Dave Douglas at Awesome Walls, Stockport and Phil Minal at the Redpoint Climbing Centre, Birmingham have sent over some pictures of their new walls.

Awesome Walls based at Pear Mill in Stockport is due to open December 8th 2007 and promises to be a welcome addition to the indoor climbing in the North West.

The bouldering wall (400m2)  is now complete and ready to be set. The 23.5m ‘Tall Wall’ area is now complete. This area is all high vertical routes with nine lines at 23.5m, six at 19m and six at 14m (three routes on each line).







The main area is now finished and is being painted. 24 of these lines will be 13.5m and 8 will be a respectable 12m.



The free-standing ‘Fin’ is now under construction in the centre of the main area. This will be a top-roping feature with routes of 6, 8 and 10m on featured climbing surface with tufa's, flakes, cracks, arêtes, chimney, pockets, jugs, crimps. This will be topped off with a belay/abseil station on top.


The Redpoint Climbing Centre in Birmingham is due to open on the 28th January 2008, and will be very popular with Midlands climbers.

With a footprint of over 10 000sq ft there is room for a huge array of walls and facilities. 12.5m high walls, dedicated beginners' areas, lots of bouldering and a purpose-built training room.

The walls will consist of many combinations of angles, arêtes, grooves, corners, edges, roofs, arches, cracks, chimneys and mantle shelves. We aim to provide hundreds of interesting routes across the full spectrum of grades, with daily route setting.




The opening of both walls will be eagerly anticipated, and any more information will be posted when it is received, but check out the walls websites for regular updates and information.

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