steve McClure minds a gap at Malham
British climber Steve McClure has added a linked Cry Freedom to Predator at Malham Cove, Yorkshire.
Adam Ondra tours and tears up Malham Cove and Kilnsey in England
04/05/2010 - Climbing
Adam Ondra tours and tears up Malham Cove and Kilnsey in England
Young Adam Ondra is visiting Britain, in particular the climbs at Malham Cove and Kilnsey where he has climbed and attempted some of the hardest routes in the country established by Steve McClure.
Steve McClure climbs Hubble, Pete Robins Liquid Ambar
28/08/2009 - Climbing
Steve McClure climbs hubble, Pete Robins Liquid Ambar
Two of Britain's most emblematic sport routes, hubble 8c+ at Raven Tor and Liquid Ambar 8c at Lower Pen Trwyn, have recently been repeated by Steve McClure and Pete Robins respectively. The two climbs in question were established in 1990...
Baffin 2006, the island at the edge of the world
28/12/2006 - Alpinism
Baffin 2006, the island at the edge of the world
Polar bears, icebergs, a sailing boat, whales and a plethora of unclimbed rock and thousands of new routes to be climbed...In mid August 2006 the Italian Mountain Guides Michele Maggioni and Marco Zaninetti set off with Cristina, Giovanni and the...
Simpson frees A Muerte 8c+/9a
22/03/2006 - Climbing
Simpson frees A Muerte 8c+/9a
Rich Simpson has made the first ascent of A Muerte 8c+/9a at Siurana, Spain
Rich Simpson makes 6th ascent of Action Directe
13/10/2005 - Climbing
Rich Simpson makes 6th ascent of Action Directe
News just in report Richard Simpson from England having successfully made the sixth ascent of Wolfgang Güllich's Action Direct, Frankenjura, Germany
Rich Simpson makes 5th ascent of Hubble 8c+
04/05/2005 - Climbing
Rich Simpson makes 5th ascent of hubble 8c+
On 25 April by 21 year old Richard Simpson made the 5th ascent of hubble 8c+, Raven Tor UK, first climbed by Ben Moon in 1990. Update 12/2010: Simpson's ascent of hubble has been contested by diverse sources.