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CLIMBING IS MORE THAN A SPORT – IT’S A FANTASTIC COMMUNITY AND AS SUCH, EVERYONE HELPS EVERYONE ELSE
ASCENTS One of the great things about climbing is that it’s a pastime that really can take you all over the world. Here are just a few global top spots:
• Patagonia & San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
• Pembrokeshire, Wales
• Cairngorms and Orkney Islands, Scotland
• Costa Blanca and Albarracin, Spain
• Kalymnos, Greece • Rocklands, South Africa • Southern Thailand
• Joshua Tree National Park, California
• Dolomites, Italy • Banff and Jasper, Canada
Patagonia © Image licensed by Ingram Image / Galyna Andrushko
Scaling new heights
From Scotland to South Africa, Australia to Argentina and Chile to Thailand, climbing and travel go together like a crampon and a cliff face.
Sandstone Trust (
sdst.org.uk) to preserve the rock for future generations to enjoy. “Bouldering as a sport is growing and
growing and, with climbing becoming an Olympic sport next year in Tokyo, we are expecting a huge boom in popularity. We’re opening a second centre in Canterbury soon to enable people in that area to have access to their own bouldering facility,” says Chris. “Interested beginners should just come and have a go. Climbing is more than a sport – it’s a fantastic community and as such, everyone helps everyone else.”
Rock & Sun is one of the world’s leading tour operators offering climbing and bouldering holidays across Europe as well as in locations such as Morocco and South East Asia. Desirée Verbeek, who owns and operates the company with Trevor Massiah, says Spain’s Costa Blanca is not only its most popular year-round destination, it’s also perfect for those starting out. “Our holidays on the Costa Blanca cater for complete beginners as well the very experienced climbers for whom we offer performance coaching courses at three levels depending on climbing grade and previous experience.
“Over the course of a long weekend or a week-long holiday our instructors introduce people to all the key skills to acquire the technique to climb safely and with confi dence,” explains Desirée, adding that southern Thailand, Fontainebleau in France
and the Greek island of Kalymnos are the company’s other most popular destinations. What, though, of the nervous novice
who’s maybe had their eye on climbing but never yet taken the plunge? “We run introductory weekends in the UK and these are perfect for those wanting their fi rst outdoor climbing experience. Our women-only holidays run by female instructors are growing in demand and we have another coming up on the Costa Blanca in October. “The key thing with all our holidays is that they equip people with skills taught by experts and afford them the confi dence, should they choose, to take their climbing to another level – literally.” • Visit
rockandsun.com
GET INVOLVED For more information, visit
chimeraclimbing.com;
ukclimbing.com;
ksclimbing.co.uk;
clipnclimbtonbridge.co.uk
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