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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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 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!

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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

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