In reply to UKC/UKH Articles:
Thanks for adding this.
I'm interested in the background, differences between etc for those who may have found "a place" within the climbing community - for whom having no money was a setback, but was outweighed by the "social security" of belonging on other terms - and people who find themselves displaced in other ways.
I'm concerned about the increasing emphasis on difficulty and equipment, versus the magic of climbing at it's simplest. Hitching to Sheffield in the early eighties, I remember the only ticket required was that you loved climbing.