What is climbing?
What is climbing and how can I get started…
introducing non climbers to a life away from the ground
Here at The Pinnacle Climbing Centre, we are passionate about introducing non climbers to a life away from the ground.
We provide a totally unique indoor climbing experience. Open to all ages for leisure, we also provide climbing courses, cater for parties and provide school holiday day clubs. We also specialise in business & corporate team building events with a particular emphasis on communication, motivation, learning and performance related outcomes.
So if you are looking for an exciting challenge with your work colleagues, friends or family look no further than us! Our climbing walls have over 200 routes up to 12.5 meters high. Our bouldering room has over 70 problems.
What is indoor climbing?
Indoor climbing walls were initially developed by rock climbers wanting a place to train for climbing outdoors, but indoor climbing has since developed into a sport in its own right. Indoor climbing is split into bouldering and roped climbing; for more details on both of these keep reading!
What if I just want to give climbing a try?
If you are not sure how you would take to climbing and you want to have a quick try or simply want an instructor to do all the rope work for you and your friends then we can do a taster session for you.
For more details on these taster sessions and all our courses, click here.
What if I want to learn to boulder?
Bouldering is climbing without a rope in a dedicated bouldering area, up to 4.5m in height, where there is a continuous surface of large crash matting. If you have no previous climbing experience, we run Bouldering Inductions throughout the week, please just call the centre to book.
What if I want to learn to climb on a rope?
Roped climbing is climbing on higher walls, (up to 12.5m high in our centre), using a rope for protection if you fall and to lower the climber back to the ground. This is always done in groups of 2 or more people; one person climbing and the other person controlling the rope (“belaying”). In order to learn the skills required to climb on the ropes unsupervised, you need to do a Climbing Induction, or one of our Beginners Climbing Courses.