About Cliffhanger

Cliffhanger is one of the UK’s largest outdoor outdoor-pursuits festivals, based in one of Sheffield’s biggest green spaces.

The aim of the event is to Inspire & Involve. Featuring competitions or demonstrations in rock climbing, orienteering, kayaking, mountain biking, running, skiing & snowboarding, skateboarding, free running, adventure racing and more, visitors will be able to watch elite sports-people of all ages competing or demonstrating, and then take part in the sports they have just been inspired by.

There will also be scuba diving, angling, kite flying, assault courses, caving, a massive bargain area, music, plenty of children’s rides and other activities, food stalls, a market, and much, much more...

The activities will be aimed at people of ALL ages.

 

Patron

Legendary mountaineer and rock climber Joe Simpson is patron to Cliffhanger. Joe, who still lives in Sheffield and has enjoyed recent further TV success with the film Beckoning Silence, said

'I am proud to be patron of the Cliffhanger event in my home city. It is really appropriate that Sheffield is hosting such a major event, as it is ideally placed to become the outdoor activities capital of this country, with a significant part of the city being within the Peak District National Park - this country's most popular national park offering so many outdoor pursuits on the doorstep.

I have been fortunate to be able to climb in many countries around the world, but I always love returning to Sheffield and the nearby Peak District, which has now become the home of many other climbing enthusiasts.'