Beta, training and setting-day notes.
Short guides from the coaches and routesetters who run the gym. Start with the beginner posts if it's your first month.
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Beginners
Technique
Training
Gym news
Kids
Beginners
5 min read
Your first bouldering session: what actually happens.
A minute-by-minute guide, from the front desk to your first top-out.
Technique
6 min read
How to read a problem before you pull on.
Find the start, the crux and the rest. Ninety seconds that save twenty attempts.
Gym news
4 min read
Why we reset two walls every single week.
What happens on a setting day, and why three weeks is the magic number.
Training
7 min read
Finger strength without the finger injuries.
When to start hangboarding, and the warm-up that keeps pulleys happy.
Beginners
5 min read
Climbing shoes: how tight is too tight?
Sizing, rubber and why your first pair should be comfortable.
Kids
4 min read
What kids actually learn on the climbing wall.
Problem solving, patience and how to fall well. Notes from Kids Club.
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