Let’s talk a bit about how we can train indoors during isolation to keep strong for when we next grip rock. Now first things first, if you have your own training room equiped with finger board, campus boards and training equipment, you’re laughing. The internet is chockablock with professional climbers YouTubing power training, endurance training […]
What fun, summer is around the corner after one of the wettest starts to the year on record. Then rather suddenly Covid-19 comes along, infinitely worse to climbers than any access nightmare and its shotgun wielding landlord, or bird-ban and the pecking insanity that comes with waiting for it to be lifted. Climbers generationally have […]
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Ambleside Climbing Wall’s Mini Monkeys scheme is a bit of a gem – schemes like ours are few & far between yet for kids they provide a pathway into a long lifetime of awesome climbing. Ethos: the age group of our Mini Monkeys is 5-7 which puts our Mini Monkeys in the ‘FUNdamentals’ stage of […]
This year has been a year of changes for Ambleside Climbing Wall. Old faces have departed, new faces have arrived (mine included) & since the new team was assembled in June our centre has already seen some exciting developments. Since bringing in the award schemes for our Mini Monkeys, Vertical Ninjas & Team Ambleside two […]
The wall will be open till 9.30pm every Sunday during the winter. Come and enjoy some winter training!
Just arrived in store. The brand new Petzl Meteor; featuring the super cool 1 handed magnetic buckle. And the super chic Petzl Elia; a ladies specific fit and design. Either helmet are ideal for cragging and winter days out, from scrambing, sport or trad climbing. You really do only have 1 head, and 1 very delicate […]
These great pictures come courtesy of Nigel Riley. He’s a member of the University of the Third Age, and their Climbing and Scrambling Group. They meet every week here at the wall. Every Friday the group are in top roping and leading, some have attended skills courses and all have seen great improvements! If you think […]
To all those who climbed at the wall over Easter, we hope you enjoyed yourself, and achieved some goals. Now the dust is settling, the team will be looking at cracking on with some setting. We’re be in the boulder room later. Then the main wall will get some TLC on Tuesday and Wednesday. So […]