Journal

Do Climbers Dream of Electric Vans?

Glyn Hudson has been on a mission to reduce his carbon footprint, and that includes getting to and from the crag.

Taghia Gorge

Thomas Dauser is a physicist and likes numbers. Over 11 days in Taghia he climbed 84 pitches totalling 2850 metres. 

Kyra's Olympic goal

Aged 11, Kyra Condie, required surgery to fuse ten vertebrate. This year, in the Combined World Cup she earned an invite to the Toulouse Olympic qualifying event.

Into the Black

Nick Bullock and Tim Neill share their impressions of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, known for its serious trad climbing and sombre atmosphere.

How Many Roads…

Ben Bransby adds a difficult new route, How Many Roads… (E7/8), to the popular Peak District crag, Millstone Edge.

First British female 9a

Emma Twyford has become the first British female to attain the magic 9a grade with the third ascent of The Big Bang at Pen Trwyn in north Wales.

DMM at Outdoor Retailer Summer 2019

DMM launches its plans for expansion into the North American market alongside the latest products.

RIP Jess Roskelley: world-class alpinist 1982–2019

In light of the tragedy on Howse Peak, Ben Bransby shares his recollections of Jess Roskelley.

Controlled Burning on Lundy Island

James McHaffie adds two new E7’s and completes his Lundy 'Extreme Rock routes'.

Blood Moon

In August 2018, Robbie Phillips, Calum Cunningham and Alan Carne established a new route on Tsaranoro Atsimo in Madagascar. Attempting the free ascent things didn’t go according to plan.

1 AU

Before his accident, Paul Pritchard lived for establishing difficult and adventurous new routes. This August he rediscovered that first ascent feeling.

Trauma E8/9 7a

For Angus Kille his ascent of Trauma is the realisation of an ambition that began with a formative climbing experience on that same crag.