So hands up who didn’t suffer over Chrimbal from an excess of turkey, mince pie, chocolate and festive beverages? The question is though did you get out and get some action in?   more »

Today, the Brit Grit Boys staged the start of the fight back in the wake of the recent Team America onslaught. In a stunning ground-up effort over the weekend a trio of well-known upwardly mobile gents laid siege on The Promise, James Pearson’s Burbage North test-piece   more »

climbing:09 has been shipping out for nearly two weeks now and feedback has been coming back in…   more »

Following the tsunami that blasted Raven Tor on Tuesday last, it was business as usual there today – or was it? The usual bunch of Saturday Snorers gathered just after nine and it seemed as though we were in for a rare treat...   more »

Printworks in Sheffield, are well on with the business of printing, collating, folding, binding and shrink-wrapping half a tonne or so of calendars and year planners/posters. The latest eta for climbing:09 and the 2009 Year Planner/Poster is that it will be back and ready to roll out...   more »

Yesterday a tsunami blasted Raven Tor in the Peak District. I refer, not to something generated by the weather, but to top American climber, Mr David Graham who is currently in the UK as part of his European lecture tour. On one of the soggiest days so far this autumn, Dave Graham blew into the Tor...   more »

Take an uber enthusiastic event organiser and various sponsors together with a couple of dozen exhibitors and retailers, some ‘try-me’ sports providers, a wacky reverse-bungie-jump rig, many of the best boulderers in the country, a collection of wanabee Peter Pans and put them all into a town park in the midst of the wettest year on record for some time and what do you have...?    more »

Steve McClure, one of the UK’s best known and highest performing rock climbers, has just sent the third ascent of ...   more »

peak district : climbing, a new selected guide to the best easy-grade climbing in the Peak District, has just been published by Vertebrate Publishing. KSP was pleased to supply the majority of the crag images for the guide as well as number of action and incidental shots...   more »

I jumped onto the sport climbing band-wagon shortly after it started rolling in the mid 80’s and, save for winter/spring bouldering forays and the odd ‘away-day’ on the grit or in the mountains, I’ve been sport climbing ever since. Burning considerable midnight oil in the process, I eventually managed to shoe-horn as many tips and techniques that I’ve not forgotten into...   more »