[cowboyhat]

Top three routes abroad (any genre)

Just Do It 8c+ - Smith Rock

UKB awards 2018

Significant Repeat of the Year
goes to Ted Kingsnorth for Just Do It

Commitment of the Year
goes to Ted Kingsnorth for Just Do It

Sport Route (Abroad) of the Year
goes to Ted Kingsnorth for Just Do It 

Siege for the Ages
goes to Ted Kingsnorth for Just Do It   

Identifying What You Are Good At and Taking it To Its logical Conclusion Regardless of the Cost of the Year
goes to Ted Kingsnorth for Just Do It

Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Imagination
An occasional award acknowledging ascents that show a particular choice to do what no one else would think of, provide a talking point and just bloody well make life a bit more interesting for all of us.
goes to Ted Kingsnorth for Just Do It 

Because lets face it if you or I had the means and / or the time would we spend it all repeatedly flying almost five thousand miles to try a route? No, we'd have bought a Porsche like every other sucker with no imagination.

Carbon Footprint of the Year
goes to Ted Kingsnorth for Just Do It 

Maybe knock the travel on the head for a while now eh Ted?

[Kingy]

Maybe knock the travel on the head for a while now eh Ted?

 
Enough seiges at Smith Rock for one lifetime   

In the current, ahem, climate, the impact of repeated flights cannot be ignored, will try to cut down on the impact! Spain and France have a lot going for them as climbing travel destinations!

https://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx

[Will Hunt]

UKB awards 2018

Do you know what, this is actually a really good idea for a thread of it's own as a place to offer recognition to regular contributors who you think have done something great that year. I mean, obviously you'd take the piss out of people so that it didn't get all sugary and horrible, but sometimes it's nice to be nice