Climb Magazine, January 2006

Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Website: www.climbmagazine.com

LETTERS

SCENE 
Caldwell’s El Cap bonanza
Fort William Festival
Michael Ward obit
Grade Expectations Cartoon
Eric Langmuir obit
Peak District
PyB Sea cliff tips

A-Z OF CLIMBING
D is for danger…
by Andy Kirkpatrick

FEATURES

The Latest Craze
Steve McClure casts his eye over the variety of trends in British climbing.
by Steve McClure

The Lancashire Lazarus
Paul Pritchard talks to Colin Wells.

Alternative Scottish Winter
A selection of great lesser known routes to keep you going:
The Upper Couloir of Stob Ghabhar
by Colin Wells

Grossen Zinnen
by Dave MacLeod

Top Gun
by Simon Richardson

Cerberus
by Malcolm Bass

Un Poco Loco
by Es Tresidder

Voie Petit
A photographic account of Alex Huber’s route on Grand Capucin by Heinz Zak.
Text by Alex Huber

XMAS GEAR ALERT
Some festive suggestions.

SKIING PT 1
Why should you learn to ski? A four-part series by Martin Chester.

BISHTON’S BOULDERING WORLD
A quarterly round-up of world news plus a new Italian area.
by Percy Bishton

TRAINING
The third training profile and acquiring engrams.

BOULDER PROBLEMS
Boysen’s Groove, Llanberis Pass

GEAR 
Winter Gear Primer
What the well-equipped winter climber should be using.
by Andy Kirkpatrick

KITLIST
Each month we ask a different climber to tell us what is in their rucksack. This month it’s the turn of the BMC’s Guidebook Officer Niall Grimes.

MOUNTAIN INFO
The definitive news source covering the world of mountaineering.

BOOKS OF THE YEAR
A look back at the high flyers from 2005.
by Collin Wells

WEBSITES
Our series of climbing web sites reviewed.

MY LIFE LED UP TO THIS
Jemma Powell
by Alex Fox