Welcome to YouAreEmpty.com
This site is all about rock climbing, mountaineering, hill walking & mountain biking in the UK and beyond. Hopefully you will find something of use. The best approach is to dive straight in, browse around and see what you can find. If you'd like a few more pointers then some of the site highlights are listed below.
regards
Giles Thurston
Winter Climbing Conditions
Winter climbing in the UK is becoming more and more fickle as the years go by. However, the excellent condition reports combined with a basic understanding of climatic conditions that lead to good conditions, mean that you stand a good chance of being in the right place at the right time.
In this article we’ll give you some hints and tips on how to predict when the best time to climb is and also point you towards other useful resources on the web
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Gallery Highlights
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Paul - Catalogue Man! -
Kate, Naomi & Amy Enjoying Pasta! -
The Team on the Devils Molar Trek -
The Shelf Walk
Latest Articles
Interview with Renan Ozturk
Cheaptents.com have recently published an interview with Renan Ozturk, another of North Faces sponsored climbers.
Renan has combined the two great passions of his life and become a very well accredited climber and artist in his own right. He continues to push himself harder each time he takes to climbing a new face and only last year, Renan became one of the first people to rediscover ancient murals of Budha in the semi-autonomous zone of Mustang in Tibet, after a tip-off by a local sheep farmer.
Read our excerpt from his recent interview with cheaptents.com
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Other Recent Articles
Latest Reviews
With Bare Hands by Alain Robert
Alain Robert, the world famous urban solo climber has just released his autobiography, With Bare Hands: The Story of the Human Spider (published by Maverick House Publishers, £16.99). Also known as the French Spiderman, Robert’s biography will have you clutching at the pages, holding on and hardly daring to breathe, as Robert tells of clinging to giant buildings.
Alain’s publishers have been kind enough to allow us to publish an excerpt of his autobiography, so why not read on and enjoy!
Read 'With Bare Hands by Alain Robert' review in full
Other Recent Reviews
Mountains & Routes
UK Mountain Database
The mountain database contains details of all 3000 peaks in UK over 150m. You can browse by area or all the major ticklists including Munros and Wainwrights.
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Route Database
The route database contains details of walks, scrambles, rock climbs, mountaineering routes, ice climbs and alpine routes added by our visitors. Why not log your own routes and share them with others?
Downloads
Why not try one of our desktop wallpapers or Microsoft Windows screensavers from the downloads section?