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Wed 30th Sep Leo Lecture
On the 1st November Leo Houlding will be giving a lecture at The Climbing Works. As part of the lecture, you'll hear about his recent Baffin Island trip (with Big Pickles in tow) and the Asgard...
Sun 27th Sep New title for Big Pickles
Yes, he's back and he's slightly frostbitten! Current holder of the title "Britains Manliest Man", one of the original building team of The Climbing Works, all-round nice guy, and actually called...
Sat 26th Sep Climbing Works gets HRT
No, not Hormone Replacement Therapy (we're not old enough for that, yet!), but HRT climbing holds for a new white circuit. The holds are winging their way to us from darkest Bulgaria as I type this...
Mon 21st Sep Beastmaker Boards Now In Stock
As the title says, we now have Beastmaker 2000 fingerboards in stock instore and online. These things of beauty (and pain) have been extremely hard to get as the beastmaker lads have had such a...
Fri 18th Sep New Green circuit
As the title may suggest to many, The Works now has a new Green circuit set by me and Sam today. The grade range is from Font 3 to 4+ and there are 40 problems for you to try. Get down and try the...
Thu 17th Sep British Team Training...and New Prow Problems
Last weekend the British Bouldering Team spent 2 days thrashing themselves in The Climbing Works as part of a team training program. The first day involved alot of tests to identify strength and...
Wed 16th Sep Shop Offer - Boreal Mutants
We've got a new special offer on this week online and instore on Boreal Mutants. They were £75 , not get them for£55. These shoes are a great choice for bouldering being a mix of a slipper and...
Tue 15th Sep Bored? Board?....ahhh Motherboard
Once again the Works has been alive with the sound of drills. Today Sam has been stripping the Green circuit (a new one to be finished by Friday) while we've had the beastmaker boys in playing with...
Sun 13th Sep A little beta
The new brown circuit has been up for the last week or so and it has already had a good hammering from our customers. For those who would like to either see some of the problems on offer...or want a...
Tue 8th Sep New Brown Circuit & Wall
The works was a very busy place this morning. Percy finished off his part of the new ships prow (see pics below) with Sam currently painting and coo-varing it. This mighty beast should be open for...
Mon 7th Sep Cliffhanger on TV tonight
Just a reminder that Cliffhanger (the Sheffield version, not the movie) including the British Bouldering Championships will be on Sky TV this week. The times and dates are below Timetable: Monday...
Sun 6th Sep Busy Week
It's going to be a very busy week in The Climbing Works with the sounds of drills, saws and the coffee maching going full tilt, omni-present over the next 5 days. Tomorrow (Monday) see's Percy...
Wed 2nd Sep Rest day!
Yes, I'm having a rest day, so its been a six thirty start this morning with Annie who has just learnt to walk so now wants to walk everywhere all the time! All this 'resting' gives me time to ponder...
