Whitehouses bouldering crag, a small but high quality gritstone venue in Yorkshire, has been irreparably damaged and a no climbing sign has been installed. Read more »
Jon Griffith and Andy Houseman have recently returned from Pakistan, having made the first ascent of Link Sar West, a subsidiary top of Link Sar with an altitude of just under 7,000m. Read more »
Tatsuya Aoki, Yasuhiro Hanatani, and Hiroyoshi Manome have made the long awaited first ascent of the elegant south pillar of Kyashar (a.k.a Peak 43, 6,770m) in the Khumbu region of Nepal's Mahalangur Himal. Read more »
Andy Houseman and Nick Bullock have just made the first British ascent (and sixth overall ascent) of the huge Slovak Direct route on the South Face of Denali, Alaska. Read more »
On their first trip to the Greater Ranges 26 years old Nejc Marcic and Luka Strazar (22) made the first ascent of the North West Face of K7 West (6,615m) in the Pakistan Karakoram. Read more »
Nick Bullock and Andy Houseman have made a rare repeat of the 1975 Gabarrou/Picard-Deyme Grand West Couloir on the West Face of the Aiguille du Plan (3,673m) above Chamonix. Read more »
High winds stopped Vince Anderson and Marko Prezelj from making any headway with their ambitious alpine style attempt on the West Face of Makalu (8,485m), but they came away with a notable consolation prize; the first direct ascent of the West Face of 7,678m Makalu II. Read more »
The globe-trotting Sheffield-based couple, Sarah and Tony Whitehouse, joined a German team for a hard new route in Morocco's Taghia region, an increasingly popular 'Mecca' for big wall free climbing. Read more »
Some of you may have read OTE’s Letter of the Month for October. For those that didn’t the letter highlights the selfish action of an individual or individuals (yes, climbers) at Woodhouse Scar in Halifax. Read more »
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