Quick session this evening at the Beacon Climbing Wall to maintain a bit of climbing fitness! There's an auto-belay with a stopwatch attached now, for speed climbing, as it's due to be in the next Olympics. It seems like a bonkers event to me, but it's quite funny to watch people furiously scrabbling their way up the wall as fast as they can. It's not really a thing in the UK (until now I guess!) - I can only assume that it was selected as it could make great TV and will pull in a few spectators at the games in Tokyo?...
Climb, Ski & Surf around the world in style... Muses from the mountain lifestyle of Ian Martin
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Speed Climbing - Is it a sport?!
Quick session this evening at the Beacon Climbing Wall to maintain a bit of climbing fitness! There's an auto-belay with a stopwatch attached now, for speed climbing, as it's due to be in the next Olympics. It seems like a bonkers event to me, but it's quite funny to watch people furiously scrabbling their way up the wall as fast as they can. It's not really a thing in the UK (until now I guess!) - I can only assume that it was selected as it could make great TV and will pull in a few spectators at the games in Tokyo?...
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