Visiting Dave in Birmingham, part 2: we get up stupidly early (like, before nine) on Sunday for some reason. By about 11 we’re down at the Rockface for a spot of climbing, which devolves into a competition to do silly moves on the bouldering wall:
Ken off to a good start
Tim hangin’ tough
Me looking silly
Joss feels the burn…
… then hits the deck!
There’s three major climbing walls in London. However, the Westway Sports Center is one of the most dramatic locations - underneath the huge flyover there are football pitches, basketball courts and the main tent-like structure that contains the climbing walls.
Went climbing with Barry at Harrison’s Rocks today. Good stuff (if a lot of driving) - thoroughly recommended to any other top-roping indoor climbers like myself!
The crags are set in a forest so you get quite amazing scenes like these tree roots dangling down the rock:
You get loads of people down at the rocks when it’s a nice sunny day…
The campus board at The Castle is a bit of a challenge, especially when (like me) you’ve not been climbing for some time. Managed to struggle up a few rungs, though, which was nice… 