Wideboyz Big Wall Report - Pre-Muir into El Corazon....
Pre Muir-El Corazon: The Heart of El Capitan When we first thought of coming out on a trip to Yosemite to climb big walls, it seemed pretty simple. You get good at climbing (well, we can do the crack...
View ArticleWild Country UK 2014
Steve Foster – Marketing Director / Product Design Another long serving figure on the UK climbing scene, with over 35 years experience, and well versed in both the trade and retail sides of the...
View ArticleFreerider Flashed - Pete and Tom up the Yosemite ante....
One of the odd things about big wall climbing is that standards seem to lag behind other parts of climbing - whilst P Robz is out there cranking out V14s on the boulders and Ondra on the 9b’s, the big...
View ArticleDave Pegg
Dave Pegg, who passed away recently was a great friend of all at Wild Country, an exceptional climber and one of those guys with friends across the scene. He was born in the UK, living in Sheffield...
View ArticlePara Climbing World Champion - Fran Brown Interview
The British climbing scene is very exciting at the moment. It is quite clear that as a sport it is developing at a rapid rate and none more so than ParaClimbing. For many climbers, this aspect will be...
View ArticleEl Capitan Free - Number Three
El Capitan Free - Number Three So after two months of sleeping in the dust in Camp 4, Tom and I have got back to normality. Work in the trees starts again on Monday and I know Tom has lots of jobs in...
View ArticleGrandes Jorasses - North Face - Dave Searle
After a few days of climbing by myself like a proper “billy no mates” it was absolutely awesome to head into the Grandes Jorasses NF with Jack Geldard and Andy Houseman. Despite feeling pretty out of...
View ArticleOn the team for 10 years - Talo Martin
Talo Martin's a good friend of mine and good friend of Wild Country. He's been on the Spanish climbing team for 10 years in which time he's established some of the hardest sport routes in La Pedriza,...
View ArticleCrack School 2 - Wideboyz present more Masterclasses
Following the success of last year’s events Wild Country are pleased to announce that they have joined forces with the Wideboyz, Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker again, to present another series of...
View ArticleRedemption - The James Pearson story
Wild Country ambassador James Pearson has had an incredible year. Earlier in the year his trip to Rocklands yielded a swathe of new adventure routes in this bouldering mecca; then his flashed ascent...
View ArticleFocus Helmet
For the extreme climber inside all of us! The new Focus is a superlight in-mould helmet that provides top levels of protection in an elegant shell with innovative features. An all-new design provides...
View ArticleTom Randall (UK)
Tom Randall is one of those guys whose committment is incredibly admirable and what shows through in his climbing (and on his CV) is his love of climbing - of all types and in all places. A crack...
View ArticleJordan Buys (UK)
Jordan's one of the new breed of young superstars that seem to be able to switch from trad to sports to bouldering at the blink of an eye and be pretty darn hot at any of them. Recently seen heading...
View ArticleEd Hamer (UK)
Having recently met Ed can I now say I've seen the future??? Well I'm possibly not as sure of that like my colleague James is - but after seeing him crank at The Works and seen how he's tearing up...
View ArticleSam Hamer
Right then, here is a little bit about myself! I was born in Polokwane in South Africa where I spent the first 11 years of my life in various countries throughout the African continent where I was...
View ArticleJulia Littlefair
I’ve been climbing for about 13 years. I dabbled in it when I was at school, but didn’t really get hooked until I moved to Sheffield to go to uni and joined the uni climbing club. I love pretty much...
View ArticleKevin Shields (UK)
Kevin Shields may not actually climb the 'hardest' grades or be the 'worlds best climber' but he has an amazing ability to crank at a very impressive level across a range of disciplines and for sure...
View ArticleNaomi Buys
Naomi Buys has been climbing well for a long time and after a couple of years blighted by injuries she's climbing even better than ever - and with ascents of trad E7's sports 8a+ and a place on the...
View ArticleTanya Meredith
I started climbing regularly indoors at the end of 2007, a year after moving to Longridge, Lancashire. Although I didn’t start climbing regularly until my mid-twenties, I’d always enjoyed the...
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