Would just like to suggest a dimmer setting for the lights in the Treatment Room. The glare whilst on the massage table on your back is pretty intense!

And whilst I'm here, big up for Sarah and Matt from whom I've been lucky to receive great massages. Highly recommended - more please!

Great Idea! Also, It does get far too warm for the "better insulated" of us, and sweaty/hot holds reinforce the issue. Whilst there IS adequate incoming air, I notice that there is also insufficient extract to deal with heat and/or moisture when the facility is busy and ambient temperatures are high, could this not be rectified by venting it into the kids' play area upstairs (or possibely a more reasonable suggestion!)?!

Lovely new Green circuit. Shame its too hot to hold on many of the holds though. Maybe some ceiling mounted fans like those at UCR would help circulate the air better when there are lots of people climbing. This would be a fairly inexpensive solution that would help to alleviate the heat problem as the very effective new carpetting captures most of the chalk.

Any chance you have plans to install air con in the Bristol wall before building the new one in Glasgow?! Several sessions I've had to stop because my skin is so sore before my arms are tired and it's definitely made worse by it being so warm. Also worried about causing an injury by popping off such sweaty holds.

Just wondering what the circuit rotations are again? I know you've posted them once before somewhere. When do the circuits get replaced? I noticed you have just put the new red one, when will the current yellow and black get replaced?

Also does the woodie section in the compound corner get much use? Only i never see anyone on it and used to really like the circuit problems on it. Are there any plans to replace the now redundant campus board rungs by the compound corner with a different use?

thank you for you response.

Hi,

Would it be possible to set an endurance training circuit with small positive holds that is 6c/7a max? I find with the circuits (and the bouldering) that easier seems to mean bigger holds and the smaller holds are only on harder circuits/problems with also harder moves in between. Is it possible to set a circuit with smaller positive crimps with not so hard moves so we could train crimp strength even if you're not a really hard climber?!

Thanks

I can't do many but I'm loving the current black problems. Every one I've tried so far has been great.

Hi, Would you please consider, if you're opening up a new wall in Glasgow, to freeze a bit of it and provide an indoor ice wall? It would be so nice to have one closer by :-)

Is there any chance you could mark the beginnings and ends of problems? i know the bought in tabs must be expensive but a square of duct tape with the number or s/f would be fine and the comp tags seems to stay up pretty well. often it's obvious where a problem starts or ends but there always seem to be a few ambiguous ones on each circuit! cheers

Can the pdf's of the circuits be updated on the info page...thanks

What that guy said, those greens are getting a bit on the slippery side and can sometimes make you fall in whilst "deep water soloing above the Mediterranean" :D

Nice routes!

loving the new red routes - good job!

The fingerprint signing in is great, but is there any chance that the computer could give off a sound when it recognises you? It might speed things up just a bit, and prevent the slighty frustrating blank stares between staff and the customer (who is trying to work out if their finger print has worked or not!!!!)

It might only be because I've signed up with a lumpsum payment, so don't need to pay each time, but I think it could be a useful feature for all.....

Paul.

I came up for the first time on New Years Day and I loved the place. The cleanliness and great atmosphere made me feel comfortable and improved my climbing. I'm only a beginner but everyone was very friendly and helpful. Thanks! Hope to come again.

Impressed with the wall overall - really good venue. Just a thought about the campus board section next to the circuit boards. This has real issues with the wall getting in the way of your legs (presumably partly why the hanging one got built?). I can see that you might want a board with the full 1-5-9 setup for stuff above 1-4-7, but for that the leg issue is even greater. Have you thought of taking out that campus section and turning it into a wide board? I guess due to space the angle would have to be limited, but it still could be a really good (symmetrical?) board at 30 degrees or similar. Given that it's already an area devoted to those wanting to train, you wouldn't take any space away from the majority of climbers, and those into their training would probably (I know I would) rather have an extra board (and maybe another freehanging set up with 9 rungs?) than some campus boards which are too awkward to be used much. Thanks, Alex.

I've visited Sarah a few times now for sports massage's and she has done my muscles a world of good. She sorted out a niggling elbow strain which has made my life much less painfull. I think it's fantastic to have a theropy room on site with helpfull people as it makes approching this side of things much less daunting for those not used to it. In my mind, much more useful than a shop or bar. Keep up the great work at TCA, you've created a great place to climb/train.

Loving Will's new red problems from the comp - good consistency in terms of difficulty, and some excellent technical little numbers that reward skill, and not just reach or grunt.

stef

Just a quick thank you really. The routes are great, there's always something up that gets me psyched to finish it. But it's really all the little touches that truly push this place up in my estimation. From the great sound system (although some staff members musical tastes are a bit so-so shall we say) and superb coffee and snacks create an atmosphere that really makes tackling the problems much more fun. The RSS feeds and the events calendar on Google calendar if only other centres were so technologically astute. But by far my favourite feature are all the free coaching sessions from professional climbers that have been organised (and thanks to the Google calendar they sync to my phone, so I won't be missing any!) which is just a fantastic opportunity. Thanks Paul and the rest of the team for all your hard work.

Any chance of advertising that the talks will affect your opening hours? Maybe put notices up the week before. Makes a difference when you're popping down at the end of the day to squeeze a quick session in and expect it to be open until the usual time.

Thanks!

Hey there, would just like to say thanks for the really good slab competition route currently up, was great fun :)
One important question though - why aren't there more slabby fingery balancy routes? I appreciate that for safety the walls need to be vertical at the very least, but on the few vertical walls there are in TCA fitting at least a few routes in wouldn't be hard as they don't actually take up much space! So this is a plea for more disgustingly fingery slabs in TCA, because for me ticking a tricky slab is what climbing is about.
Please hear me oh Gods of route setting,
Amen

Tom xD

I've just been in the hold store at the Academy, looking at all the lovely new holds Paul and Rich have bought for us to play with. Something to suit all abilities, from the meanest little crimps you've ever seen to some generous jugs. I feel really inspired to get setting on Monday. Thanks for the toys boys!

Just like to say Great music on Thursday night...

the facilities look great - just wondering if you cater for kids' birthday parties? Not sure if the walls are too difficult for novice 8 year olds but my son is very keen!

Cheers and look forward to coming along soon.

Dave

just wanted to say a massive thank you for yesterday. very well done to you all. it was a brilliant day for all present. the format of the comp was ideal for getting everyone invloved from the most recent novices to the elites to the super vets. but then that's what TCA seems to be all about. getting everyone climbing in a brilliantly positive and encouraging environment. the staff are always excellent and in a short time i've recieved so much excellent, free advice! having gaz around yesterday was brilliant. it was also great to see so many very young people climbing, and climbing happily with adults much older than themselves - maybe the rest of society could learn something from this. having a 12 year help me solve a problem is pretty impressive.

thank you for making us all feel so welcome - im very average, my other half is excellent and her mum is very new to climbing and yet we all get an incredible amount out of your centre - so much so that we drive 100 miles plus twice a week for the pleasure. this welcome is a stark contrast to some of your near competitors!

thanks again and keep doing what you do in the superb way you do it.

david.