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Edinburgh walls - where's best
December 15, 2014, 12:41:34 pm
Hi Guys,

I'm going to be visiting family in Edinburgh in the days between Christmas and New Year and would love to squeeze in a couple cheeky hours at a wall. I know that both Alien A2 and Ratho are open, but having never been to either I've no idea which would be best.
I'm only interested in bouldering - what would people recommend?

Cheers,
Josh

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#1 Re: Edinburgh walls - where's best
December 15, 2014, 12:43:15 pm
I like Alien Rock!

Ratho's ok, I suppose... 😉

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#2 Re: Edinburgh walls - where's best
December 15, 2014, 12:55:55 pm
Alien Rock 2 for bouldering, without a shadow of doubt

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#3 Re: Edinburgh walls - where's best
December 15, 2014, 03:11:33 pm
Plus you can easily get to AR2 in (close to) central Edinburgh with public transport, so don't need to worry about new booze laws. Worth going for a look at Raho though, if you've never been before.

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#4 Re: Edinburgh walls - where's best
December 15, 2014, 04:03:20 pm
FWIW I didn't find it too bad the one time I tried  getting to Ratho from Haymarket.
Bus to Ratho Village then walk along canal (head torch would have been useful though).

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#5 Re: Edinburgh walls - where's best
December 15, 2014, 05:39:56 pm
I should point out my bias, since I helped build Alien...


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#6 Re: Edinburgh walls - where's best
December 18, 2014, 09:47:27 am
Never been to Alien but I definitely rate Ratho even just for the bouldering - I've travelled over a few times from Glasgow just to boulder at Ratho instead of sticking to TCA (Ratho has a much nicer selection of holds and a better selection of problems that are powerful rather than knacky / precarious). Adam L was complaining about the problem setting last time I was there but at the stuff up to & including V6 I can vouch for them being good fun problems. There's plenty to go at with two full bouldering areas too.

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#7 Re: Edinburgh walls - where's best
December 23, 2014, 12:23:58 pm
Turns out my sister (who I'm staying with) doesn't live far from Ratho, so it's more likely I'll end up heading there.
Nice to know it's still pretty decent though.

Thanks fellas

 

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