Japanese climbing legend Yuji Hirayama recently tested himself on UK trad for the first time. His project? The Big Issue (E9) at Pembroke. How did Yuji get on, what does he think of our trad culture, and will he be back to test himself on grit next? Sarah Stirling interviews. Read more »
Sheridan Anderson warned us: “Thou shalt not wreck the place.” But while climbers do cause damage to the crag environment, Ed Douglas argues things have to be kept in perspective. And with the BMC more active than ever at the local level, there are plenty of solutions. Read more »
No one ever wrote a climbing rule book but that doesn’ mean climbers don’t know what is good and bad style – and what isn’t fair play. In this second article on the big issues facing climbing, we look at the importance of ethics and style and how they are changing. Read more »
In the Lakes, many of the classic mountain routes rarely see any ascents these days, encrusted with lichen where chalk once showed the way. At Tremadog, voracious ivy patches are swarming upwards and outwards, gradually enveloping whole buttresses over time. Even at the honeypot of Harrison’s Rocks, the number of visitors is down from thirty years ago. What's going on? Read more »
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