They say that buses usually come in twos but in the space of just two days three separate Font 8b’s have been polished off by three separate boulderers; James Noble doing Serenity, Dan Turner doing Yes We Can and Ben Freeman doing The Voyager.

Fresh from his hard winter sends in North Wales, Tom Livingstone has been up north sampling the delights of the Scottish winter and not surprisingly he’s picked up a number of testpieces including The Secret (IX, 9).

Adventure photographer, Nadir Khan, reports on his FB page that today he photographed Ines Papert repeating The Hurting (XI, 11) in blizzard conditions.

Following the sad news on November 8th, 2014 regarding Dave Pegg’s passing (see here for that report) Michelle Howson, Dave’s step-sister, is masterminding the publication of a book to celebrate Dave’s life.

Colin Haley and Marc-Andre Leclerc have taken full advantage of good weather windows in this summer climbing season in Patagonia to establish two major first ascents.

After a period of down-time with a shoulder injury, Steve McClure sounds like he’s back in the saddle if his mega on-sighting day a couple of days ago in Spain is anything to go by.

Ben Moon’s latest blog is all about brushing and the damage it can cause to soft rocks such as sandstone and in some cases, gritstone. Ben, like most climbers, admits to having brushed loads of holds in his time but now he’s questioning whether it’s necessary, whether it works and whether there isn’t a better way.

Alex Puccio and Daniel Woods both picked up their 9th titles at the recent American Bouldering Series National Championships.

Funds to plug the final funding gap to build a climbing wall in the centre of Fort William are now being sought via crowdfunding by Three Wise Monkeys Climbing, the promoting company.

No matter how much natural climbing we have around us,  it’s always well-worth keeping an eye open for the climbing possibilities on man-made entities as some shots from Mark Edwards climbing an amazing-looking jamming crack in a tunnel on the Coasta Blanca shows.

Red Bull are reporting on their website that Will Gadd has just climbed up what has hitherto only every gone down – ie Niagra Falls. Recently named as ‘Adventurer of the Year’ by National Geographic, Will Gadd made his ascent in late January.

As previously reported, Ben Moon and Ella Russell took the top senior honours at the F-BO15 over the weekend. The Junior comp was won by Finn Hatton and Becki Whaley.