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Heart Rate A Barometer Of Health

Introduction This article is inspired by an athlete you’ve probably never heard of, yet was at one point the greatest athlete in his sport, in addition to being analogous to the greatest athletes...

From Matthew Dieumegard-Thornton

The Need For Specificity

This article covers arguably the most essential element for effective training; specificity. Having specificity in training is not as hard as you might first imagine, however it’s something which...

From Matthew Dieumegard-Thornton

Ice Climbing: Take 2

It was a good start, despite the 12 months gap. Blue blue Italian skies, deep deep snow and a wall of glacier hanging from the white peaks at the far end of the valley - It all looked exactly the...

From OFF THE WALL

The Ascent Of Rum Doodle

Whilst dining at the Rum Doodle restaurant in Kathmandu after the ascent of Baruntse & Mera Peak, I decided to buy ‘The Ascent of Rum Doodle’ by W.E. Bowman. I had heard great reviews from the...

From Matthew Dieumegard-Thornton

Climb For Change

21-year old tackles Baruntse and Everest for clean water and climate change Article featured on Climb For Change:...

From Matthew Dieumegard-Thornton

Relentless

People were staring. I felt guilt; shame. Could I really go through with this? A dull dreary damp grey Christmas Eve. Not much good for anything but oddly perfect for relentless rehab exercises....

From OFF THE WALL

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[ Climber on the Blog ]

Jamie Maddison is a journalist, photographer and web co-coordinator for Climber Magazine. A complete and utter boulderer, he spends most of his time training, climbing or writing about climbing! This...


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Last Post: 01 Jul 2011
[Bike]ith


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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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Last Post: 30 May 2008
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....


4 Total posts
Last Post: 14 May 2008
Adventure Images

Hi there, Having been climbing for many years, as well as running a Roped Access business I know my way around a crag, mountain or even sky scraper. Now working as a freelance photographer I...


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Last Post: 15 Jun 2009
Ariege life - and around

Ariege blog - http://chezarran.blogspot.com/ :) Ariege is the poorest department in France - but has excellent climbing, 10 crags within 10 minutes of Chez Arran. Over the next couple of weeks...


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CALS PAGE


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Check This

This topic is all about <a href="http://www.superiorpapers.com">research papers</a>. In this topic you can see some of tips and guidelines on how to be an effective on given topic.. If you are...


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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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Climber Magazine

I'm trying to obtain a copy of the August 2008 Climber. Please contact me if you have one. Thanks


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climbing

hi amandy i am 15 n bin climbing for about 5 months but iv bin bouldering for a year n is lovin the sport


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climbing can be anywhere!

hi my name is jack i am 14 yrs old and love climbing on any terrain and want to get on the big rocks what ever it takes i will get to them!!


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Climbing in the Peak District

Hi Guys I'm new to climbing and planning a trip to the peak district, I was wondering if anyone could recommend any where to camp that is near to some good beginners routes. Also would appreciate any...


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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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Climbing Wall

Hello my name is Ellis and i'm 14 year old climber who has dreams of becoming a proffessional climber and this is my story about me and my climbing wall. I started to build my climbing wall on...


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Dr Death's Experience

I have been climbing most of my life, mainly through scouting and other youth organisations. I'm ashamed to admit that most of my experience had been on man-made indoor and outdoor walls, what you...


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Last Post: 12 Apr 2010
dreamscape


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Editor's Blog

I'm the editor of Climber magazine and www.climber.co.uk. Follow my blog to find out what's coming up in future issues of the magazine and online, what I've been up to and my random musings...


39 Total posts
Last Post: 28 Mar 2011
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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Intern escapades

Hello all, I'm the new intern at Climber (woop!) I'll try keep you up to date with what I've been doing at the office, at the crag, and any other shenanigans that happen.


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Last Post: 23 Mar 2009
It was only meant to be...

Well, as this is my first post and it's in a box headed "Introduction." I guess that's what this bit should be? The title of my blog is "It was only meant to be..." but what was it only meant to...


