Sounds a little like what the works seem to be aiming for with the building that was recently vacated next to them. Looking at the planning docs it sounds like they're gonna use the new space as a training only/elite area which you need a year membership to access.
Quote from: remus on August 14, 2018, 01:37:03 pmSounds a little like what the works seem to be aiming for with the building that was recently vacated next to them. Looking at the planning docs it sounds like they're gonna use the new space as a training only/elite area which you need a year membership to access.Thats pretty cool. Guess there'll be a swipe card/turnstile system regulating access; piece of piss. Hope Steve is going to be paying your consultancy fee when this all comes to pass in a year or so TTT
When the Manc depot was being built - I was chatting to Steve about the 30 and 50, and he said he deliberately wanted them to be within/part of the main bouldering area - not tucked away
The idea of the elite area sounds interesting, but potentially quite dangerous. It doesn't really fit with the "look" of climbing which walls tend to go for, which is ultra-friendly and inclusive. Bearing in mind that the number one concern that I hear new climbers voicing is "I'll be rubbish at it"/"I don't want to embarrass myself", I can only imagine they'd feel quite shit if they got to the wall for their first CrushSesh and found that they'd be relegated to the climbing equivalent of a ball pool and soft play.
Is Leeds Wall closed for a refurb, or closed forever?
Interesting that Cambridge warrants a mention - I'm from round that way and think that is an area rife for development. I suspect that Cambridge itself would be prohibitive on the rents / parking front, but somewhere like Peterborough further north, or Royston further south would be viable. Not that I'm volunteering to move there and set one up.