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The organisers of the Piolet d’Or mountaineering award have published the 'big list' of most significant and innovative climbs carried out in 2023. The honoured ascents will receive the Piolets d'Or 2024 award during the celebration at San Martino di...

On 18/12/2022 Greg Boswell and guy robertson made the first ascent of Vortex X,10, a testing new winter climb on Cul Mor in NW Scotland

Greg Boswell and guy robertson have made the first winter ascent of Nihilist IX 9 at Lochnagar in Scotland.

The 2022 Brit Rock Film Tour is available to stream from 3 to 6 November only, on the platform Film Festival Flix. The program contains three films, Queen Lines featuring Anna Hazelnutt, Ephemeral featuring guy robertson and Greg Boswell, and...

Scottish mountaineer Greg Boswell has made the first ascent of two interesting winter climbs: The Reckoning at An Teallach with guy robertson and Fear of the Unknown at Coire an Lochain with Jamie Skelton

On 6 March 2022 Greg Boswell, Hamish Frost and guy robertson made the first ascent of The Fear Factory (350m, WI6R), described as 'the last great unclimbed icefall on Ben Nevis.'

Winter climbing in Scotland has begun in earnest with the first ascent of Local Hero at An Teallach by Greg Boswell and guy robertson

Scottish mountaineers Greg Boswell and guy robertson have started their winter climbing season in style with the first ascent of The Forge X/10 at An Teallach in NNW Scotland.

Greg Boswell and guy robertson have climbed a significant new route on Buachaille in Scotland called The Holy Grail IX/10.

Winter mountaineering in Scotland: on the Church Door Buttress at Bidean nam Bian close to Glen Coe the expert British mountaineers Greg Boswell and guy robertson have made the first ascent of Lost Arrow Winter Variation, describing the demanding line...

The winter mountaineering season in Scotland has begun in earnest with three notable ascents on Ben Nevis, Hell’s Lum Crag in the Cairngorms and at Beinn Heasgairnich in the Southern Highlands.

Alpinists Luka Lindič and Ines Papert have made the first ascent of 'Lost in China' (ED, WI 5+, M6, 1200m) up the SE Face of Kyzyl Asker (5842m), Kyrgyzstan.

On 02/02/2015 Greg Boswell, Uisdean Hawthorn and guy robertson made the first winter ascent of The Messiah on Beinn Bhan in Scotland. This is the third onsight ascent of a Scottish grade X route in a fortnight.

At Creag an Dubh Loch in Scotland Greg Boswell and guy robertson made the first ascent, onsight, of Range War  X/10. This is only the second route of this difficulty to be ascended in this style, after their The Greatest...

On 19 January 2014 Greg Boswell and guy robertson made the first ascent, onsight, of The Greatest Show On Earth, a six pitch outing on Cul Mor in Scotland. If the grade is confirmed, this is quite possibly the first...

The winter climbing season in Scotland has begun with three noteworthy ascent: the first winter ascent of Boggle of Beinn Eighe by Martin Moran and Robin Thomas and the first repeats of Tomahawk Crack on Ben Nevis (Will Sim and...