Meet the ROCfest setters!

Dave Barrans Having been brought up on the gritstone crags of Yorkshire, Dave has climbed for as long as he can remember and has dabbled in most aspects of climbing. From hard trad on-sights to long alpine adventures he has savoured each for the different experiences...

Staying motivated in the Winter

There’s no two ways about it right now. It’s damn cold and even though the cold snap is over (for now), most of us don’t seem to have thawed out too much.  Sure the snow and frost look pretty to look at at first, but after the novelty wears off we’re left...

The 5 pillars of recovery

I don’t think there’s a coach out there that doesn’t advocate strong support of factoring in rest and recovery protocols into our training. In the S&C community it’s one of the most hotly discussed areas however helping people understand why it’s so...

3 life lessons from Dave McLeod

Put simply D-Mac (as I’ve now christened him) was one of the reasons I fell in love with climbing. I read his first book “9/10 climbers make the same mistakes,” for one simple reason – I wanted to improve at climbing the right way. I’ve done many sports over the...

Nat Dulson: climbing and mental health

I’m going to start this story by taking a trip back in time, to the year 2018. In 2018 my mental health was, in short, a mess. I had no idea how to effectively manage my mental health. Then, out of the blue, something arrived at my doorstep that would change...