I've been climbing for the first time this weekend.
I went over to the indoor climbing wall in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear with a mate who's a regular there.
I didn't know what to expect and asked some pretty basic questions, like 'What happens when you get to the top?' and 'What if the belay guy is lighter than the cliimber? is there a see saw effect?'
Climbing the wall wasn't too much of a problem but letting go at the top and being lowered down was scarey tbh.
Price wise it was £11.50 which included admission and hire of a harness and climbing shoes, that's for all day if you can climb that long.
All in all I had a really good afternoon and recommend climbing to anyone, I was surprised by how energetic it was and out of breath I was when I got to the top. It's certainly an enjoyable was to exercise.
I worked on walls graded 4c and also some little problem walls graded 5a if that makes sense to anyone lol.
Looking forward to visiting Sunderlands indoor climbing again and if I'm bitten by the bug I'll have to splash out on some climbing shoes and a climbing harness too.
'Climb on' and all that
Phil