It was 4 years ago since Ian Vickers won the Leading title in the European competition climbing championships.This year, British Bouldering Champ, Malcolm Smith is our great hope.He is currently leading the World Cup series having recently won Round 2 at Lecco and will be flying out to Chamonix to compete alongside fellow team members, Steve McClure and Lucy Creamer who will be competing in the Leading comp.Other boulderers in the team are Andrew Earl, Gareth Parry, Miles Gibson and Chris Graham, Adrian Baxter is competing in the Leading. ( Source: BMC )


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