Big Balls & Ground Falls, difficult and dangerous Peak District gritstone climbs

A selection of some of most famous trad climbs on the gritstone crags in England’s Peak District, by Jim Pope.

Jim Pope

24

June 2020

Climbing

55m 45s

07/01/2025 - Climbing

Dylan Chuat climbs Action Directe in the Frankenjura

03/01/2025 - Alpinism

Grandes Jorasses 'Directissime Walker' on climbed in winter by Charles Dubouloz, Clovis Paulin, Symon Welfringer

25/12/2024 - Climbing

'Messy Dreamers', Alessandra Prato and Camilla Reggio climbing in the Ak-Su valley in Kyrgyzstan

09/12/2024 - Climbing

Adam Ondra vs DNA, Seb Bouin's 9c in the Verdon Gorge

06/12/2024 - Climbing

Sea to Summit, a 65-day big wall climbing expedition to Greenland

01/12/2024 - Climbing

Jakob Schubert climbing at Canyamel, Chris Sharma's New Deep Water Soloing Spot on Mallorca

21/11/2024 - Alpinism

Suerte Integral on Jirishanca in Peru climbed by Josh Wharton & Vince Anderson

14/11/2024 - Climbing

Anak Verhoeven climbing La Planta de Shiva (9b)

08/11/2024 - Climbing

Connor Herson climbs Meltdown in Yosemite

29/10/2024 - Climbing

Michaela Kiersch bouldering in Rocklands

28/10/2024 - Climbing

Louis Gundolf frees 'Projekt Lama' on Laserz in Lienz Dolomites

23/10/2024 - Climbing

Lynn Hill, one of the greatest climbers of all times