Welcome to The Foundry Blog....

Opening its doors back in 1991, The Foundry has been at the heart of the Sheffield and UK climbing scenes ever since. Almost two decades on, the centre continues to provide a world class environment for climbers, whether you're new to the sport or about to tick your first Font 8b!

The blog will keep you up to date with the activity and achievements that are going on in and around The Foundry.

Hope to see you soon! - Neil Bentley (Centre Manager)

Friday 15 January 2010

Dry Tooling Beta

For those of you new to dry tooling and looking forward to your first ever go at the sport, watch these videos of Ian Parnell demonstrating a range of axe placements on two of our routes.

Ian Parnell Dry Tooling at the Foundry Climbing Centre (M7+) from Foundry Climbing Centre on Vimeo.



Ian Parnell on Foundry Dry Tool Route (M4) from Foundry Climbing Centre on Vimeo.