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"Alpkids" Kids Climbing comp at Cliffhanger

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 MattH 08 Jun 2009


Alpkit will be at this year's Cliffhanger Festival (11-12 July, at Sheffield's Millhouses Park) with a new climbing event just for kids.

Alpkids on the Blocs is a fun climbing competition for children under 8 years old and their parents.

The Alpkit climbers will show the children and their parents how they can work together to climb safely together on the 8ft high blocs as they attempt to complete 10 boulder problems. Bouldering does not use any ropes and some say is the ultimate expression of climbing. Any problem completed first time will be rewarded with 20 points. The points received will decrease the more attempts the child has on the route.

Alpkids on the Blocs will be held in the main tent alongside the BMC's British Bouldering Competition and the Open Planet Fear Dyno Competition at Cliffhanger.

Watch the video for a taster of all things Cliffhanger.

You can find out more about Cliffhanger at http://www.cliff-hanger.co.uk

 UKB Shark 16 Jun 2009
In reply to MattH:

Anything for the 8-12 year olds ?
 Sarah Stirling 22 Jun 2009
In reply to Simon Lee:

Loads! see http://www.cliff-hanger.co.uk/whatson/ for the full list of events.

I would recommend:

Skateboarding Demos and Taster Sessions - Free
Sessions all weekend at the Millhouses Skate Park. In addition professional skaters from The House will give three 20 minute demonstration performances each day

Orienteering Ultra Sprint - Free
A high intensity, high speed form of orienteering, the Ultrasprint starts and finishes into a specially constructed labyrinth

and

Climbing - Come-And-Try-It Climbing Walls - Free
Full instruction and equipment will be provided free of charge. Open to all ages. Walls will be provided by:Foundry Mountain ActivitiesUpper Limits (Sunday Only)
 winhill 23 Jun 2009
In reply to Simon Lee:
> (In reply to MattH)
>
> Anything for the 8-12 year olds ?

You mean like the Alpkids thing?

http://www.cliff-hanger.co.uk/whatson/55/climbing-british-bouldering-champi...
 UKB Shark 24 Jun 2009
In reply to winhill:

Yes. There are very few kids bouldering comps for under 12's - shame there isn't one running at Cliffhanger. The Rab bouldering series at the Edge was excellent.
Alpnick 14 Jul 2009
In reply to everyone

Just to let everyone know how the kids got on.

http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=358727


OP MattH 14 Jul 2009
In reply to Alpnick:

Bad link I think!

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