http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/ The UK's leading climbing and mountaineering website. daily 2 2008-09-06T00:00+01:00 2008-09-06T00:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2008 UKClimbing.com Ltd UKC News (mailto:news@ukclimbing.com) http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200809#n45300 2008-09-06T00:00+01:00 "Zillertal is such a beautiful area. Probably one of the few places in Europe that has amazing bouldering, sports and alpine climbing all so close together and all of such a high standard and in such... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200809#n45299 2008-09-06T00:00+01:00 Stephan Siegrist and Ueli Steck have free climbed Paciencia (900m F8a) on the north face of the Eiger. "Finally we made it! Five years have passed since Stephan Siegrist and I first ascended the... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200809#n45297 2008-09-04T00:00+01:00 'Are you creative?', we asked and 53 climbers responded with a resounding yes. The brief was to design FOUR graphic adverts for any products from either La Sportiva, Petzl or Beal. Frank Bennett and... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200809#n45295 2008-09-03T00:00+01:00 'C3PO' reports on UKBouldering that British climber Ryan Pasquill has succeeded on Bah Bah Black Sheep (F8c/+) at Ceuse, France. Bah Bah Black Sheep was first climbed by Dave Graham in 2002 and has... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200809#n45294 2008-09-03T00:00+01:00 The 21st International Festival of Mountaineering Literature is to be held at the Shakespeare Centre in Kendal as part of the Kendal Mountain Festivals on the 21st of November 2008. The festival will... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200809#n45293 2008-09-03T00:00+01:00 "Free soloing is too forbidding for it to ever become popular. It is an activity for those with a precise knowledge of their own ability." says Alex Huber in a recent interview on the Alpinist... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200809#n45292 2008-09-02T01:00+01:00 Available now on the Patagonia Website is a new feature - The Tin Shed. Patagonia was founded by Yvon Chouinard, who made his original pitons in a tin shed. The shed is still owned by Patagonia and... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200809#n45291 2008-09-02T00:00+01:00 UKClimbing.com and Heason Events are pleased to be able to offer a pair of tickets to the world première of On Sight, Alastair Lee's latest jaw dropping film, which will take place on October 16th... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200809#n45290 2008-09-02T00:00+01:00 Nic Sellers gives an account of his recent head-point repeat of Ben Bransby's Chupacabra at Pembroke on the DMM Website. Originally graded an intimidating E9 6c and first climbed in 1998, it takes... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200809#n45289 2008-09-02T00:00+01:00 Diego Giovannini and Franco 'Franzo' Nicolini have recently completed the first non-mechanized link up of all 82 Alpine 4,000m summits that appear on the UIAA's official list. No one had... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200809#n45288 2008-09-01T10:46+01:00 According to the website 8a.nu, the thirteen year old French climber, Geoffrey De Flaugergues has just completed his second F8c+. The youngster from Chambery has climbed the route Declac at La Balme.... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200809#n45287 2008-09-01T00:00+01:00 Dejan Miskovic, the Slovenian climber trapped on Muztagh Tower (7284m), Karakoram, Pakistan, has been rescued by Tomaz Humar and Ales Kozelj. Miskovic had been stranded on the peak with few... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200808#n45286 2008-08-31T00:00+01:00 On Friday a family of three from Peterborough fell off Sharp Edge, Blencathra in the Lake District. In a joint operation Keswick Mountain Rescue Team, RAF Leuchars Mountain Rescue Team and Sea King... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200808#n45285 2008-08-28T09:24+01:00 Dougald MacDonald reports on the US website Climbing.com that Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou has recently redpointed the route Bad Attitude F8b+ at the crag St. Antonin Noble Val near to her summer home... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200808#n45284 2008-08-28T00:00+01:00 "Leo Houlding is an unstoppable force in the hard-core arena of extreme sports" sprays the opening line of the 'Take Me To The Edge' trailer. The TV show, fronted by Houlding is "a British reality...