Natalie Berry stepping out on her first E4 trad lead. There are now several books available on the difficult subject of mental tra...

Every so often I write the odd gear review for this blog, mainly of gear that I already like and want to share, and occasionally I’m asked...

Some holds going on the climbing wall at last! After a month straight of 16 hour days on average, my climbing wall is finished. Well...

We’ve just added four great new books and DVDs to the shop . The first three books are all major contributions to the literature on improv...

Every day I get emails from climbers who have had success in their climbing after reading 9 out of 10 climbers . Thanks to everyone who le...

This good website has some interesting information on the size of the problem of young sportspeople getting injured. Injury rates are g...

Finally, we just got our copies of the new film from the crazy Belgians in the shop: Venezuela Jungle Jam . Nico Favresse, Sean Villanu...

I’ve just added a couple of new books in the shop. Both are must reads for anyone keen for inspiration and information on climbing, but bot...

A case in point. This moment was pretty much the closest I came to falling off all 23 pitches of Paciencia, Eiger North Face in the s...

This blog post makes quite a basic but often overlooked point about technique habits. Over the past 5 years, the awareness of climbers in...