Information about Rock Climbing, for Beginners. Useful, friendly advice to help you get started.
Dec 29
Over the next few weeks there will be some exciting changes here at TryClimbing. For almost a decade (how time has flown!) TryClimbing has advertised Climbing Instruction for beginners, outside across the UK with Steve Puttick. Drawing on this experience TryClimbing is now being re-created to focus on providing free online advice for beginners. Bookmark …
Sep 11
Attention all climbing mums & dads! Fed up of endless Zebras, Zylophones and Frogs in your baby’s picture books?! Finally there is a climbing solution. Ideal for those late nights gazing at pictures, over on teachclimbing.co.uk there is a brand new high contrast book ‘MTNS FOR BABY’. Black & White images great from birth and …
Apr 21
The BMC have recently released a great article about ‘campus board’ training. If you have been to an indoor wall you may well have seen one of these lovely pieces of equipment. Probably the simplest of all climbing features to install, they consist simply of a piece of 18mm plywood, about 2m x 4m, starting …
Sep 24
Thanks (again) to Sean Pentony for the heads up about odosketch. Just checked out his blog here and enjoyed his online heart! So I’ve just spent the last half an hour messing around with it and creating my mountain sketch:
Sep 20
At the wall this morning I noticed a couple of other things that illustrate the stuff I was talking about in this previous post. To recap, we discussed how really paying attention to your feet and even getting them onto holds silently was a great way to improve your climbing. The photos I took illustrate …
Sep 17
When people book with Try Climbing, they often say ‘I’m really excited, but… I won’t be any good at climbing – I’m far too weak’. This is a popular climbing myth. In my experience, people who say this usually get on much better and more quickly than (guys) who say they’re strong but quickly tire! …
Sep 05
It’s an age old question: Why Climb? Because it’s there?! Try Climbing are carrying out some research through an online survey. If you climb and would like to take part it’s here. Many thanks to all those guys who have taken part (and so far it is mostly ‘guys’! with only 2% of responses being from …
Aug 31
You’ve got your rock boots, you’ve got your mat and even some chalk – you’re ready to go bouldering outside! You might have been bouldering at an indoor wall, but… What is going to be different when you head outside? Because the ground won’t be a flat matted area, you need to watch your landings. …
Aug 22
What climbing kit should I buy first? Simple: Rock Shoes! Footwear for climbing has evolved from boots with nails in to high-tech, asymmetrical shoes that don’t look dissimilar to ballet shoes. The shoes you wear are the most important piece of kit you can buy because your feet are the most important part of your body …
Jul 18
Just back from a fab weekend in Barcelona. While it wasn’t a climbing trip, I did see two cool things: – An inflatable climbing wall! Audi has set this up next to the Marina as part of a big sailing event. The wall looked essentially like a vertical bouncy castle, with climbing holds sticking out! …
