| Kenton Cool Reports From Everest Kenton Cool is leading Sir Ranulph Fiennes to the top Mount Everest. This is his latest despatch from Base Camp that we have just received. "Well by now you probably have heard the news. The...  VIDEO: On Sight - Have You Got The Balls For It? I thought that Alastair Lee of Posing Productions had gone off our radar. Not like him. The reason? He's been busy racing all over the UK, Ireland and Iceland filming climbers for his latest... Austrian Woman Climbs 11th 8,000'er Austrian Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner summited 8,167-meter Dhaulagiri in Nepal on May 1, giving her 11 of the 14 main 8,000-meter summits on Earth, more than any other woman. Kaltenbrunner was one of at... Steck, Anthamatten Bag the North Face of Teng Kang Poche On April 24, Swiss climbers Ueli Steck and Simon Anthamatten made the first ascent of Teng Kang Poche's (6487m) northwest face, Khumbu Valley, Nepal. Checkmate (VI M7+ or M6 A0, 85 degrees, 2000m),... McClure Repeats Bat Route, Thinks 8c+ Steve McClure has repeated Bat Route at Malham in Yorkshire. This Mark Leach route from 1989, was graded F8b+ and even though it has had repeats, it is known that it has shed holds. Steve thinks... News Wizard |