Page 3 - Climb November 2015 Teaser

REGULARS
6 HOT LINES
Will Stanhope fires Canada’s greatest trad line in the Bugaboos and completes a four-year project, Ines Papert, Paul McSorely and Mayan Smith-Gobat climb a major new route on Mount Waddington, British Columbia, and David Coley & friends complete an epic five thousand foot traverse of Boulder Ruckle, Swanage
42 DISSENT ROUTE
Tom Livingstone recounts the thrill of soloing on a summer’s day in Snowdonia
50 HOT GEAR
Tom Richardson gives us a glimpse of the most interesting new gear arriving for winter 2015-16
56 VERTICAL DIARY
Stuart Llewellyn reports on how recent political changes in Cuba are beginning to benefit climbers on the island
58 GEARING UP:
Tom Richardson reviews a selection of the latest and best helmets available for climbing and mountaineering, and explains how to choose the right helmet for the type of climbing you’re doing
66 THE CLIMB REVIEW
An exclusive excerpt from the forthcoming autobiography of Doug Scott, plus we review two of the most important climbing books of 2015, Alpine Warriors by Bernadette McDonald and Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold & David Roberts
70 THE INSIDE STORY
The latest news and events from British climbing walls
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POSTCARD FROM THE EDGE
Dean Potter dances with the raven
INTERSTELLAR SPACE 14 A photographic essay on some of the climbs and climbers featured in the 2015 Reel Rock Tour, coming soon to a cinema near you
BAD TO THE BONE 30 Top British alpinist Will Sim recounts an encounter with a secretive Alaskan giant
THE CIRQUE OF THE UNFALLEN 38 A climbing ghost story by David Pickford from his new collection of short fiction, After The Crash and other stories
INTERVIEW: ROLANDO GARIBOTTI 44 Ian Parnell talks to the elder statesman of Patagonian climbing about the biggest lines of his life,
why ethics matter, and how to tunnel through an ice mushroom
WINTER SESSIONS: A STRATEGIC GUIDE 52 Neil Gresham suggests a more focussed approach to winter training for your objectives in the year ahead
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