[davej]

Thinking of checking out the new training room at kendal wall is it worth a visit? cheers dave

[tomtom]

I went to the Kendal wall for the first time in years over Xmas and found the multitude of bouldering rooms/chambers a bit confusing.. But there was some good stuff there. Not sure about a training room though.. Seemed a bit pricey for a visitor too..

[davej]

thanks apparently you need to do an induction as well which is free

[biscuit]

It's Ok i guess but i have very little to compare it to. They have:

a pull up/dips machine
campus board - 3 sizes of rungs
Systems board
Big woodie
fingerboards ( inc BM's + rock rings )
pull up bar

I only had a play about. The campus board is one that you can whack your knees on going for the top rungs and the spacings are different bewtween the rungs due to them squeezing 10 in without the headroom. The systems board seemed very easy, but would serve as an excellent warm upo for the woodie, and whilst the holds are symmetric the footholds aren't meaning you won't be working each side equally. Minor grumping really.

The woodie is big and felt very hard ( for me ). That looks to be the best bit.

If you get membership and a 12 visits for price of 10 card it's still good value.

My main grump about it is that they don't grade all the problems. Everything is banded into circuits ranging from V1-V3  or V2-V5 etc. Surely if they've set the problem they could stick a grade on it. I'm hopeless at grading and find it hard to work out whether i've had a good session or not.
 

[davej]

thanks biscuit think i'll check it out next week