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PoloMisty 28 May 2013
Hello, can you tell me if there is any speed climbing walls in surrey I have tried doing google searches but it just seems to show scotland or usa, many thanks in advance
 Neil Williams 28 May 2013
In reply to PoloMisty:

Umm, pick any climbing wall, give your belayer a stopwatch?

Neil
 ericinbristol 28 May 2013
In reply to Neil Williams:

Speed climbing walls are standardised, always the same measures, inclination and placement of the particular holds.

Sounds unbelievably dull to me but each to their own.
 GridNorth 28 May 2013
In reply to ericinbristol: Seriously? God it's even sadder than I at first thought.
 ericinbristol 28 May 2013
In reply to GridNorth:

I am afraid so:
http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/about-ifsc/sport-department/speed-pr...

I can just hear it from non-climbers 'So, do you do that speed climbing then?' It will be a change from 'Climbing? Me too - I did one of those charity abseils once'.
 GridNorth 28 May 2013
In reply to ericinbristol: The complete antithesis of why I took up climbing and practice to this day.
 Neil Williams 28 May 2013
In reply to ericinbristol:

Really? OK, I stand corrected. I thought he just meant one with the start and stop timer buttons at the bottom and top.

Neil
In reply to PoloMisty:

We'll be placing a speed wall in our new climbing centre in Sheffield (3 hours drive) that's due to be open in August 2013.

The only other one I know of that's set to a close standard is The Beacon in North Wales.

Nothing in Surrey that I know of.

Dave D.
https://www.facebook.com/AwesomeWallsSheffield
http://www.awesomewalls.co.uk/blog/climbing-centre/sheffield
Removed User 28 May 2013
In reply to PoloMisty: Check out videos on you tube, very strange. Would certainly be more entertaining going to my local wall to see those sorts of shenanigans Each to their own......

> We'll be placing a speed wall in our new climbing centre in Sheffield (3 hours drive) that's due to be open in August 2013.
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I think that's an unduly pessimistic estimate of the time to drive over to Meadowhall from Sheffield, 2 hours in traffic is probably close to the mark......
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