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If you have ever watched a competition climbing livestream and thought, "what is happening?" You are not alone. Between flashing boulders, sprinting up a standardized wall, and athletes battling pump on a towering lead route, competition climbing can look like three different sports happening at once. Modern professional climbing revolves around three disciplines bouldering, lead climbing, and speed climbing, and a global competition circuit that ranges from yearly World Cup

An image of Johanna setting with holds from the inclusive range. Introduce yourself and your role with Playstone. My name is Johanna, I am 42 years old and I live in Germany. I love people and I love climbing 😊. In my work, I use climbing to support people who struggle with physical, cognitive, and psychological impairments or who are neurodivergent. I am also a routesetter specialising in inclusive route setting. I started cooperating with Playstone to develop and distribut

Charlotte, a final year International Business Management student at Northumbria University talks to us about how her love of climbing is fuelling her dissertation research project.

I’ve spent over a decade working in the climbing industry. I’ve managed multiple walls, led teams, taught many new climbers and spent much of my adult life inside climbing walls. But for most of that decade, I was fighting issues I couldn’t quite put my finger on.

On the 24th January 2026, Access to Climb were thrilled to be invited to attend Grit's inaugural paraclimbing festival at 270 Climbing. The day was a true celebration of our community, organised and ran by local paraclimbers, it was an all round brilliant event.

A guide for international climbers Anyone who thinks the Netherlands is too flat for climbing is mistaken. Across the country, you’ll find more than 35 climbing centres, ranging from impressive top-rope walls to modern bouldering gyms and challenging lead climbing facilities. The Dutch climbing scene is surprisingly active and continues to grow every year. If you’ve visited both countries—the climbing gyms of the Netherlands and the rocks of the United Kingdom—you’ve probably

At the end of October 2025, ABC Walls & Development through Change hosted the inaugural inclusive climbing conference. Aim2Change was imagined and created by a steering group of disabled people, and aimed to shine a light on inclusive climbing. 

As the autumn chill sets in and the dark days come we thought there’s no better time to cozy up and draw inspiration from some incredible climbing stories. In this blog we recommend a few of our favourite short climbing films from paraclimbers around the world, each overcoming challenges in their own indivdiual way. Get ready to be moved, motivated, and perhaps even rethink your own perceived limits. "By a Thread" by Philipp Hrozek Length - 15min This film delves into the wor