It’s that time again and next week it’s the turn of the Rock Room here at Craggy2 for a reset by our lovely set of setters…

Mark ‘locks’ Croxall*

ably assisted by Mike ‘I’m a Pantene man myself’ Hadcocks

As usual they’ll be creating another room full of fiendishly lovely problems across the four days. The room will be closed for public climbing each day until approx 18:30′ish, though we’ll endeavour to get it open asap.

This therefore means it’s the final round of our hotly contested Winter Boulder League on Thursday 26th April – see you there!

Gareth

* Mark ‘may’ have changed his hairstyle since this photo was taken.

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The comp wall is being re-set this week so that means that it is time for Round 2 of the leading league. There will be some competition routes up from tonight, 7th March and all routes will be up by Friday 9th March. The competition will finish 6 weeks later on the 20th April. It will run with the same format as the last round with 5 routes per category.

Although it is a competition it is definitely not all about winning. Taking part in a competition is a great way to improve your climbing and give you a focus when down at the wall, it will also give you something to work towards in between each competition and will be a great way to compare your progress in between the comp wall sets.

Rules

 - You can have as many goes on each route as you like but the less goes that you complete the route in, the more points that you get. A maximum of 100 points per climb is awarded for those who complete the route on their first go.

-An ascent counts as climbing the route from the bottom to the top, clipping all the quickdraws on the way and without sitting/resting on the rope.

- If you fall off an attempt you should ideally lower straight down to the ground and not practice any of the moves higher up.

- This is a fun competition and we are leaving it up to you to mark your own scorecards and be honest with how many attempts it has taken you.

- There are 5 different categories and prizes will be awarded to the winners of each, with spot prizes given out to those who we deem have tried the hardest!

Scorecards cost just £1.50 or free if you are a 3 star member, plus your normal entry and it is then up to you to keep hold of your scorecard and log each ascent. At the end of the 6 weeks or when ever you have finished you just had your scorecard in and we add it up.

The categories are as follows; Male, Female, Junior (Under 16) and Veteran (40+) which range from grades 5+ – 7A  and a special Elite category which has climbs between 6C – 8A.

We are also pleased to announce that Wild Country have agreed to sponsor this round so there will be some great prizes up for grabs. Check them out here www.wildcountry.co.uk

If you are interested in entering or would like some more information then please have a chat with our reception team on your next visit!

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A quick reminder that we are resetting the Rock Room here at Craggy2 on Monday 27th of February through to Thursday 1st of March 2012.

The Rock Room will be shut during the day for climbing whilst Mark and his merry men (+ Danie!) do their stuff, but we’ll endeavour to get it open again by 18:30 – 19:00 each day*

So that means the Thursday 1st March is Winter Boulder League Round 2 from 18:30 – see you there

Gareth

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* dependant on how hard we flog the jet washers to get the holds clean – erm hold on – that might be me….

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Christmas will come early for Craggy2 as we get the company of our merry route setting elves next week in the Rock Room.

They’ll be hard at work setting from Monday 19th through to Wednesday 21st of December. So if you’ve any projects left in the Rock Room then now is the time to come down and finish them off in preparation of a whole room full of new routes!

A new set also means it’s time for Boulder League – so see you on Thursday 22nd December for the last comp of the year with festive prizes. For more details see the Craggy Island Facebook site. The unconfirmed reports that our very own Luke will be dressing up as Santa for the night are completely unfounded…

Gareth :0)

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We have a jam packed week of route setting taking place from this Monday!

There will be new routes popping up all over the place so lots to keep you busy.

Mark will be in all week setting at various locations around the centre but mainly the top ropes and Mikey will be joining in the fun on Monday and Wednesday for the traverse wall and auto belays.

A full list of what panels will be set and when will appear on Monday, but what you can count on is a lot of the usual weird and wonderful creations from the dynamic duo!

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