Situated deep in the heart of the Trough of Bowland on the Lancs/Yorks border, Wolfhole Crag is officially the furthest gritstone crag from the road in the entire UK. This extremely isolated rock outpost has an almost supernatural feel and can feel very lonely, even in the company of friends.

It's that time of year again, when retailers from across the globe and more specifically Europe, descend on the small town of Friedrichshafen, on the shores on lake Constance, in southern Germany, to fettle their merry ways through the multitude of halls and stands at the annual OutDoor show.

Over the last couple of months I have been road testing the new(ish) Five Ten Rogue, which is Five Ten’s solution to the ‘budget performance shoe’ hole in their range. In recent years this popular area of the market has been dominated by the likes of Evolv (Defy), Mad Rock (Flash) and Boreal...

After the demise of the Mountain Master some years back, Five Ten reinvented their approach shoe line, and have been on a continuing quest to improve and streamline the range since that original overhaul.

Having been a long time devotee of the Five Ten brand, and more appropriately the products, I always look forward to road testing their latest offering. This enthusiasm is always heightened when the new product is a cutting edge performance offering. As such the dawn of a product like the new “Team 5.10” is always...

Rock Climbing in Romania: a climbing guide to Brasov crags, is a splendid 240 page tome, centering on the rock climbing around the city of Brasov in central Romania, which itself is located in the central southern ark of the hook-like spine that is the Carpathian mountain range.

When in comes to apparel leg wear for rock climbing, pretty much everything has been utilized, and probably even championed, at some point or other. Be it breaches, shorts, tracky bottoms, shell suit pants, jeans or tights, somebody somewhere will have climbed in it. Generally, when folk get into...

Precariously set, high on the steep inclines of a limestone gorge, is the scenically set Spanish town of Albarracin, and its neighboring sandstone block-scape. Touted as the “Spanish Fontainebleau” by some...

Just back from 10 days in Albarracin, Spain, which was top drawer. Despite some snowy weather in the middle of the trip we managed to get plenty done over some full-on days of skin wearing, muscle sapping fun.

I had a fantastic weekend playing in the swarve weather. Saturday involved some great mountain top bouldering at Sampson’s Stones, of Great Moss Eskdale. Although, the trip to the crag wasn’t without incident as some extreme 3-point turning on Ha...