Steve McClure

Steve McClure - http://steve-mcclure.com/

For the last ten years steve has completely dominated the UK sport climbing scene with a string of first ascents and repeats unmatched by any other. His recent ascent of the route Overshadow is without doubt the hardest sport route anywhere in Britain and reached the national press and prime time TV news. Climbing for over 30 years Steve’s background is in the more adventurous side of climbing though recently he has excelled in the physical area of the sport devoting his life to exploring the limits of what is possible to scale using only the tiniest of holds forfingers and toes.

Steve McClure, le 14/03/2010 in PetzlTeam, tagged as

I have been here before

But it still feels like a very long way off! That feeling you get when you first try something really hard. It's alien to most climbers, as they don't often try hard stuff relative to them. I'm talking about routes where you can't (...)

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Steve McClure, le 01/10/2009 in PetzlTeam, tagged as

Rodellar

No Pain No Gain If everything was easy nothing would be a challenge. If we could fly we wouldn’t bother climbing; the harder the challenge the bigger the buzz. Failure hurts, but without failure there is no success. Without failure there is no need (...)

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Steve McClure, le 28/08/2009 in PetzlTeam, tagged as Rock climbing

Inside Out

Funny game climbing, sometimes its like buses, you wait for ages, getting more and more frustrated, and then, just when you've given up, two come along at once.

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Steve McClure, le 19/08/2009 in , tagged as

Hubble

Only 8c+ but still the big one Hubble was first climbed by Ben Moon at the cliff of Raventor in the Peak. The world’s first F8c+, one small set of moves for man, but one giant leap for mankind. The route is pure power, it’s a boulder pro (...)

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Steve McClure, le 17/07/2009 in , tagged as Hardest redpoints, Multi-pitch, Rock climbing, RocTrip

Long Routes - Petzl Team extend themselves

The Petzl Roc trips get better and better, bigger and bigger. This year was no exception, with single pitch routes 100m long, I don't think they get any longer. I was invited again, obviously as the token Brit, there for dry humour and poor dres (...)

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Steve McClure, le 12/06/2009 in , tagged as Rock climbing, Hardest redpoints

Mecca survives!

Hardly news to 99.999% of climbers, but to those that care, the starting block falling off at the start of Mecca was a big issue!

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Steve McClure, le 05/04/2009 in , tagged as Rock climbing

Skymasters 2009

Last year I got the chance to set the Skymasters competition at the UK Outdoor Show. It's a funny show, the "outdoor" show, the weather is always gorgeous and everyone is indoors sitting around stuffing their faces with hotdogs and cakes! (...)

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Steve McClure, le 18/12/2008 in , tagged as Rock climbing

Weak go home

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 betwee (...)

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Steve McClure, le 26/11/2008 in , tagged as Bouldering

Some Training

News - Premier UK bouldering venue perfect for power endurance training. Which is a relief as getting outside has been tough this year with constant rain from June onwards. Any route fitness I’d gained drained away even faster than my enthusiasm. (...)

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Steve McClure, le 02/11/2008 in , tagged as Rock climbing, Hardest redpoints

Link - ups: do they count for much?

Not really, but does anything in our sport really make sense? We look for the hardest way up the wall, then try and find the easiest way up it! Link-ups are fun for training, though often make two OK routes into one really good on (...)

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