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James McHaffie has made the first repeat of The Big Bang 9a at Lower Pen Trwyn, first climbed in 1996 by Neil Carson.

Jorg Verhoeven has made the second on-sight of Strawberries E6 at Tremadog while steve mcclure has carried out the first one-day ascent of The Quarryman E8 in the Dinorwig slate quarries.

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...

steve mcclure, one of Britain's most talented sport climbers, introduces the hallowed ground of English sport climbing: Raven Tor.

British climber steve mcclure has added a linked Cry Freedom to Predator at Malham Cove, Yorkshire.

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.

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...

With over 150 routes up to 9a+, Malham Cove is one of the finest limestone sport climbing crags in England.

On 28/07/2008 Dave Macleod made the first ascent of his project on Echo Wall, Scotland, his hardest lead to date.

On 20/05/2008 steve mcclure freed North Star, the extension to Northern Exposure 9a+ at Kilnsey Crag, creating one of his hardest routes to date.

Psyche by Alastair Lee has recently won two awards at the annual British Kendal Mountain Film Festival.

Nicolas Favresse has made the first ascent of Inshallah 8c/8c+ in the North Cape sector, Kalymnos, Greece.

On 16-17 June the third and final Scalatabel Festival took place at the Grotte des Demoiselles, le Thaurac, France.

On 28/05/2007 steve mcclure freed the extension to Overnite Sensation, a probable 9a+ at Malham Cove, England called Overshadow.

The 2nd International Climbing Festival will take place on Kalymnos, Greece, from 25 - 30 October 2006.

Chris Sharma has freed his Deep Water Soloing project in Mallorca, calling it Es Pontas and comparing it to his Realization at Ceuse.