Clip 'n' Climb at the Roxx Climbing Centre

The Roxx Climbing Centre
Left to Right:Sammy, Eva, James, Me, Jan
Climbing
The professional side of the climbing centre
quite a decent rock wall

And so 5 of us arrived at the Roxx Climbing Centre on Wednesday night ready to find out what was on offer. There was a quick briefing, and then we put on our harnesses and off we went. It was good that no belayer was needed for each climber. This was because the rope acted on a spring mechanism which arrested the fall of the climber when there is a sudden increase in load. Thus each of us was free to try out as many climbs as we wanted (which we happily did). There were climbs which allowed us to time how quick we were in scaling some of the walls. All of us gave it a try and Jan was the quickest, making it to the top in under 10 seconds (His time was 9.99 seconds). There were climbs that allowed us to use Velcro gloves instead of our bare hands. Some even chose to climb without using their hands since the wall was inclined inwards. There were chimney climbs and even “night” climbs (climbing in a dark enclosed space). Generally the climbs were simple enough for all of us to reach the top. All too soon, our time was up; we had only booked for an hour of climbing. It was definitely an enjoyable time as we had a good workout.