Climber quits scene

Top all round climber, Paul Thompson, is hanging up his stickies in favour of a wet suit and life as a beach bum surfer dude.
Speaking exclusively to WhyClimb Thompson said he was sorry to be leaving the sport but was looking forward to life in the fast lane of serious wave catching. "Can't wait lad," he said. "It's cheap. Once you've borrowed a board on a long-term basis, never to give it back, it's practically free. And you can't argue with that."
He went on to say that he had met all his targets in the climbing world which included climbing E4 onsight and not having ever paid any money whatsoever for gear.

Little Chamonix gets 1,000,000th ascent

The most popular V Diff in the world finally got its one millionth ascent yesterday as Bob Perkins (126) and his wife Nellie (103) topped out after an epic three-day ascent.
The couple started first thing Friday morning, and reached the first belay stance at 5.00pm that day. Following a "bad nights sleep on a poorly constructed porta-ledge" the two continued before dawn on Saturday, finally reaching the summit at 4.37pm Sunday evening.
"We're delighted," a relieved Perkins told WhyClimb. "The feeling of euphoria after topping out on such a famous occasion is simply mind-blowing."

Suicide sheep hit the Lakes

A worrying trend sweeping across the Southern Lakes could result in life threatening injuries to ill-prepared rock-athletes.
Kamikaze sheep, unhappy with their treatment over the F&M outbreak, have begun a series of suicide attacks on un-suspecting cragsmen. The local mountain rescue teams have been advising those that decide to venture out to wear helmets at all times, and, if possible, to climb over-hanging routes.