The Climbing Academy – World class bouldering and good coffee!

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July 21st, 2010

I had a chance yesterday to check out the site of the new Climbing Academy bouldering wall and have a chat with Paul Twomey, one of the men behind the project. First impressions…. it’s absolutely massive!!!! This can only mean one thing, an obscene amount of bouldering from training boards, slabs, verticals and overhangs up to 50 degrees. On top of all that, there will be a cafe that I’ve been assured will sell good coffee. What more could you ask for?

 

Work has started on the wall now and should be ready for another Scottish winter, although no date has be set for opening. I’ll have more photos and updates as the build progresses.

 

Rest assured, in a few months time Glasgow will have one of the best bouldering walls in the UK, if not Europe and its only 5 minutes drive from my work. Sweet!

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2 comments

    nice…

    Mark McGowan
    July 24, 2010 at 8:13 am

    Unfortunately we’ve had to stop working in Glasgow for a few weeks until work that the landlord needs to do can be completed. The building is quite complex and is being split up into several different units for us and other operators. Co-ordinating this work and getting it agreed by Glasgow City Council Building Control has become much more complicated than everyone expected, so it makes sense for us to stop work for a while to give the landlord a clear run at things.
    It’s difficult to be sure at this stage how long the delay will be but it’s certainly going to put the opening back by a few months (probably early in the New Year now). We’re meeting with all the engineers and architects next week so might have a better idea in a couple of weeks time. We’ll update you all as soon as we can.

    Paul T
    August 22, 2010 at 6:43 am

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