Club PRO Stephen Farrugia caught up with Sean Cassar; who earlier this year became the 7th Maltese climber to climb routes harder than 8a, to find out his secret to success (in climbing and beyond). MCC: You’ve been climbing since around 2011, more or less when I started, but in the last year or so…
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Building Route Rapport: A Non-Onsighter’s Perspective
Quite early on in my climbing life, it became apparent that I had a strong prejudice in favour of overhanging routes. Several other climbers have expressed surprise whenever I shared this, assuming that most women climbers prefer to go for vertical or slabby routes that allowed them to exercise their ‘ballerina’ skills, as opposed to…
Not all classics are hard: The Outer Zone
Alex Teoli Dimech gives us his thoughts on climbing in Gozo’s Wied il-Mielaħ
Toes of Steel: Nicola Gatti climbs his first 8a – and then repeats it BAREFOOT
The MCC catches up with Nicola Gatti, who recently climbed his first 8a, and then proceeded to repeat it barefoot within a few weeks
Hitting the 8th grade – three times over
We catch up with Suhail Kakpori to find out more about how he broke into the 8th grade in style, with three ascents at the grade in a single month
Club Annual General Meeting (AGM) – 14th October 2020
Dear members, Please note that the 2020 AGM will be held online as follows: Date: Wednesday 14 October 2020, 18:00-20:00 Click here to attend the online meeting. Login details will be sent by email closer to the date. The AGM is a very important event for the continued functioning of the club, and is the…