Saturday 1st May - Youth Climbing Series

Next Saturday 1st May, the Youth Climbing Series comes to Aberdeen. Competitors from across Scotland will be in action on a fierce set of boulder problems, bottom ropes and lead routes.

Anyone aged 7-16 is welcome to come and have a go - to register please see http://www.mcofs.org.uk/ycs-details.asp


PLEASE NOTE: Lines 1 - 13 will be closed for setting and competition from Friday morning until Saturday afternoon. There will also be some disruption to the bouldering area.

Once it's over you can then test yourself against a huge batch of new routes!

Scottish Youth Bouldering Champion coaching at Transition!

Great news for ambitious climbers aged 8-17! Our weekend Performance Class (launched December 2009) is already full every Saturday, and now the Sunday class has received a major boost. Our own experienced instructor Piotr Wisthal will be joined by Rhys Maslen, age-group winner at the Scottish Youth Bouldering Championships. Their combined talents and a very small ratio of 1:3 means that this is the place to be if you're serious about pushing your grade.



___________________Rhys Maslen competing at the SYBC

Classes run from 10:00 - 12:00 on Saturdays and Sundays, and cost just £9 if you have your own kit, £10.50 if you need to hire. Please call reception on 01224 626279 to book your place.

Please note that you must be an experienced climber in order to attend these classes - if you need to learn how to tie in, belay and use the wall, please join one of our weekday classes first:
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A Sunny Intro to Rock

After quiet anticipation of the looming weather front moving in over the weekend we were pleasantly greeted by sunshine for most of the day on Saturday.

Bottom roping warm up at Black Rock Gulch.

I met Aaron and Pierre down at the coast for a days climbing on their 'Intro to Rock' day.  With indoor experience and a keen interest in progressing their skills outdoors both the guys were psyched!

Climbing into the sun.

Taking in the beautiful day and some of the more accessible local crags we spent the day getting in as much climbing as possible whilst introducing the bigger concepts and thinking around Trad climbing.

Escaping the tide at Deceptive Wall.

Aaron seconding The Pobble (VS 4b**), Souter Head.

We looked at some simple anchor set-ups and both Aaron and Pierre had a go at setting them up themselves to bring each other up a climb.

A happy if not blinded by the sun Pierre!

A fantastic days weather and an even better days climbing!

Intro to Rock 17th April

We still have spaces on this weekends Intro to Rock course!

The day will look at giving those that have never climbed outdoors an insight into the wide world of Rock Climbing.  Get in touch now to book!

Extreme Clean Up!

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Transition staff members Ashley Dean, Ryan Slater, Piotr Wisthal and Tim Rankin volunteered their rope skills on Saturday 27th April to abseil the steep cliffs and hillside picking up litter from the Pot Heugh Nature Reserve on the banks of the Dee.


Mucking in with Aberdeen city council staff and other volunteers a huge amount of litter was collected filling over 100 black bags of discarded cans, bottles and other rubbish from this beautiful and little know areaOver half of the site which is situated directly below Craiginches Prison and runs up to the rail bridge was cleaned but the job is only half done given the volume of rubbish collected! Any volinteers to carry on the good work?