Get a taste of Scottish Mountaineering from your armchair!

After some relentless pestering i finally remembered to add a link on the Blog's sidebar to Ryan and Henning's blog. http://www.graniteandice.blogspot.com/

Henning being a good photographer certainly adds flavour and colour to the factual yet entertaining reports of their climbing exploits.

Check it out to see what they've been up to. Otherwise ask them yourselves as you'll no doubt see them down the wall getting the mileage in...

BOULDERING LEAGUE FINAL: 6th February

Its almost here!

The final of the 2008/2009 Bouldering League. A slight change to the date was made due to local holidays so please remember and spread the word that the comp is on the 6th of February NOT the 13th as previously advertised.

Ideas and inspiration are already flowing and it looks to be a great night! Remember drinks and nibbles at the end whilst winners are announced, comp and raffle prizes are handed out.

As always Craigdon Mountain Sports have helped us out a lot with the prizes and been a great supporter!

My 'Dilema' problem ended up being a bit far out of reach (excuse the pun) in the January comp so keep an eye out for it next week as i'm feeling generous and think i'll not only make it easier but i'll up the first ascent prize to £50! Bribes welcome before hand for hints (unfortunately not...)

See you there.

Finally!!! The Relentless photo comp is up

Well,

its taken its time but after making from scratch the mounting card, developing the photo's ourselves the competition photos are up for viewing! ;)

They are on the walls in the video pod and will be judged by an impartial individual so the photographers details are not displayed at the moment...

Keep an eye out for more info regarding the finalists!!!!

Cheers

CAMPUS BOARD AND 30 DEGREE WALL

After a long non stop weekend the latest additions to the climbing centre are complete!!!




With only finishing touches of perfectionism to go the corner of the bouldering wall has been converted into a 30 degree board making a great addition to the range of angles already there.








In the vacant corner next to the fire door we have erected a campus board for all you training junkies and novices alike. It leans at 15 degrees with small, medium and large rungs. As with all aspects of climbing using the campus board can cause injuries (tendons beware) especially if not used properly. We'll post up some information about this in due course but if you want some info now then check out www.metoliusclimbing.com/ or try the training articles on http://www.planetfear.com/.

Bouldering wall over the holiday season

There will be some work being carried out to the bouldering wall over the holidays. We aim to keep disruption as low as possible but there will undoubtedly be some restrictions.

Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th will see at least the 45 board, vertical and barrel (basically that whole corner) closed off. We hope this will be ample time and if not keep an eye out on the blog for any change to this.

The work is aimed to improve the bouldering wall so please have patience with us whilst works are underway.

If you have any questions please email me at duncan-paterson@transition-extreme.com.


Cheers

Xmas and new Year opening times

Alas!!!

Not too many sleeps until santa will be coming down your chimney. Or for those of you without it; squeezing through the AC.

Transition will be open as usual except for the following days:

24th 10:00 - 17:00
25th CLOSED
26th CLOSED
31st 10:00 - 17:00
1st CLOSED
2nd 15:00 - 22:00

Usual opening hours outside this are:

Monday to Friday 10:00 - 22:00
Sat & Sun 10:00 - 20:00


Have a great Christmas and an even better new Year

Bouldering League Round 3 Results

Here it is folks; another great comp! Thanks due to everyone that came along to make it a success. There were some heroic attempts and spectacular falls. Special note goes to Liam who managed to add some style and flare whilst resting on a route before cruising it...

Thanks again to all and we hope to see you on the 16th January where there will be some new additions and surpsises!!!



MENS ELITE:
Gordon Lennox 187
John Brown 181
Marcus Bean 173
Piort Wisthall 172
Wayne Sherry 157
Stuart Munn 148
Kwong Ching Tsang 144
Ashley Dean 142
Andrew Gibbon 135
Ben Woodward 131
Alan Tait 119
Dave Cowan 111
Stuart Adams 107
David Milne 104
Mark Chambers 101
Tom Russel 100
Andy Watt 94
Martin Findlay 83
Jin Han Lim 74
Pier Luigi Di Giovanni 73
David Marshall 57

WOMENS ELITE:
Anna Wells 177
Eva Sparreboom 159
Claire Anderson 131
Megan Hine 129
Abbey Niven* 127

JUNIOR BOYS:
Liam Watson 187
Rhys Maslen 180
Scott Wilson 166
Jonathan Mann 161
Ollie Banks 137
David Mann 101
Duncan Anderson 87
Matthew Johnstone 70
Bruce McKay 50
Jamie Davidson 24

FOR FUN
Mark McVey 167
Stuart Gillan 128
Dwayne Coutts 120
Mike Jennings 112
Joseph Hidson 112
Sarah Woodward 109
Doug Niven 109
Scott Gourlay 100
John Chambers 97
Chris Maslen 90
Pollu Zeigler 68
Kevin Morice 60
Kyle Gasking 59
Michael Payne 42

LEADING COMP FINAL SUNDAY 7TH DEC 5PM

With the 2 weeks of hard climbing out of the way the scheduled final is upon us...

The set date was 7th December and the time is now finalised as 5pm to give the setters some time to prepare some interesting routes for the finalists.

All are welcome to come along and watch the climbing spectacle!

Photo's and banter to follow......

Relentless Photo Incentive Update

As you are no doubt aware, Relentless Energy Drink is backing a Transition wide photography contest during the Winter 2008/09.

There are 5 categories:

Best Indoor skatepark shot
Best Outdoor skate/BMX shot
Best Indoor climbing shot
Best Outdoor climb/mountain shot
Best Overall Entry

Get your entries in now and you could see your photo blown up and mounted on the wall within Transition….permanently.

We’ll be displaying all entries throughout the centre during December until we announce the winners in the New Year.

Please provide us with your image in a digital format, saved in the highest possible resolution.

The outdoor shots should be taken at local spots and be recognisable to other users.

Good luck.

Getting out to play!

Just as the nights draw in the drive to get out to the hills grows...

Myself and Ash took the brothers Paul and Mark out to the northern corries on Sunday for some winter fun. Mark came out with me a few weeks back for his first experience of winter climbing. Due to the lack of consolidation and nice firm nevey we ended up on Aladdin's Mirror (Grade: I) kicking around in wet snow.

Sunday saw a lot better conditions with turf getting more solid the higher we got and even some ice to use in a belay!

After setting off at around 9am from the car park the walk in was quite easy with only slight winds and reasonably firm conditions underfoot. As it was Paul's first day out this time we ascended The Runnel (Grade: II**) as two pairs. Towards the last pitch the wind picked up and the spindrift hit hard; which made the climbing harder as there was a lack of ice in the chimney to use; forcing us to come up with some interesting bridging and maneuvers.

On top out winds were very high and walking/visibility conditions were dire. Ash made the first ascent of the last pitch followed by Mark on top rope, then myself on lead taking Paul up after me on the rope. Paul; in true Wilderness Man/Yeti Style appeared over the top of the climb; arms in the air, covered in snow and ice with every bit of gear imaginable hanging from his harness, and a loud roar of achievement!

After ten minutes walking around the edge of the corrie towards Corie Ciste the decision was made to drop down to the base of the corrie as at 3.30pm the light was soon to fade.

After some fun falling through powder drifts and tripping over the obligatory boulders we toddles back tot he car park for 5pm.

All in all a good fun day out with great banter!