September 2019
- Sunday 1st September 2019
Issue Information
Contents
Exposed
6: Quintessential British outcrop climbing at Park Nab, North Yorkshire Moors.
News
8: News
Silvestre adds The Dispossessed, Nightmayer E8 onsight, Martin Moran, Move (F9b/+) second ascent.
Destinations / Crags / Features
20: Easy Sport Climbing – Dancing Ledge, Swanage
We head to the south coast for our search for venues for lower grade climbers.
28: St Govan’s Head – Welcome to Pembrokeshire
Sam Brown returns to a Pembroke favourite, home to some of the UK’s finest routes.
36: The Remarkables of Jagdula
Noel Dawson explore the ground-breaking 1962 British Women’s Jagdula Expedition.
42: Trowbarrow Quarry
North Lancashire’s finest venue with a host of easy to mid-grade classic routes.
54: Roger Frison-Roche’s First on a Rope
An exclusive extract from First on the Rope, a new edition of the French mountain classic book, Premier de Cordée.
Bouldering
48: Portland – West Coast Blocs
It’s not all sport routes – Ben Stokes points us at the superb bouldering in this part of the UK.
Indoor Climber
58: The Road to Tokyo – part 2
Olympic Qualification. Keith Sharples unravels this intricate process.
60: British Bouldering Championship 2019 report.
Training & Skills
62: The Climber’s Coach
The fast and the furious: Alpine scale multi-pitch climbing with Mark Reeves.
Gear
70: Rock Shoe review
Our annual peek at the rock shoe market with new additions across the range.
77: Mini-gear review
Edelrid’s Bulletproof Quickdraw.
Regulars
16: UK Classics
Silly Arête (E3 5c), Craig Pant Ifan, Tremadog, North Wales.
18: The Climber’s Voice
Climbing in my head by Mark Cobb.
26: James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini
Gone with the wind: David Lama, Hansjörg Auer and Jess Roskelley.
66: Book Reviews
Lake District Bouldering guidebook, The Impossible Climb, The Cuillin and Four Miles High.
78: BMC Update
The latest news from the British Mountaineering Council.
82: Climber Legends
Thomas Graham Brown.