THIS IS NOT A PLAY CENTRE. Parents with climbing experience: If you are an experienced climber you can supervise up to 2 children. There is no kids’ area, and the climbs are set for adults. This means they would still be suitable for teenagers. And we all know there are some 10 year olds that [...]
If you’ve climbed or bouldered before, absolutely. You will need to fill out a registration form HERE and confirm you are an experienced climber when you first visit. If on the other hand you don’t have sufficient climbing experience, then we need to get you booked onto a safety course. At quiet times this may [...]
Yes, and no! Although you are climbing not too far off the ground and there is foam matting below you, an awkward or unexpected fall from any height may result in injury. If you haven’t climbed or bouldered before, we insist you complete our Bouldering Safety Course with us, so we can point out the [...]
No. Once you’ve paid your entry you’re welcome to stay until we close at the end of the day. The only exception to this is if you’re on a session with one our instructors; birthday parties, fun sessions or kids clubs for example where our instructors are looking after you. If you're on our "Bouldering [...]
All children aged 16 and under need to be supervised by an adult when at The Boardroom. NB: We now run a strict supervision ratio of two children to one adult. If you are an experienced climber then they can be supervised by yourself. If not then they will need to be supervised by one [...]
Yes, if you’re just going to boulder you can. If you haven't climbed before or don't have much experience, please book yourself onto our “Intro to Bouldering” course. This course will cover important skills for your safety and the safety of other users whilst bouldering, as well as teaching you some handy climbing techniques and [...]
The Psicobloc (pronounced; see-koh-block) at The Boardroom is just a very high boulder, 8 meters high to be precise and very steep/overhanging with extra deep matting below it to take your fall! The word Psicobloc is Spanish and its direct translation is “crazy boulder”. It’s also another name for DWS (Deep Water Soloing) which involves [...]
An auto belay is an automatic belay device that eliminates the need for a human belayer. The auto belay is attached to the top of the wall taking up the slack as a climber ascends and controls the descent when the climber reaches the top or in the event of a fall.
Climbing ropes tend to have a breaking strain of 2,400kg which is way more than a car or even an SUV! You're going to have to eat a lot of tiffin to break one! Most items of climbing equipment such as karabiners, harnesses and slings have a similar breaking strain.
Top roping is without doubt the safest and easiest to learn of the two methods used in indoor climbing where a rope is required for safety (the other being “lead climbing”). While top roping indoors (here at The Boardroom the top rope walls are the green wall) the rope which is always in place, runs [...]
