The new Manchester Climbing Centre - the one we
told you about a few weeks ago - is finally opening its doors to
the public tomorrow, Saturday from 10 am.
It's
Manchester's first major climbing centre and is based in a converted
grade 2 listed church in Ardwick. The main man behind the centre is
top climber John Dunne, who'll be route setting and running his own
master classes for those keen to improve their climbing skills.
The main wall is 20 metres high, but there's also a large
bouldering area and no fewer than 75 rope lines. Other facilities
include a cafe, the Cotswold Rock Shop, showers, lockers, equipment
hire, indoor bike rack and, reassuringly, secure parking.
You can get the full blurb from the centre's web site, but it
looks like a cracking facility and should be a real boon for
Manchester-based rock climbers. Beginners are very welcome too with
courses available.
See the web
site for full details where you can also find a pre-registration
document to fill out and take along.
The indoor ice wall at the TNF store in Manchester is open for business with 40 tons of ice just waiting for a good kicking from your expertly wielded crampon points :-)
