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The potential for improving your climbing performance through mental training is virtually unlimited. Climbers who fail to acknowledge that the mind and body are intrinsically linked often fail to optimise their ability. This article examines how relaxation and concentration techniques can help improve our performance on the rock.

After viewing Chuck’s film, Pure, I decided to find out a little bit more about the people and places behind it.

Nestled in the shadows of the Mpumalanga Escarpment, is the ideal gateway to many historical sites and areas of interest including the fascinating ancient stone circle ruins and Adam’s Calendar.

The Rick White Memorial Medal 2009, for outstanding achievement and contribution to Australian climbing, has been awarded to climbing photographer, Simon Carter.

Modern training for climbing is based almost entirely on ideas borrowed from the world of mainstream sport, and then adapted to the needs of climbers. For ages we held on to the misconceived notion that climbing is a unique physical activity which warrants minimal comparison with other sports and disciplines.

Keeromsberg in the Western Cape may not be a household name in South African mountaineering, but the domineering massif to the north of Worcester is no small affair, especially if you have to climb it twice.

Tomaž Humar, who has perished, aged 40, on Langtang Lirung in Nepal, was a climber whose approach to Himalayan alpinism excited strong emotions, by no means all complimentary.

Steve Beckwith and Matt Traver of Wales have climbed a new route on the Dragon’s Horns, twin towers that erupt from dense jungle on the Malaysian Island of Tioman in the South China Sea.

Last August rock climber Dean Potter leapt off the Eiger in Switzerland wearing only a wingsuit. He flew nearly 5 kilometers in two minutes and 50 seconds, a record!

What is all this fuss about the small rocks that scatter the moorlands of northern England? Why are they talked about so incessantly by British climbers? Photographer and grit devotee Ian Parnell has compiled a unique thesaurus of the secret gritstone lexicon in this stunning photographic essay.

45 year old Arthur Kubista has made the first ascent of Der lange Atem 9a+ at Schattenreich, Höllental, Austria. Maurizio Oviglia recounts this latest ascent of one of the strongest and least known Austrian climbers of all times.

With the right clothing and equipment, conditions can be made quite comfortable, but an awareness of the acute risks posed by the cold remains crucial in any mountain or wilderness environment.