13 February, 2017
Previously Angus Kille had sent us a dispatch from Yangshuo but unusually chilly and damp weather meant it wasn't long before he was heading to Laos.
21 December, 2016
Angus Kille (pronounced with a silent 'e') is currently taking a couple of months out from life in north Wales to climb in South East Asia. He began his tour with a visit to China's best-known sport climbing destination, Yangshuo, and shares his impressions.
04 August, 2016
After repeated visits over three seasons to Gimmelwald in Switzerland, Andy Winterleitner climbs his first 9a with a redpoint of Jungfrau Marathon.
21 August, 2015
Fired up from a family trip to the Frankenjura in June, it wasn't long after getting home before the 12 year-old American climber, Jonathan Hörst, sent his third 8b+/5.14a.
24 June, 2015
Even by Alex Megos' standards he has had an amazing 2015 and we're only half-way through it. Kicking off in late January with Lucid Dreaming (V15/8C), he continued to make the headlines as he visited Japan and Australia. Now back home in the Frankenjura, and having had time to catch his breath, we asked Alex a few questions.
26 May, 2015
Felix Neumärker repeats To tu ještě nebylo (9a) in the Czech Republic followed two days later by the legendary Frankenjura route, Action Direct (9a).
28 April, 2015
In spring 2013, a group of climbers from Austria, Switzerland and Germany, visited DMM to experience north Wales' trad climbing ethic and enjoy the wide variety of crags. Here are their thoughts on the trip.
10 April, 2015
James McHaffie and Pete Robins, have made the second ascent of the remarkable Coeur de Lion E8 7a on the Quarryman Wall, 28 years after it was established by Johnny Dawes.
31 March, 2015
Having made the third ascent of Megalopa (8c+), at Lower Pen Trwyn, James McHaffie can cross off one of his goals for 2015. Megalopa breaks out right of The Walking Mussel (8b+). The new North Wales Limestone guidebook describes the 2011 route as turning: "…an already brilliant tussle into another stratosphere of quality and difficulty."
11 August, 2014
Emma Twyford becomes the first female to climb a British 8c with her ascent of Unjustified at Malham. It was a battle that began in 2011 with a two year break before her eventual success.
10 August, 2014
Pete Robins has opened his 'Diamond account' for this season in fine style; with the first ascent of The Pink Star (8c+). The route climbs probably the most obvious feature at the crag: a rising left-to-right crack through the arching steepness at the right hand-side of the cliff.
27 May, 2014
Top German sport climber, Felix Neumärker, recently completed a long-standing project with the first redpoint ascent of Strandcafé (XIb/c), in his home area of Elbsandstein.
07 May, 2014
Esoteric but accessible might be the best way to describe the location of a new 7c slate groove climbed by Pete Robins...
26 April, 2014
When The Rock Bottom Line in Dinorwig Quarry was climbed it was tagged as Britain's longest sport route. But Ian Lloyd-Jones and his eleven year-old son's new six pitch addition to Twll Mawr can now lay claim to that title and with no climbing on it harder than F6c.
20 March, 2014
Pete Robins undoubtedly deserves a campaign medal of some sorts for his continued efforts in adding new routes to the Ormes. This time it's two top-quality routes, an 8a+ and an 8b, both involving some burly roof climbing.
17 January, 2014
Alex Megos' trip reports always leave you a little bit in awe when you read how quickly he sends so many hard routes.
31 October, 2013
Alex Megos' plan for his Kalymnos trip was a relaxing vacation after a busy year, but that didn't seem to get in the way of him completing seventeen projects up to 8c+ and winning the North Face Festival PROject Competition.
31 July, 2013
Pete Robins continues his campaign of hard new routes on north Wales limestone. His latest addition, Dark Energy 8c+, takes a spectacular line across the huge roof of Pigeon's Cave roof at its widest point.
09 July, 2013
Pete Robins continues his long-standing affair with the Ormes, completing the Pigeon's Cave 'crack in the sky' project, to give Pump up the Jam 8c.
26 March, 2013
Alex Megos is a name that has been under the radar on the international climbing scene but all that has now changed with his ground-breaking ascent of what is widely accepted as the world's first 9a onsight.
06 February, 2013
Mina's ascent of Mecca (8b+) last year set a new standard for female climbers in the UK. Having also climbed V12, flashed 8a and looking to improve her performance in this year's Bouldering World Cup comps she is a breath of fresh air when it comes to telling you exactly how much effort is required to succeed at the top level of the sport.
29 January, 2013
On the same day in Siurana, the Spanish winter gathering ground for hard sport climbing, Ryan Pasquill redpointed his first 9a and Mina Leslie-Wujastyk flashed her first 8a.
29 November, 2012
Mike 'Twid' Turner has sent us a report on his recent visit to the walls of Taghia in Morocco's Atlas Mountains, where his team added an eight pitch 300 metre sport route, Fat Guides 7b+. A rack of 15 quickdraws is all you'll need to repeat it.
13 October, 2012
Pete Robins was mightily relieved to be able to find the reserves of energy to complete his F8c+ project on the Little Orme as climbing conditions at the Diamond become increasingly unreliable with the approach of winter.
24 April, 2012
The North Wales Limestone guidebook should be with us by the end of the year. In the meantime there is a taster app and we've added a topo download for the recently developed Creigiau Heulog.
28 November, 2011
The slate quarries are clearly in the blood of the Lloyd-Jones family as nine year-old Celt climbs a new line in the Dinorwig Quarry a few days after his dad adds yet another multi-pitch route to Twll Mawr.
24 October, 2011
Pete Harrison has spent several days opening up access to the Little Orme's rarely visited Detritus Wall, despite its three-star sport routes, before going on to climb what Dave Lyon called the 'line of the Ormes'. Alberta Rose 7c is comparable in quality to the 1991 route just to its right, that itself has been described as "one of the best sport climbing experiences the country has to offer."
03 October, 2011
Ian Lloyd-Jones' latest route on the slate can claim to be the longest sport route in the UK. Rising for 133 metres in five pitches from the very bottom of Twll Mawr, it even features a Quarryman style groove.
31 August, 2011
Having missed out on the first ascent of Megalopa F8c+ at the Great Orme, Pete Robins 'digs deep' and settles for second, completing the trilogy of F8c+ routes at Lower Pen Trwyn.
09 August, 2011
More action from Lower Pen Trwyn on the Great Orme. Neil Dyer finally redpoints the project that he has looked so close to completing over the last few weeks. For Pete Robins, who was with Neil at the crag, it was a bitter-sweet moment as they had been trying the project together since the end of May.
31 July, 2011
James McHaffie has written his name into British sport climbing history by making the first repeat of Carson's The Big Bang F9a at Lower Pen Trwyn, nearly fifteen years since it was established.
29 July, 2011
DMM's strength-test results on the perma-draws recently removed from Mecca at Raven Tor highlight the potential dangers of fixed gear such as tat and slings, aside from their visual impact.
07 July, 2011
Well known slate activist Ian Lloyd-Jones and Sion McGuinness add a four pitch sport route to the South Wall of Twll Mawr in the Dinorwig Quarry. Supermassive Black Hole at F7a, 6b+, 7a/6c+, 6b is likely to become a slate classic.
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