Ian Smith takes a trip down Memory Lane to extol the virtues of one of the best Hard Severe's in Cornwall.

The centre piece of Lakeland slate has to be the imposing Hodge Close, a huge hole with immaculate 50m off-vertical walls rising out of a 32m deep, green pond...

A fantastic climb, with a great top pitch, Yellow Edge is a must-do E3 in the Avon Gorge, described by Mark Davies.

Attermire Scar hosts fine climbs where you’re pretty much guaranteed peace and solitude as you climb in the stunning landscape of the Yorkshire Dales.

Wild sea cliff journeys with Calum Muskett

Ian Smith recounts the super classic VS, The File at Higgar Tor in the Peak District, England.

I had wanted to do a new route up the large right face of the open book corner high above the campsite in Orco (Italy) since I had first arrived in the valley... by Pete Whittaker

Keith Sharples revisits Murray’s Route, one of the great classic Severe routes of the Lake District.

One of the great Welsh climbs, Crackstone Rib (S 4a) in Llanberis Pass, Snowdonia, is described by Stewart Moody

Terry Gifford, Festival Founder and Director, recalls 21 years of The International Festival of Mountaineering Literature, 1987-2008.

Rich Mayfield escapes the Bank Holiday crowds on an enjoyable and exposed route in the Llanberis Pass, North Wales.

Climbers have always found ways of cheating. Whether it’s the knowing belayer who forgets to pay out slack...