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With Andy and Val ski-ing in Steamboat and the rest of us spending some time with our families the Big Stone Office will be closed on the following days of the festive period: Christmas Eve Christmas Day Boxing Day New Year's Eve New Year's Day We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Read more about Happy Christmas from the Big Stone Team

Winter challenges in Scotland often involve a lot more than simply whether you can pull through the crux.  Arcteryx athlete Ian Parnell describes a recent trip to Glen Coe to try the test-piece The Duel IX,9. We finally left Sheffield at 7pm, a little later than hoped for, but Jon had to finish his Sunday shift at... Read more about Ian Parnell - Scottish Winter Adventures

The British Team Trials took place on the 6th and 7th December 2008 at EICA - Ratho, on their brand new articulated competition wall. FiveTen Climbers: Beth Monks and  Emma Twyford were invited to the British Senior Lead Team 2009. Tony Musselbrook was Invited to team training with prospect of being promoted to full... Read more about British Team Trials - Ratho

Reaching the new ‘super crag’ above the Spanish town of Oliana the first thing you see is a huge tufa, like a fat drainpipe of poured grey concrete stretching down from the summit. Automatically you see the weakness, finding the link between the ground and the top. You want to get up this cliff and this is... Read more about "Humildes pa Casa"- “Weak go home”

There was a good article on BBC1's The One Show, last night with Milke Dilger, where he was looking at Reindeer in Scotland. Good to see him wearing a very nice Arc'teryx Sidewinder Jkt topped off with an Arc'teryx beanie. You can catch the show in the next 6 days from the following link... Read more about Arc'teryx on The One Show