Setting, setting, setting…  No rest for the wicked apparently!  Especially for Mark who has broken his hand but still keeps setting!!  Don’t worry though, we’re not abusing him too much.  He’s getting lots of support from Mikeeeee and Danie until he’s fixed again.

If you click the link below you’ll see what we’re up to over the next couple of months:

The Craggy Diary June & July 2011

Guildford have a selection of routes going up all around the centre.  New top ropes, lead climbs and bouldering so whatever lights your candle there’ll definitely be something to put a smile on your face!

Craggy2 will be setting in the Rock Room this month.  Potentially it will be team midget, aka, Danie and Mikeee, so watch out all you tall folk! 

As always, all feedback is gratefully received!  If you have any comments about Guildford please get in touch with Ben at ben@craggy-island.com and if you have comments about Craggy2 please get in touch with Gareth at gareth@craggy-island.com.

We have a lot of route setting coming up in the next couple of weeks starting with this coming Monday 6th June. The week’s antic will include the following areas being reset:

Routes 7 – 9 (Steep lead walls opposite the traverse wall)

Routes 19 – 20 (Steep lead walls near woody)

Routes 80 – 86 (Top Ropes closest to changing area)

As well as all of these being changed, the Boulder wall will also be having a reset on Thursday when Mark joins forces with the ever keen Mikey for problems galore!

The traverse wall will then be getting a reset on the 23rd June followed by the Auto Belays the week after on the 30th June.

Enjoy!

Tags: Guildford, Mark Croxall, mike hadcocks, route setting

Advance warning that we will be re setting both sides of the boulder wall this Monday 4th April. This means that the wall will be closed throughout the day while we set some new and exciting problems for you to all throw yourselves at!

In addition to this, the boulder wall will remain closed until 8pm that evening as we will be running coaching sessions for our Ladies night regulars. Both sides will be closed for this but will be fully open from 8pm onwards.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused but also thank you in advance for being patient on Monday!

Tags: boulder wall, coaching, Guildford, ladies, route, session, setting

We’re continuing with our monthly route setting schedule here at Craggy2 so the next dates for your diary are:

Rock Room 18th – 21st April 2011
Comp Room 23 – 27th May 2011

This means Mark and Co. will be setting the usual range of ladders to fierce problems to tax your climbing skills. As ever we aim to have the setting and testing completed by approximately 18:30 each day and the room back open for you to try the new routes.

With the new routes comes Boulder League (our fun climbing competition) so the next dates for you to work to are:

Thursday 21st April 2011
Thursday 27th May 2011

They are posted as events on the Craggy Island Facebook page so why not keep track of things there?

And finally Mark will be holding his technique sessions on Saturday 16th of April so if you are looking to improve your grade and technique why not give our reception team a call on 08448 808 866 and book a space now!

Gareth

Tags: bouldering, coaching, comp room, competition, Craggy2, Mark Croxall, new routes, route setting, Sutton, Sutton Bouldering

We have a busy couple of months coming up for route setting with lots getting set around the centre. Our team of route setters will be creating the usual array of routes for you to battle your way up and hopefully succeed. So to help you plan your climbing visits here is the route setting schedule for Guildford over the next couple of months:

March

 Thursday 24^th

Traverse Wall

 April

 Monday 4^th

Boulder Wall – Both Sides

 Tuesday 5^th – Wednesday 6^th

Ice Box (Routes 29 – 37)

 Thursday 7^th

Routes 21 – 25

 Friday 8^th

Routes 61 – 63

 Thursday 14^th

Auto Belays

 Thursday 28^th

Traverse Wall

We are still mapping out May at the moment, but as soon as we have this all scheduled in we shall let you know. Enjoy!

Tags: april, Guildford, ice box, march, route setting