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Cathy chats with climber Emma Twyford about the Joe Brown 60th Anniversary Big Tick Summer Climbing Challenge and various aspects of climbing.

Get in touch! Cathy chats about the Joe Brown 60th Anniversary Big Tick Summer Climbing Challenge with one of the UK's hardest climbers - Emma Twyford. The first woman in the UK to climb E10 and Sport 9a, she boulders 7c+ and loves getting out on the crags of her adopted home of North Wales. Emma shares her favourite routes on the list, talks kit, long term climbing partnerships and shares her thoughts on climbing psychology. Part route list and part kit list this chat wanders down memory lan...

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