So nobody from Great Britain made the finals... oh well... as long as everybody had fun... NO!!! ITS NOT OKAY!!! THEY MUST BE PUNISHED FOR THEIR OUTRAGEOUS PERFORMANCE!!! Of course not, they all did absolutely amazing and I am proud of every single one of them (only the scots : P). But even though we had no one in the finals, it didn't mean that it wasn't worth watching. We saw some outstanding, world class climbers competing furiously for the top of the podium! In my opinion, the three best categories were Junior Female, Male Youth B and Female Youth A!... Continue reading

Yesterday was a very exciting day for a lot of people (including myself). The World Youth Championships of climbing have been being held at EICA: Ratho (Edinburgh International Climbing Arena) over the past few days and yesterday was the semi-final and final of the difficulty event! I have been demonstrating and commentating over the past few days, and I can quite rightly say now, that I am totally, and utterly gubbed! No one can ever tell me that sitting on your butt all day talking isn't exhausting! I think three days of it is equivalent to 8b+ onsight! I'm gonna stick... Continue reading

Today’s round of the World Youth Championships were just as exciting as yesterday! I arrived at EICA: Ratho super early (6:45 am) along with Gary Vincent, Drew Haigh and Eddie Barbour for demonstrating. We all had to demonstrate at 8am, pretty damn early, too early for 8a’s and 8a+’s if you ask me… At 8am we set off up our routes. All of us topped out fine without a hitch, however, I decided that instead of clipping the chains, I opted to take a victory jump! This was very displeasing to a certain IFSC president, and shortly after the jump, it... Continue reading

  So its the end of the first day of the World Youth Championships at EICA: Ratho in Edinburgh!!! And what a day it was, so much happening, I barely had time to blink! First thing I did today was demonstrate the Junior Boys first qualifier, this was graded at about 8a+ and had some pretty spicy moves in it, including a very nasty jump move right at the end. I climbed it smoothly and in control which was what was needed, so I feel I did a really good job of that (although tomorrow I have to repeat it... Continue reading

Hey guys!!!   Welcome to my new website and blog! From here I will be running all my blogging from now on (also check out currentbody.com blog). This site was built to to help get my coaching business of the ground as well as acting as a base of operations for my climbing career. All news of what I am up to regarding coaching, climbing, work and travel will be found on the blog and I will be regularly updating my gallery with loads of cool photos!     Our two Slovenian route-setters, Simon and Aljosa!     As well as... Continue reading