Do you want to take the next step from lead climbing indoors to sport lead climbing outdoors? It’s easier than you think. You just need a longer rope – 50 m, 60 m, 70 m depending on where you want to climb, a set of quickdraws, a belay device, a sling and a couple of screw […]
Winter woollies
The Climbing Wall Award has proved very popular this Winter with 2 Training Courses and one Assessment – 12 candidates working their way through the process. Congratulations to Rob Stanfield on his excellent pass. A strong candidate at Training back in September and now a confident and experienced Instructor. One of the Training Courses was block […]
A Taste of Summer Climbing
What a fickle lot we are with the regards to the weather in this country, too hot, too cold, too wet, too windy – is it ever just right? If we waited for the perfect conditions we’d never do anything. I always check the forecast and go where the sunshine is. June has been another […]
Syndi and Jim taking the lead ….climbing course
Doing an indoor sport lead course is a great way to improve your climbing technique, make your climbing experience more challenging and more interesting. Most climbers learn to climb indoors using preplaced top ropes, but the only way forward is to do harder routes which you can only climb if there is a top rope […]
Portland – UK’s equivalent of Sun & Rock
The Isle of Portland is found on the south coast near Weymouth in Dorset. It has its’ own micro climate and incredible sport climbing opportunities. Grades vary from 3 – 8b!!! You can be on Portland surrounded by blue sky and look back to the Dorset coast and see it shrouded in cloud. The best […]