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GUIDES

Read this before you lace up

First session, etiquette, grades, grit days, and kit. Written for UK walls and UK rock.

BEGINNER

Your first gym session

What happens at reception, shoes, and the unwritten bits.

BEGINNER

Gym etiquette

Pads, dropping, spraying beta, and not being that person.

REFERENCE

Grades explained

V-scale, Font, and what a UK indoor 6A actually feels like.

OUTDOOR

Stanage for beginners

A first grit day that is not Popular at noon in August.

GEAR

Shoes for UK grit

What actually edges on Peak rock.

GEAR

Crash pads

One pad, two pads, and when to stop shopping.

TRAINING

Four-week finger plan

Edges, not Instagram hangboard theatre.

TRIP

Peak to coast

A week of grit, limestone, and slate.