Ian Smith recounts the super classic VS, The File at Higgar Tor in the Peak District, England.

I had wanted to do a new route up the large right face of the open book corner high above the campsite in Orco (Italy) since I had first arrived in the valley... by Pete Whittaker

Keith Sharples revisits Murray’s Route, one of the great classic Severe routes of the Lake District.

One of the great Welsh climbs, Crackstone Rib (S 4a) in Llanberis Pass, Snowdonia, is described by Stewart Moody

Terry Gifford, Festival Founder and Director, recalls 21 years of The International Festival of Mountaineering Literature, 1987-2008.

Rich Mayfield escapes the Bank Holiday crowds on an enjoyable and exposed route in the Llanberis Pass, North Wales.

Climbers have always found ways of cheating. Whether it’s the knowing belayer who forgets to pay out slack...

Dick Turnbull joins a team of veterans on the high seas in search of adventure and lost youth.

Spain is just as hot as it has always been and the new crags just keep coming as Rich Mayfield explains.

One of the finest mid-grade routes in Scotland described by Stephen Coughlan

In June 2008, I woke up with the all too familiar feeling of a painful lower back. I have had problems with my back since I was a teenager... by Ruth Taylor

Andi Turner takes a close look at what climbing means to him and how it compares to another so-called ‘extreme’ sport.