65 years ago this week, Joe Brown and George Band made the first ascent of Kanchenjunga (8,586m), the world's third highest peak. To mark this anniversary, you can now watch "An interview with Joe Brown" by Alun Hughes on the BMC YouTube channel. Sarah Stirling brings us the story of the first ascent of the mountain. Read more »
Legendary climber Joe Brown died last night, aged 89. Joe, originally a plumber’s apprentice from Manchester, took the British climbing world by storm after WWII. In the 50s and 60s, Joe’s dazzling performance on rock pushed British climbing standards and, in 1955, he climbed Kanchenjunga: the third highest mountain in the world. Here, journalist Ed Douglas remembers this titan of our climbing world. Read more »
Whilst researching his latest book, Pete McDonald struck pure gold in terms of historic climbing footage when he came face to face with the BBC film 'Eye to Eye' comprising some of the great names of the 50s in front of and behind the camera. Read more »
Following the success of last year’s events Wild Country are pleased to announce that they have again joined forces with the Wideboyz, Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker, to present another series of Crack School Masterclasses across the UK this spring. Read more »
The 2014 IFSC Lead, Speed, and Paraclimbing World Championships are now underway, taking place throughout 8-14 September in Gijón, Spain. The city’s Atlantic coastline will provide the perfect backdrop for the IFSC World Championship. Read more »
Over 130 pitches of climbing up to E6 6c, 23.6 miles of off-road running between 17 crags and 22hrs 36mins of sweating. Who on Earth would want to climb all the Brown and Whillans routes in East and Western Grit in a day? Sarah Stirling talks to Tom Randall about his monster day out with Pete Whittaker on Tuesday. Read more »
The last round of the IFSC Boulder World Cup has been twinned with the first round of the Paraclimbing World Cup and GB Paraclimbing are out competing in force alongside GB Bouldering. Read more »
Saturday 24th May saw the last in the 2014 BMC domestic paraclimbing series being hosted at Manchester Climbng Centre. Read more »
The BMC is sad to report that Ian McNaught-Davis, a BMC Patron and former BMC President (1991-1994), has died at the age of 84. Doug Scott has given the following words of appreciation. Read more »
The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC), in partnership with French Federation of Mountaineering and Climbing (FFME), hosted the first ever international parabouldering competition on 12 October in Laval, western France. This was a great opportunity for the GB Paraclimbing Team to showcase their talents, and they did not disappoint. Read more »
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