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Articles - Starting Out - Beginner's Guides
Urban Climber: Learning to lead at the climbing wall
Posted: 05 Aug 2010
In our series of tips to help you get more out of your indoor climbing wall sessions Rob Mitchell, director of Craggy Island in Guildford, shows you the basic skills for leading at the wall.
Beginner's Guide: The figure of eight knot
Posted: 21 Jul 2010
In this brief photo guide we'll show you the ropes on how to tie the double figure of eight knot, used to tie the rope into your harness when rock climbing.
Beginners’ Guide: Climbing Grades
Posted: 05 Mar 2010
Neil Gresham attempts to set straight some of the confusion that surrounds the various climbing grading systems that are used in the UK, covering trad climbing grades, sport climbing grades, and bouldering grades.
Beginners' Guide: Rock Climbing Ethics
Posted: 16 Feb 2010
To a newcomer in the climbing world it must seem quite odd to have an ethical code for climbing pieces of rock. Indeed one never hears about the ethics behind cycling, fell running or any other outdoor sport, so why for climbing?
Beginner's Guide: Top-rope Belaying (Part 1)
Posted: 22 Jan 2010
Video: How to take in slack rope and belay a climber safely.
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Beginner's Guide: Top-rope Belaying (Part 2)
Posted: 22 Jan 2010
Video: How to belay safely and lower a climber down when top roping.
Beginners' Guide: Bouldering Gear
Posted: 11 Jan 2010
In this month’s Beginners’ Guide article, Jamie Maddison takes a lightning video tour over all the possible bits of gear an aspiring boulderer is likely to need.
Beginner's Guide: How to Mount a Fingerboard
Posted: 05 Nov 2009
This article, written by the Beastmaker team, aims to help people realise that you can easily put up a fingerboard without bringing down the house.
Beginners' Guide: Rope Coiling
Posted: 24 Oct 2009
This vid explores and explains an easy way to coil your climbing ropes. This will help avoid those frustrating moments at the base of the crag trying to untangle the mess of knots at the bottom of your rucksack!
Beginner's Guide: Climbing Films
Posted: 07 Sep 2009
Next in the Beginner's Guide series; the top five climbing films you must see if you have never seen before.
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