The BMC is proud to welcome all-round climbing legend Emma Twyford to our team of ambassadors. To mark the occasion, we've also just released The Big Bang, the award-winning film documenting Emma's journey to 9a, on BMC TV and it's free to watch for everyone. Read more »
The Big Bang, the award-winning film about the story of Emma Twyford climbing 9a, is now available to rent or buy online. Read more »
After our Facebook Watch Party, you can download The Big Bang on Vimeo on Demand. Read more »
Having recently become the first British woman to climb 9a (look out for our upcoming film, The Big Bang, showing at Kendal Mountain Film Festival this weekend), you'd be forgiven for thinking Emma might be taking a well-earned rest. Instead, she set off on a week's holiday to Oliana in Spain in search of a harder project. Read more »
From Emma Twyford breaking the 9a barrier for British females to a 15-year-old bouldering 8B, it's been an autumn of impressive, hard ascents from Pembroke to Scotland, Dartmoor to the Gower. Here's our round-up of the biggest ticks made by Brits on UK soil this season. Read more »
How should you go about choosing a sport project and successfully repointing it? Pro climbers, mountain instructors and performance coaches offer their advice. Top tips from Steve McClure, Emma Twyford, Katy Whittaker, Neil Gresham, Matt Woodfield, Be Fuller and Sam Farnsworth. Read more »
Emma Twyford has just made history, by becoming the first British woman to break the 9a barrier with her ascent of The Big Bang at Lower Pen Trywn. Sarah Stirling caught up with Emma who went straight back to work routesetting for the BMC British Lead Climbing Championships yesterday - with a bit of a prosecco hangover. Read more »
Emma Twyford is this month's front-cover star of both Climber and Summit magazines, and this double-display of publicity is very well deserved. Emma has just had one of the best trad seasons of any UK climber, and she's also been pushing the limits of UK women's sport climbing. Read more »
Emma Twyford recently climbed her third E9 - Big Issue in Pembroke. Sarah Stirling catches up with her to find out how it went, her trad-climbing tips, and what motivates her. Read more »
On Friday, 16 February, Emma Twyford redpointed Mind Control, a 50m 8c at Oliana, making her the 5th British female to climb a sport climb of this difficulty. We caught up with Emma to get the low down: Read more »
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