http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/ The UK's leading climbing and mountaineering website. daily 2 2008-11-18T19:55+00:00 2008-11-18T19:55+00:00 Copyright (c) 2008 UKClimbing.com Ltd UKC News (mailto:news@ukclimbing.com) http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200811#n45454 2008-11-18T19:55+00:00 Yesterday Adam Ondra, the fifteen year old wonderkid from Brno in the Czech Republic, made the long awaited second ascent of Alexander Huber's 1996 route Open Air at Austria's Schleier Wasserfall.... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200811#n45452 2008-11-18T00:00+00:00 In August, the American climber Dean Potter made a "BASE solo" (or FreeBASE) of Deep Blue Sea (7b+, 300m, Rathmaier-Ruhstaller, 2001) on the west side of the north face of The Eiger, Switzerland (UKC... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200811#n45451 2008-11-17T00:00+00:00 To celebrate the 25th anniversary of METOLIUS, Beyond Hope in conjunction with UKClimbing.com Presents.. THE METOLIUS COMPETITION: 25 years, 25 cams, 25 days One question each day, for 25 days,... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200811#n45449 2008-11-17T00:00+00:00 One of the world premieres at Kendal Mountain Festivals next weekend is 'Andy Parkin: 'Life in adaptation" by Blue Hippo Media and Weekday Productions. This 30 minute documentary follows the... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200811#n45450 2008-11-17T00:00+00:00 Although complete details are still not available, one of the highlights of the post-monsoon season in Nepal is likely to be the new route, climbed Alpine-style, by Frenchmen Stéphane Benoist and... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200811#n45448 2008-11-17T00:00+00:00 The E - grade confusion continues. Jens Larssen of 8a.nu in a discussion at 8a.nu says that, "The E-grading system is just a joke in the upper scale." as he still has difficulty reconciling that... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200811#n45447 2008-11-16T00:00+00:00 Is the UK lacking climbers who can dispatch the Grit's hardest routes, some climbed over 20 years ago? No excuses about the rain and your singular obsession with bouldering please. Team America: Alex... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200811#n45444 2008-11-15T00:00+00:00 On Wednesday the 12th November Alex Honnold climbed Gaia E8 at Black Rocks. He'd not been on the route before and had seen video footage of someone climbing Gaia in the past. Video below by Sam... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200811#n45443 2008-11-15T00:00+00:00 We've had another great response to one of our competitions. Thirty-four climbers entered the MARMOT "On Sight" Film Clip Competition. This was a creative competition: we have had writing... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200811#n45442 2008-11-14T00:00+00:00 Climbing quiz-master George Smith has come up with an awesome climbing quiz. The first correct email to be pulled out of a hat next Wednesday by the UpsideDown Wales crew (UKC Email) will win the... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200811#n45441 2008-11-14T00:00+00:00 Phew! It's all over the place this great British grade debate. Climbing forums are alive with discussion, it's a hot topic wherever climbers meet, and not just between the top climbers.... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200811#n45439 2008-11-13T00:00+00:00 Taken from the full report by Dave Simmonite on the Climb Magazine Website On Wednesday the 12th November, the first day of decent weather for a while, Alex Honnold and his fellow Americans, Kevin... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200811#n45436 2008-11-12T00:00+00:00 The incredibly successful UKC Logbooks system has now got 100,000 routes recorded in its database. The 100,000th addition was Bummelzug Direct at Ravenswick Quarry added by prolific UKC user... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200811#n45435 2008-11-11T00:00+00:00 The Swedish extreme skier Fredrik Ericsson is trying to become the first person to ski the three highest mountains in the world. His recent attempt on Kangchenjunga (8586m) with Norwegian extreme... http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/older.html?date=200811#n45434 2008-11-10T00:00+00:00 British films have done exceptionally well at the latest Banff Film Festival in Canada, with Hot Aches and Posing Productions both coming away with awards. Dave Brown and director Paul Diffley won...