Just to let you all know that The Climbing Works will open from 10am starting from Monday 22nd December until the New Year when we return back to normal opening hours.

Christmas Opening Times:

22nd Dec - 10-10

23rd Dec - 10-10

24th Dec - Half Day (10am - 4pm)

25th Dec - CLOSED

26th Dec - CLOSED

27th Dec - 10-8

28th Dec - 10-8

29th Dec - 10-10

30th Dec - 10-10

31st Dec - 10am - 6pm NOTE NEW CLOSING TIME!

1st Jan - CLOSED

2nd Jan - 12-10

Friday night and R2 of the Berghaus Bouldering League saw yet another close competition with the Men's only being decided by 1 point. 25 problems and a big crowd meant it was a great night with alot of big efforts and big falls. Alot of the early excitement and eyes of many competitors were focused on the bonus special problem, that being unclimbed in the 1st round, now had a cash prize of £150 attached to it. This time Percy set an even longer volumes only problem with his favourite type of hold thrown in...a double jam on a roof.

Dave Barrans on the bonus cash problem

Across from Manchester, Dave Barrans came looking exclusively for the cash problem and after a few warm ups he went to work figuring out the beta. A fine effort took him to the penultimate hold but a rookie mistake of not taking a chalk bag cost him dear as he was dispatched off the sloping feature. After a long rest and another look at the finishing moves he set off again, sans chalkbag, and dispatched the final moves with aplomb. A fine effort and well worth the £150.

Leah Crane

In the Mens, visiting Aussie John Merz took top spot (stopping early as he has a bad wrist) while Leah Crane continued on her form from R1 taking top spot in the Womens. Full results from R2 are available here>>

Mens Top 3:

John Merz 175

Dawid Skoczylas 174

Andy Bowman 131

Female Top 3:

Leah Crane  147

Rae Cowie 122

Tiffany Melius 113

Under 18

Nathan Philips 105

Jamie Sheard 96

Charlotte Garden 92

R3 is on Friday, 16th January 2009 so stick it in your diary and come get involved!!

A couple of weeks ago we reset  the children’s boulders. There are now three mini circuits numbered around both boulders. The orange is the easiest followed by brown and then a hard green and pink spots circuit.

These are for children of all ages to test their technique and climbing ability and to offer a change to regular users of the wall. These problems should stay up for two months before being completley reset again. In the next week a couple more problems will be added on the slab to help those who can’t always reach the holds.

The topos are available to download here. These will add fun, focus and learning to your child’s climbing session. The topos included a tick list and various technical terms to learn and find on different problems.

With the completion of the latest blue circuit we now have 9 full circuits plus one easy purple circuit on the main walls. You can download the new topo from here>>