A Basic View
Craggy Island welcomes new climbers through its doors almost every day. Our two centres offer different styles of climbing. With our Sutton branch it is all bouldering (low level, un-roped... climbing) with some caving on the side! And at Guildford it is mostly high, roped climbing and bouldering.
The following pages will give you a good idea of what to expect in plain language, but by far the best way is to come down and see us!
Anyone from 8 to 80 can climb
Indoor climbing is a sport for people of all athletic and fitness levels. It challenges the mind as well as the body. It is a sport for men and women, large and small, young and old, fit and even the couch potato.
Our equipment is designed to let you climb at any level or ability. Just as real rock climbing has holds for hands and feet, so does Craggy Island. Each climb has a graded route of coloured holds set from 'easy peasy' to 'you can't be serious!' The object is to try to climb at your limit and beyond, in a safe and fun environment.
Often, people are apprehensive of heights. This is a natural fear for most people, but once you have climbed our novice walls a few times and know the rope will hold you safe, then a trip up our higher walls seems far less daunting. We are here to help.
However, height is not as important if you boulder! At our Sutton centre in South London we have created a world class bouldering venue. Here you can climb completely on your own, on set graded problems.
Often, people new to the sport come to Craggy Guildford and book a simple
taster
session. This one and a half hour course gives you the chance
to see if you like roped climbing without getting tied in knots learning
rope work. . . your instructor is there so you just have an exciting
climbing session! The next logical step is to look at a beginners
course.
Some opt for this straight away so they are able to visit Craggy independently
on completion of the course and registration test.
We have a huge range of routes and problems to enjoy and the only limit to how fit and skilled you want to be is how often we see you!
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