Pros from Steve McClure to Jim Pope and instructors including Jon Gupta and Rich Mayfield offer their top tips of what NOT to do on your first sport climbing holiday. Even sponsored heroes and mountain guides were beginners, once... Read more »
The annual IFSC World Youth Championships is back again and will attract hundreds of elite athletes from around the globe. The GB Climbing Team will be there in strength and we can't wait to see what our talented athletes can achieve! This year, they've headed to Guangzhou, China, to compete over 7-13 November. Read more »
The GB climbing teams have been claiming plenty of podiums on the comp circuit recently; the latest was scored by Jim Pope who won the European Youth Cup round held in Mitterdorf, Austria last weekend. It was the 16-year-old's first time on the podium. Jim, who rose to fame age 12 for climbing two E6s as his first trad routes, talks about what it's like to be a kid on the comp circuit, and current sport and trad goals. Read more »
When he was 12, one of his first trad routes was an E6. Now 15, he's won the Junior GB Lead Championships and climbed an 8b and an 8b+ this autumn. All, apparently, fuelled by kebabs. Just how has Jim Pope got so good? Time to find out. Read more »
The Castle climbing centre in North London currently supply three members of the GB youth climbing team, and one recent graduate is now on the senior bouldering squad. BMC Regional Academy Coach Ben Levey reveals how he combines sports science with a humane approach to get the best out of his young athletes. Read more »
The best of British junior climbing was on show in Imst last weekend at the IFSC European Youth Championship (lead and speed climbing) with William Bosi and Jim Pope both achieving top ten positions. Hayley McKenna reports. Read more »
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