Archive for September, 2008

Metolius Safe Tech Harness

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Just a heads up for those of you who are in the market for a new harness at the moment. We've recently dropped the price of the Metolius Safe Tech harness down to £49.95. This is one of the best harnesses on the market and has been for some time. Any point ...

South Shropshire Circular

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

The 27th South Shropshire Circular takes place next year on Saturday the 28th of February. It features 3650 ft. of ascent over 26 undisclosed miles all within 10 hours. Below are some of the details for this years event, I will most likely be there - you can download an ...

Andy Lewis - Joss Naylor Article

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

As you may have noticed over the last few months we've been following Andy Lewis' progress as he sought to complete the Joss Naylor Challenge at the beginning of September this year. Not only did he finish the run but he also managed to get his thoughts on it down ...

The Tin Shed

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Just a little note to point you all towards one of the latest features on the Patagonia website, the tin shed is a collection of inspiring and entertaining videos from the Patagonia sponsored athletes, including Sonie Trotter's recent repeat of Rhapsody. You can find the tin shed here: www.patagonia.com/tinshed Enjoy!  

Jumbo Love

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

In international news, American climbing legend Chris Sharma has recently completed his super-project 'Jumbo Love', in California. This outstanding route featured in his film 'King Lines', and has reached a grade of 5:15b, which equates to an outstanding French 9b. This Grade is equalled only by two other extended boulder ...

To bolt or not to bolt??

Friday, September 5th, 2008

The fantastic Black Wall at Llanymynech stands out locally as one of the best trad climbing walls this side of the border (in fact I have been told the border crosses somewhere through the Black Wall itself).   Whilst the rest of Llanymynech now provides a modern bolted sport climbing training ground, ...

Return To Poland

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Paul Martin has just submitted a new article on his recent trip to Poland, thanks very much! You can read the article here or see it in our Articles To Inspire section by clicking on the link at the top of the page or by clicking here. If you have recently done ...