Hi.
New climber, with 2 boys. We tried bouldering overseas, and would like to continue here.
We live in orpingron, and are looking for some pointers and good places we can go together. At the start, i will supervise them ( they are 8).
Would like to belay for them too, and need to learn that.
Any good places we can try?
Hi there. 61 year old. Total beginner, had 60 kilos of weight loss and now want an activity to keep me physical, build my strength back and improve confidence. Never enjoyed heights and so looking to challenge myself in a safe supervised way. I will be in London end of August until mid January. Where do I start? Many thanks.
Hi everyone,
I'm a UK climber and I've recently launched a small side project called CLIMB Coffee. Basically combining two things I'm fairly obsessed with: climbing and good coffee.
The idea is to sell good-quality speciality coffee aimed at climbers, but also build up useful content around making genuinely good coffee at the crag.
It's still very early days, so I'd genuinely love some feedback from other climbers. Is this something you could see yourself buying? Does the idea make sense? And I'd be particularly interested to know what you think of the website and whether anything puts you off.
I'm not expecting everyone to be into it, so criticism is very welcome!
Hi, wondered if anyone knows/has used a hypnotherapist for the above, would prefer someone who is actually a climber. Or some other psychological technique!
Please no suggestions for fear of falling workshops etc, other factors mean these don’t work for me.
Am in the Midlands but am ok to travel. I’m sure there used to be a guy in Bristol but can’t find him now.
Many thanks.
Me and me friends want to go to Peak District and boulder for a month. How is the weather in these september and October. Is it still good for climbing or to wet?
Hi everybody 👋
So I am headed to the UK this week for my sister's wedding in Chippenham and was hoping to get out deep water soloing. Was wondering what crags you'd recommend that could cater to both 6c/7a and beginners. (Our beginner friends may not join us, but it would be nice to have the option)
Do we need a boat? Would paddleboards work? Are any accessible by land?
Any and all tips are appreciated! Thanks from 🇨🇦
I'm a strong and safe sport climber looking for more leading partners for The Castle wall and also continental trips when it cools down. Please get in touch. I did post a heroic shirtless picture but everyone took the piss.
I am looking for people to climb with. Based in Leeds, can drive/car share to peaks/dales/lakes/Snowdonia fairly easily.
No experience trad climbing, building up a rack. have a rope, some slings, quickdraws, nuts and cams. Just about enough for sport/ single pitch trad.
I climb indoors most days and spend lots of time outdoors hill walking/scrambling (training for MLA).
I work 4 on 4 off nights so have lots of free time, especially on week days.
About me: 32 years old, love reading and talking about mountaineering and climbing. Looking for like minded people to help me on my trad apprenticeship!
Guys I’ve got a home wall. The grid is 15 x 15cm.
I want to set up a mini moonboard.
The wall is already 2.4m x 2.4m with a kickboard.
I can’t really put new panels on because I won’t have anywhere to store the old panels/holds.
My plan was to mark out the rows and columns on the board as per the mini moonboard schematic and then see which existing holes match, and drill new ones as needed.
Does that sound like a good plan?
Here’s a picture of the wall.
It’s already at a 35-40 degree angle.
Wanting to get into climbing, wondering if anyone could give me advice on where to start,uk based
Hi all, first post here. I’m looking at getting a PAS, something like the OCUN Sbea. I was wondering if anyone had experience of using twin gate carabiners for this use rather than a screwgate. As far as I can tell on the Sbea the carabiner doesn’t provide friction in the device.
Primary use would be UK multi pitch trad (I don’t normally use a PAS but might) and also some winter climbing (hence my thoughts around the benefits of a wire gate and not a screwgate)
Has anyone had any experience of doing this, grateful to hear any thoughts on compatibility or safety too.
Thinking of heading to pavy on Friday and interested in coati but reading the UKC there’s some mixed reviews any tips on tackling this one?
A gym favourite but rarely seen in the wild. I imagine just based on probabilities, due to much higher number of moves involved, they may crop up in sport climbing more?
Only one i know is the boulder Floatin 8C+ which is probably one of my favourites because of he required clock move, so sick.
What problems or routes do you know that either most people use a clock move for or it is an essential part of the beta?
I'm thinking of going to almscliff, it looks really good, but i just thought I'd ask if anyone had been there, if other people go there often, and if anyone knew what the general concensus was on people top-roping there was. Thanks.
Hi! I’ve just arrived in Sheffield and my car rental fell through. I was planning on doing some stuff around Stanage but looks unlikely without a car.
Any help with what I should do? Need to head back to London sunday evening. It’s currently 10:30 on Saturday, so not gonna be picky