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Metolius Rock Rings 3D Review

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Have you ever found yourself going on holiday or on a business trip and you can’t train for two weeks? Metolius have the answer with the Rock Rings 3D. Only weighing two kilograms for a set, these can easily fit into your suitcase. A recent business trip provided me with the ideal opportunity to test [...]

Metolius Rock Rings 3D Review is a post from: Rock Climbing UK, an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers.

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It’s Here Again – ShAFF – Tickets Now On Sale

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Sheffield Adventure Film Festival showcases the best adventure films from around the globe. It’s back again for 2012,for it’s 7th year. And this year looks set to be truly awesome (check out the beautiful trailer below). This year there’s 75 jaw dropping films. That’s 1,150 minutes of adventure film to inspire you for your own [...]

It’s Here Again – ShAFF – Tickets Now On Sale is a post from: Rock Climbing UK, an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers.

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To The Limit, an Epic Speed Climbing Film (Plus Free Tickets to Be Won)

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‘To The Limit’ is a documentary about 2 brothers, Alexander and Thomas Huber and their attempt to break a world speed climbing record. The climb is the Nose on El Capitán, Yosimite National Park. The Huber brothers attempt to climb the 1000m route in just 180 minutes (many climbers take several days). Award winning filmmaker [...]

To The Limit, an Epic Speed Climbing Film (Plus Free Tickets to Be Won) is a post from: Rock Climbing UK, an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers.

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Preparing to Climb Everest

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Climbing Everest is so much more than the 20 minutes spent on top of the world. An Everest expedition is an accumulation of many months, even years of preparation. The expedition is a journey which requires sourcing finance, attaining the relevant climbing experience and developing an appropriate level of fitness. Developing appropriate fitness for Everest [...]

Preparing to Climb Everest is a post from: Rock Climbing UK, an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers.

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Follow 5 Climbers: Try and Achieve Their 2012 Targets

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As part of our training series of articles, we have decided to put the principles into action and see if we can help a group of climbers achieve their goals for the year. We have started by looking at things like their diet, body fat levels, current training structure, current climbing grade, strengths and weaknesses, [...]

Follow 5 Climbers: Try and Achieve Their 2012 Targets is a post from: Rock Climbing UK, an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers.

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Inspiration on all levels

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Here at RCUK we like you to see the best quality climbing videos available. Whether it be famous climbers, famous routes, excellent editing or an inspiring story, we choose the videos because we enjoy them and we hope that you will too. The video below is a short one from DPM, a climbing website/magazine based [...]

Inspiration on all levels is a post from: Rock Climbing UK, an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers.

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Century Crack Trailer

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OK, so it’s not the most recent of news … and YES we have talked about this before. BUT, we challenge you to watch this trailer and tell us that you didn’t get goosebumps, that the strange feeling deep in the pit of your stomach when the training scenes play through didn’t really happen AND [...]

Century Crack Trailer is a post from: Rock Climbing UK, an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers.

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Islands: Traditional Tales of Lakeland Climbing

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When we saw the following film at the Kendal Film Festival in November, we were blown away by the excellent stories unified & produced by Land & Sky Media. It’s the first film to feature at the festival from Land & Sky Media and it was received with a very warm welcome. It’s been a [...]

Islands: Traditional Tales of Lakeland Climbing is a post from: Rock Climbing UK, an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers.

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Steve McClure on Training Power Endurance

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As part of our training series this week we are going to focus on power endurance. Often overlooked by many climbers, training power endurance, is critical to getting you up most UK sport routes where the hard sections are usually no more than 10 to 30 moves. Steve McClure needs little introduction to most climbers. [...]

Steve McClure on Training Power Endurance is a post from: Rock Climbing UK, an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers.

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Winter Trips for UK Climbers – Scotland or Abroad?

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Every year British ice climbers face a dilemma. Where to go for that one big trip- Scotland or further afield? Some might choose the Lakes or Snowdonia for a quick jaunt if conditions are good but it’s almost impossible to predict what English and Welsh ice will be like in advance, or even if there [...]

Winter Trips for UK Climbers – Scotland or Abroad? is a post from: Rock Climbing UK, an online UK climbing magazine, written BY UK climbers FOR UK climbers.

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