Moon board

We've just installed a Moon board upstairs- for hose of you not in the know, this is a steep (40 degree) training panel using a specific set of holds provided by ben Moon. The holds can be orientated in various set ways, and problems are downloadable so that we can set the exact same problem using the grid as others set- a sort of National Curriculum for climbing training. Is this the future of climbing? You can find out when the holds arrive in the next couple of weeks.

Dry Tooling event in February

In conjunction with Pete Hill of drytooling UK we are running a Dry tooling weekend on the 5th-7th february. All information is on the website, but in brief there will be come snd try sessions, workshops and a fun comp, together with barbecue. It is very much aimed at beginners as well as experts- if you've never done any winter stuff, you are in the majority so no need to feel intimidated!
To find out more about dry tooling in general, click on the link to Pete Hills' website;
www.drytoolinguk.com
If you are interested in any of the workshops Pete will be running get in touch with us at the wall, as places are limited.
Hope to see you there

t-shirt weather-over christmas!

Thanks to Geoff for holding the fort over the Christma break. This allowed us to get up to Yorkshire for a few days, where we managed to climb in sunshine for 3 days in succesion. Only the central Consenting Adults" area was really dry at Malham, but it seemed a real bonus to be getting anything done considering the amount of snow around. I haven't seen snow in this ountry lik this for a long time. The top of the cove had a substantial cornice along the rim, and throughout the day this came crashing down in mini-avalanches - all very alpine.

Circuits now available as downloads

I'm updating all the new circuit info by putting it onto downloadable sheets on our website: www.newportrock.com/the_centre/circuits/
These show each problem, how hard/easy it is compared to the circuit average, and can be used for your own ticklist if so desired.

Christmas presents!

Our latest order has arrived in time for Christmas, and we have lots of nice stuff in, from Prana beanies and chalkbags through to Metolius crash pads. As we are now doing gift vouchers, you needn't agonize too much over what to buy your other half.

Autumn Aggregate

This has now finished, and I'll put the results up on the website and on the blog asap. We'll present the prizes on Friday night after the bouldering comp- thanks to everyone who competed.

Good results at midland Youth comp

Quite a few of our junior climbers turned out for Sunday's round of the Midland Youth Climbing Series www.myclimbingeries.co.uk Full results haven't been published yet, but Duncan Gladwin did particularly well in winning his group- congratulations Duncan!