[mrjonathanr]

A dozen posts ago ?

This is the only climbing wall I've ever known that feels like proper climbing, not some plastic derivative. It'll be a real shame if it finally goes.

[dan lane]

sad news indeed.

Would it be possible to remove the climbing surfaces and relocate them to another place?

[Ru]

sad news indeed.

Would it be possible to remove the climbing surfaces and relocate them to another place?

No, I think they'd just crumble.

[i.munro]

See if you can get it listed ( one of the few surviving examples  example of spray concrete sports facilities sort of thing).

[dan lane]

sad news indeed.

Would it be possible to remove the climbing surfaces and relocate them to another place?

No, I think they'd just crumble.

I thought as much...you'll all have to come to Glossop wall instead, second only to Broughton!

[davej]

gutted broughton wall is the best bouldering wall ever  crucible of crimp power !!! long live broughton power!!!!

[Jim]

I'm going to stage a sit in and chain myself to sector 3

[Probes]

I wonder if you could take a still saw to it and cut it up into 4 foot square sections or the like. Then relocate?

[Tim Broughtonshaw]

Tim's going to take this the hardest, has anyone told him yet?

 

Emoticons don't quite express it enough.

i heard from Dave Hinton on sunday whilst cheating on broughton at another wall...(feel so guilty now).

Believe what/when/if hasnt been established yet but im sure its due to the budget cuts broughton in by the tories/ recession.


I did email Nick Colton @the bmc asking him if there was anything they could investigate.  Reckon the more people which canvas thebmc then ultimately the more force may be put behind any potential petition/action.

Cheers
Tim
p.s. cannot help but think that if more effort had been put into the additional training modifications (specifically to the freestanding boulder and matting) by some of the staff then the balance sheet for the wall would have looked more rosy. Which may have helped/help any future arguments regarding closure.  In the summer the concrete wall is difficult to use, and the wall is more significantly down in relative numbers verses the winter than other bouldering walls forexample.

Cheers
Tim

[clm]

i was gonna suggest listing too. Is there anyone one here with the knowhow about how such a thing could be done?

[Zods Beard]

Sad times indeed, first the Gorton Garage, now Broughton.

[ShortRound]

Absolutely gutted. Only just started climbing there!

[Serpico]

i was gonna suggest listing too. Is there anyone one here with the knowhow about how such a thing could be done?

You'd need to embellish it's history a little, for instance; did you know that Rudyard Kipling regularly bouldered there? and that Broughton was partly the inspiration for 'If'?
If's Original deleted ending:
If you can latch 72 and pull through to 94,
then the top and everything that's on it will be yours,
and which is more - you'll be a man my son.

[shark]

If you can latch 72 and pull through to 94,
then the top and everything that's on it will be yours,
and which is more - you'll be a man my son.

That sounds ruddy 'ard   

[Tim Broughtonshaw]

i was gonna suggest listing too. Is there anyone one here with the knowhow about how such a thing could be done?

You'd need to embellish it's history a little, for instance; did you know that Rudyard Kipling regularly bouldered there? and that Broughton was partly the inspiration for 'If'?
If's Original deleted ending:
If you can latch 72 and pull through to 94,
then the top and everything that's on it will be yours,
and which is more - you'll be a man my son.

took me a while to remember where 72 was... i felt ashamed.. then i realized its on the right hand side of sector hero. pah thats not where the hard stuff lives

He should have spent more time on the left hand side of sector hero. Wouldn't have been able to write so well after so much sustained crimping.

Cheers
Tim

[davej]

Haven't been down for years do you still get a good turn out on a tue and thurs eve? with nick colton  etc

[griffer]

407   2   6c+      A, B, V, 84   Smears and named footholds

my personal favourite, will i ever get a chance to do it again?

[rginns]

407   2   6c+      A, B, V, 84   Smears and named footholds

my personal favourite, will i ever get a chance to do it again?

6c+? can't be true, first three are massive holdsif I recall, what?

[Teaboy]

407   2   6c+      A, B, V, 84   Smears and named footholds

my personal favourite, will i ever get a chance to do it again?

That might get 6c+ footless but then only because it starts low!

[mrjonathanr]

I like the way the thread title has an exclamation mark for every sector.

[GraemeA]

Tim's going to take this the hardest, has anyone told him yet?

p.s. cannot help but think that if more effort had been put into the additional training modifications (specifically to the freestanding boulder and matting) by some of the staff then the balance sheet for the wall would have looked more rosy. Which may have helped/help any future arguments regarding closure. 

When the boulder and the mats arrived the deal was that the staff didn't have to do anything with them, they would be managed by the climbers.

The mats belong to the BMC, they were stored at Broughton without cost. I guess they are a bit past it now.

The metalwork for the boulder belongs to DR Climbing Walls, they built it for me for use at the old FIBO comps, it was stored at the Foundry from the end of 1999 until I asked if Broughton could borrow it long term, guess that must have been about 2001 or 2002.

What will happen to the mats and the boulder?

Anyway its a real shame if Broughton does close down but unfortunately the income from 100-200 climbers per week isn't going to be a very persuasive when compared with however much Wimpey is going to pay for the land. One problem is that the wall isn't used buy the local community as that would be a good campaigning point.

Maybe you should all move house, become locals, and then start protesting about the closure.

[namnok]

I'm going to stage a sit in and chain myself to sector 3

just make sure the chain's long enough so u can reach the vending machines

[IanP]

407   2   6c+      A, B, V, 84   Smears and named footholds

my personal favourite, will i ever get a chance to do it again?

That might get 6c+ footless but then only because it starts low!

IIRC its a classic from back in the day that was written up incorrectly - done by Tony Ryan it should be hands follows feet after an initial foothold (or probaly just a campus move!) V to 84 is a powerful move undercutting the pocket with foot in B.  It would  be a impressive effort footless.

Aside from the geeky stuff it will be a bad day if it does close - it offers something very different and has managed to stay interesting and challenging over an enormously long period in climbing wall development.

[Jim]

is V on the left hand end of sector 2?

[dave]

I've never been to this place (wrong side of the pennines) but it looks awesome. I recon Graeme you guys at the works should aquire the bencrete shit when it closes, stick it on a lorry over the snake and install it in the Works. Probably have to sacrifive some punter shit to make room but god knows there enough of it already. The gaping hole in the Works's repertaoir is some nasty oldschool featured shit. The current plywood layback inverted-toblerone brigade could learn a lot from a wall like this.