Whether you go bouldering, training and sport climbing to keep fit during the winter for the "real stuff" in the summer or view them as activities in their own right, we have all the kit you need - which, let's face it, is not that much!
Bouldering is the art of making very technical moves only a few feet off the ground - safety when bouldering has been much enhanced by the invention of the bouldering mat which has prevented many a broken ankle.
Training is all the exercise you can do in in the hope you may climb a bit better than last year, or at least not slip down the grades too much!
Sport Climbing is rock climbing where preplaced bolts are used for protection rather than self placed runners (wires, nuts and cams). It has a completely different set of "rules" to trad climbing and has evolved to a high level on the Continent where many of the crags are limestone and would be difficult to protect by traditional means. Although there is some sport climbing in the UK, perhaps its most accessible cousin are the many UK climbing walls where sport climbing techniques (and grades) flourish.
For more information please see our Sport Climbing Advice Page.