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Bosigran and other short stories

In other news, a friend managed to get an awesome shot of Bosigran on our recent university trip. http://subwaycups.deviantart.com/art/Bosigran-Cornwall-92078925 If you click the 'Download'...

From New Beginnings

This week

A quick round up of what Kate's been keeping me busy with this week: I've added a page for our photo competition winners (see http://www.climber.co.uk/open/?page=photocompwinnersaug). I also added...

From New Beginnings

The price you pay for having a posh tent!

How many climbers can you fit in the porch of a Hilleberg tent? Eleven apparently...

From Tales from the Climber office

Cliffhanger a success

Well I think it's safe to say that Cliffhanger festival last weekend in Sheffield was a big success. The sun shone, there was a good turn-out and lots going on, from the British Bouldering...

From Tales from the Climber office

The Climb

I just finished reading this book - it's an account of the May 10th tragedy on Everest in 1996, from Anatoli Boukreev, one of the guides involved. If you've read Jon Krakauer's 'Into Thin Air' this...

From New Beginnings

Croeso!

So, who the hell am I? Well, my name's Wil, I'm 23, and I've just graduated from the University of Nottingham studying Maths and Philosophy. You might have guessed I'm Welsh, I'm a big fan of...

From New Beginnings

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15% OFF OUR CLIMBING CANVAS PRINTS

Hello all, I am a novice climber and avid reader of Climber magazine. I wanted to offer a 15% discount offer to all bloggers on all our Mountain Climber prints. Its limited to one month from now 1st...


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60's copies of the climber

I have 5 copies of the climber from 63/64 which i am looking to sell. 1 of 04/63, 2 of 06/63, 1 of 08/63, 1 of 03/64. Please email if you are interested.


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Aboard the Big Red Truck

I travel aboard BiRT, a Big Red Truck that travels the world taking a mottley crew of climbers to all the best climbing venues on the planet. Anyone can come. Everyone loves climbing. Life is good....


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Chris

The man in this picture is an Mountaineer and wants to climbe Mt Everest, and i would aprecate it if anyone could donate anything towards him and his big dream. Thank You.


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Climber kid

Hey this is my blog i love climbing indoors and out and i also like bouldering i am mostly into sport climbs but i do try other stuff to. E-mail me if you have anything interesting to...


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Climbing South Wales

Welcome to Kris & Dave's Climbing South Wales Blog - click here to enter our blog http://climbingsouthwales.blogspot.com


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Gredos

Any body out there been climbing here? What a great place! Just west of Madrid. 3 hrs walk in (40+ degrees!) to big granite towers. Felt like Bosigran in style and texture. Got lots done, freed a...


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Marmot comp winners

We're keeping our fingers crossed for some sunshine this weekend as it's the very exciting Marmot/Climber photograhy weekend. As we all know, getting a good climbing shot is not as easy as it looks,...


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Marmot/Climber Photo Competition

Report on the Weekend... Like the weather on Saturday, the level of photography experience was diverse. The blustery winds, occasional showers and fluctuating light levels did not however, deter...


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Men Vs. Wild

well, im new to all this blog malarkey, but il give it a go. We all hate the bad weather, we cant get out and climb, but were taking refuge in tollymore mountain centre, honing our skills on the...


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Mountain Plan

I am a very keen climber and mountaineering instructor who runs a small guiding company based in the Lakes and running courses UK wide and focusing on Scotland in the winter.


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my newest venture to be a better climber

As a reasonably new climber I have progessed through many stages of being a climber, notably the usual epic's due to inexperience - the worst of which was forgetting to set a belay on one of my first...


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New Beginnings

I'm the new intern with Climber! Over the next few months I'm going to be using this blog to keep you up to date with what's been keeping me busy here, new content and features on the website, and...


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Snowdonia Huts

I am gathering info for a book about the above. Please email me with your huts; stories; climbs and anything else interesting.


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Spain and stuff

I'll highlight my experiences developing new routes in the Guadalest Valley Costa Blanca


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Tales from the Climber office

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Team mackenzie

Tale from the crag Http//:ruairidhmackenzie.blogspot.com


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tips of Scheffield climbing

I am from Czech, i would like to try climbing in Scotladn, especialy around Scheffiled. Could you tell me some information about climbing destination in this area. Thanx for map and other thinx.....


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VS Challenge!

Myself and my colleague (both from Wales) are currently attempting the VS Challenge. This is an effort to climb 100,000mtr of rock in south Wales over the next 5 months. We intend to climb...


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MOUNTAIN GUIDE COMPANY IN SPAIN, INFORMATION, CORSES, EVENTS. CLIMB IN PICOS DE EUROPA, PIRINEOS AND SOUTH OF SPAIN. DO YOU WANT TO WORK AND CLIMB IN SPAIN,


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