Reading indoor climbing evening - beginner roped climbers

Join us for an evening of indoor climbing and bouldering at Parthian Climbing in Reading!

This page is for beginner roped climbers who have not climbed much or at all before and will need help with the technical side of roped climbing. You will need to be supervised and so numbers are limited to allow for the required ratio of leaders to novices.

Already know your stuff and ready to hit the wall unsupervised? Simply head on over to this page to let us know to expect you:

Reading indoor climbing evening - experienced roped climbers

Prefer just bouldering (shorter routes without the need for ropes)? We do that too! Please sign up on this event page so that our bouldering leader knows to expect you:

Reading indoor climbing evening - bouldering

About the centre

Parthian Climbing Reading has something for everyone with 120 top rope and auto-belay routes, 75 lead routes and 100 bouldering problems. There's a gym/training area, gear shop, and even a cafe for when you need a break from all that climbing.

What to expect at the session

We'll do a group warmup before splitting off to either get roped up or head to the bouldering area. Experienced roped climbers can pair up and the leader will go through the basics with any beginners. We normally all catch-up again over a drink in the cafe at the end of the session. 

First visit to Parthian Climbing as a beginner climber

Before you are confident in all the skills needed for roped, climbing you are what the centre refers to as a "novice climber" which means that an experienced climber needs to sign you in and supervise you at all times. Our event leader will do that for you and go through the basis. Once you feel ready (usually after a few sessions!) you can demonstrate your skills to the centre staff and get registered as an "unsupervised climber".

We need to fill in the supervisor form together on the day so there is no need to register with the wall beforehand. But please do complete our participation statement below! 

IMPORTANT! - Participation Statement

You MUST complete a Participation Statement, in addition to booking your event space before attending an OutdoorLads event. You only need to complete this Participation Statement once, not for each event you attend.

Please note that every person participating should be aware of (and accept) that those members perceived as ‘in charge’ or leading the event are not necessarily qualified, do not need to be qualified, and are not regarded by OutdoorLads, or themselves as ‘technical experts’ but are amateur climbers with some experience and who are happy to impart their knowledge. Any advice given should be considered with this in mind by the recipient.

All those attending the event must also be aware of the centre's own terms and conditions of participation and abide by them, along with any instructions given by the centre’s staff. Everyone must also take responsibility for their own safety while participating in Indoor climbing events.

Images used were taken by OutdoorLads members and are used with permission.

More events in the area 

This session runs the first Wednesday of the month. Each subsequent Wednesday, we run bouldering only sessions at The Climbing Hanger Reading.

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