[Moo]

Well i've heard if you fall off any of the problems you become pregnant regardless of sex.

[Percy B]

In order to prevent any further gossiping, mis-information, chinese whispers, etc, etc, here is what is happening. A new bouldering centre is lined up for Sheffield. It is a long way down the planning road, but until the project is signed and sealed there will be no official press release. As Dolly said, we are 95% of the way there, and will aim to make an announcement mid September, but don't particularly want to have our hand forced permaturely by the rumour mill!
All I will tell you is the following. We are looking to build the biggest and best bouldering centre the world has ever seen. The wall will been owned and run by myself and Sam Whittaker. We are both psyched out of our minds for this project, and will do our utmost to bring you the best bouldering wall you will ever want to climb in. More news when we're ready....... Cheers


Percy Bishton

[Bubba]

Good luck with the project Percy, sounds good

[Bubba]

Are the people right about the location btw, or is that secret? Something just down the road would be sweet.

[Percy B]

Massive factory? Sounds about right to me! And when we say massive, we mean massive.

[dave]

sounds good percy. lets hope the entry prices are reasonable. I'm a hard man to prise out of my cellar in the winter.

[Percy B]

I'll prise you from your cellar Dave. I'm about to buy the Worlds biggest boulderer magnet with which to attract you.

[dobbin]

Will such a device actively repel route climbers?

[Fiend]

Will such a device actively repel route climbers?

Pah!

Sounds exciting though Percy. Will they really have Orcs on reception?

[Paul B]

Will such a device actively repel route climbers?

Massive factory? Sounds about right to me! And when we say massive, we mean massive.

Dont be crazy dobbin, think of the traversing potential....

[Aussiegav]

i hope ther is a minimum weight restriction and a pair of fat calipers
don't need the eating disorder types from sports crags coming in and vomiting in the change rooms before trying a 60 move link up problem!!!!

[dave]

I'm about to buy the Worlds biggest boulderer magnet

I'm pretty sure that sharma would never drink Magnet.

[soapy]

is it true that five thousand fourth dynasty egyptians have been resurrected in order to move the fifty ton blocks of limestone, granite and grit necessary to construct the world's largest bouldering venue?

[SA Chris]

I hear the crash mats will be made of marshmallow, it will be climate controlled to extract chalk dust and the air temperature and humidity will be optimised for perfect conditions, and the air will be meadow scented. Miniature cleaning robots will be deployed to keep all holds clean at all times.

[soapy]

..but will have their bios set at an ego buffing 6A+ so as not to embarrass anyone

[Tommy]

Here's the website for the wall and all the info you could possibly want!

http://www.climbingworks.com/index.htm

[Dolly]

Link doesn't seem to work I'm afraid - anyone else ?

[Bonjoy]

Works on mine

[Tommy]

Try using a different internet browser??

[Bubba]

Doesn't work for me.

[cofe]

works for me.

very much looking forward to this.

[mowern]

As someone has pointed out on RT, if the site has only just been registered, it may take a while to filter through to all the various different DNS servers that people are routed through, so some people may be able to view it and others not...... I can't unfortunately.

[Fiend]

Question:

What is the reasoning / expectations behind this bouldering centre given that Sheffield has two excellent and one decent bouldering walls in the city, 3 more good bouldering walls within an hours drive, and the Peak District on the doorstep??

I respect the people involved, particularly Percy for his Edge route setting, but I'm wondering how this is going to work and be successful given the choices already available??

[Bonjoy]

 I imagine the idea is to poach a large portion of the customers from the other three, by offering a vastly superior wall.
 Lets face it the Matrix is not an amazing wall, smells, is very sweaty and the prob setting is poor, the only plus point being the price. The Edge is too expensive for what you get, it gets too crowded, you often feel like you are going to land on people/ be landed on  and lets face it the wall is very average, only worth going to because of Percy's excellent setting (which will soon be gone). The Foundry is a good bouldering wall, but not to all tastes, is on the wrong side of town and doesn't get re-set often enough.
 The Works boys will know all this and also know that none of the other walls has space to expand in order to match the size and quality of what they will be offering.
 I also think people will travel a bit further to get to somewhere really good.

[Paul B]

planetfear has a news item on it:

http://www.planetfear.com/news_detail.asp?n_id=5890

and two piccies.