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STS2011 – Round Two – Glenmore Lodge

Image from Google Saturday October 22, 2011 Description: Timings: Registration at 09.00. Briefing at 9.30 Qualifiers from 9:30am c3:00pm ,  Finals from 4pm. Route setting: The indoor wall The granite towers Dry tooling wall. Sponsors: Equipment: Crampons required for routes on the granite towers. Tools and spikes available for hire for a small fee from the [...]


Routesetter’s Review – Schmoolz D10

It’s often too easy to knock something new, especially if you’ve never tried it before. That’s certainly the view that I first took when my Schmoolz arrived through  the post! That view changed quickly once I got to our indoor wall here at the Lodge. I had envisaged having to change holds around and set [...]


A review of strength and endurance in climbing

NB: This article used to live in the articles section of my old site. I’ve reposted it here since it was really popular. Note that it’s nearly ten years old now! Background Sport climbing is the branch of rock climbing involving routes protected by pre-placed anchor bolts. The explosion in popularity of sport climbing and organised competitions have prompted a significant rise in participation and standards in recent decades. The focus of this new discipline is the athletic and competitive aspects of


First Weeks With a Fingerboard

After about two years of constant "canwecanwecanwe?" / "no, you'll only injure yourself" / "but pleeeeeeeeeeeeease", and one decisive bout of steep limestone sport climbing in Spain that made us both admit that we just had to get better finger strength, I finally relented and bought Lise (well, ok - us ) a Metolius Simulator Fingerboard for Christmas. A mere four hours of strenuous screwing later (stop sniggering at the back there) it was installed in pride-of-place above the living room door, and my wrist


6 ways to improve your climbing and have fun

Image from Google Having trouble staying motivated on your indoor climbing wall? Looking for some inspiration? Round up some of your climbing friends and give these wall games a try: 1. Add on circuits (Endurance) Add on is a great game for the end of a climbing session. 3 - 6 people are best for this game as each person can add a few moves in turn. First climber starts the route by adding 5 moves, second climber adds another 3 - 5 moves depending on the number of climbers and so on until everyone has added moves. The first


Malin Holmberg

Image from Google Name: Malin Holmberg aka "The Terrrier" City: Gothenburg, Sweden Favorite climbing locations: Spain: Terradets Rodellar Margalef France: Buoux Gorge du tarn Seynes Ceüse Sweden: Bohuslän Kjugekull Norway: Lofoten Kvaloya Stryn Loven May 2009: After a long indoor season, Malin is really hungry for outdoor climbing and lucky for her the spring has arrived in Sweden! So far she’s had some great days bouldering in the area of Gothenburg and in "Kjugekull" in the south of Sweden. She first started climbing