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Last Post: 12 Nov 2010
kouh va kouhestan

fealan baraye shoro harfy nadaram


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La Demand, Verdon Gorge


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Last Post: 08 May 2010
Looking for Climbing Partner

Hi, Looking for climbing partner who is just starting into Winter. Have done loads of summer warm climbing looking for the next challenge. Currently posted in Germany with the Army so someone who...


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mark newbie russell

hi i am 23 and wanting to start up indoor and outdoor climbing im lower than beginner stage


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Last Post: 13 Aug 2011
markmcgowan01

http://markmcgowan01.blogspot.com/


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Last Post: 05 Feb 2010
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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Matthew Dieumegard-Thornton

British Climber: http://www.matthewdthornton.com Blog: http://blog.matthewdthornton.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MattDThornton Twitter: @mattdthornton


4 Total posts
Last Post: 24 Jan 2012
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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Last Post: 15 Sep 2008
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 was an intern with Climber for 4 months in 2008. I'm currently finishing an MA in Print Journalism at NTU. You can find more of my ramblings at wiltreasure.co.uk


50 Total posts
Last Post: 27 Feb 2010
OFF THE WALL

Being the adventures and misadventures of a female novice trad. lead climber – carefully avoiding anything too steep but on a steep learning curve. Ambitions become a reality after an apprenticeship...


52 Total posts
Last Post: 20 Jan 2012
pinkie


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Project 101

This is my first blog. And this is just a test.


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Scottish Climbing Series

If the first three events of the Scottish Series are anything to go by, there are going to be some seriously winter fit climbers on the hills right now. The series has been a great reason for people...


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Scottish Tooling Competition

I entered the Scottish Tooling Series at Ratho last weekend and is was fantastic. You had 2 hours to do as many and as much of 10 routes that had been marked up. Everybody was in a good mood, there...


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Sinai Climber

After working as an instructor for 9 years in the UK, I was offered a job in Dahab, Sinai, Egypt. The promise of new routes, huge mountains and great climbing was too much to resist, so I moved here...


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Last Post: 02 Dec 2009
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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Last Post: 31 Oct 2007
Steph Crowley's Blog


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Last Post: 11 Nov 2011
Tales from the Climber office

It's not all work work work


35 Total posts
Last Post: 20 Jan 2009
Team mackenzie

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


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The Adventures of Ellis Butler Barker

ellis.butler.barker@live.co.uk http://www.ellisbutlerbarkerclimbing.blogspot.com Hello I am Ellis, I am 14 and I love Climbing, on my blog I will be talking about the "big things" I do in...


3 Total posts
Last Post: 06 Jun 2011
The Start To Something...

Hello, I'm Kieran Duncan McDonald I'm a 16 year old boy from west London. I've been climbing about 2 years and as i'm based near London there's not many outdoor climbing places so i mainly train...


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There must be more than gritstone...

Sheffield University student; got into climbing age 18, been doing trad for about 2 years now. Started in the peak on the grit crags, then realised that there's so much more rock out there - the...


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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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Type 2

A wildly inaccurate account of the adventures of a climber who is trying to get back to being as good as he was 5 years ago, and has a taste for entertaining routes.


7 Total posts
Last Post: 30 Jul 2010
verns wall

have been climbing for 6 mouth has any one any tips for me to have a try with go to rock city in hull weekly some fortnightly


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Volunteer

Volunteer Researchers Needed Help more cats find more homes Cats Protection needs volunteers to help people find their way to our Adoption Centres. If you are good at map reading and know...


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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...


2 Total posts
Last Post: 31 Oct 2007
walkhigh.co.uk

Rock Climbing equipment to climb, trek, walk, scramble, boulder and ice climb. We are here to help you enjoy the mountains whether you want a Himalayan trekking holiday, altimeter watch, rockboots,...


2 Total posts
Last Post: 17 Oct 2009
way kool!!

beginner climber and loving it!


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Last Post: 05 Feb 2009
Wiwanni 2010

12 keen climbers hit Wiwanni in Switzerland for a long weekend of glorious sunshine, helicopter rescues and some delicious food. Read more here :...


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www.guiatrek,es

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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