Castle Climbing Centre

Famed for the surly attitude and truculent behaviour the Castle staff are in fact beautiful, benevolent people, without whom the climbing centre would grind to a halt. Here are a couple of portraits of the staff. Rosa evades castle shop customers... Tim training for another improbable climbing route... Ida, castle wood nymph, plants the herbaceous borders...


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Testing the new Catacomb set Climbing in the 'catacomb' involves intricate footwork, strong hands, and hanging off the ceiling. In the these shots Tricky, Leah and Martin test the grades of each others routes. Leah concentrates... Martin contemplates his next move... Tricky move on... Solly takes care of tea...


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Castle Climbing Centre The Castle Climbing Centre has become my second home over the past coupe of years so it seems only natural that I start to photograph the place and the people in it. Over the next few months I'll be posting climbing photography of the activity at this dusty, sweat filled environment! Enjoy! Rebuilding and resetting the 'Mezz' Every few weeks climbing routes are reset. This time walls that the routes are on were re-modeled as well . In this shot the route setters contemplate their handywork... Mike Langley (routes manager) tests a route.... Fastening...


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