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How to Board Climb
Join Alex Waterhouse for a board session at Hangar Reading. Board climbing is great for those experienced climbers looking to incorporate some progressive overload training into their regime.
5 tips for your first outdoor bouldering trip
There's a certain charm about being sat at the crag for the day with good company, good views, and good snacks, working together to solve the problem in front of you. It’s a great day out; if you’re properly prepared… here are our top 5 tips to help you prepare for your first outdoor trip.
Climbing with Kids: Tips for a Successful Visit to The Climbing Hangar
Climbing with kids can be a fun and rewarding experience for both parents and children. To help make your visit to The Hangar with your kids a success, we've put together some tips and tricks to help you make the most of your climbing experience.
Free Women's Routesetting Workshop
We're excited to announce that we'll be hosting a free women's routesetting workshop at The Climbing Hangar on Tuesday 25 April 2023. The workshop will take place at both our TCH Matchworks and TCH Exeter centres and is open to women that are interested in learning more about routesetting and getting involved. Find out more here.
How can climbing improve anxiety levels?
Not only is it a great way to get fit and build strength, but climbing can also have a positive impact on mental health. In fact, climbing has been shown to reduce stress and anxiety. Find out more here.
Hangar Reading BTS: Route-setting on a brand new wall
In the latest video from The Hangar YouTube Channel, we caught up with Ollie Jerrett, otherwise known as OJ, and tagged along while he set a brand new climb at our newest site, The Climbing Hangar Reading.
Be first on our brand new wall
The Climbing Hangar Reading launch is just days away, and you have the chance to be amongst the very first people on the wall. Click here to find out more.
See the latest progress at TCH Reading
Reading...set...GO. Berkshire's best value bouldering wall is opening its doors on Monday 30 Jan and the progress is coming in strong to get the wall prepped for your first climb. See our setters get their hands on some fresh holds for the wall.
Q&A session with our routesetters
We got some of the big dogs of routesetting, Dan Knight and Mike Hart, to answer some of your questions on Instagram. Have a look at them here.
Gift Ideas for climbers
Christmas is just around the corner and the last-minute present-shopping panic is well and truly here! If you’ve got a climber in your life and have no clue what they want for Christmas, don’t stress. We’ve pulled together a list of present ideas at varying price options that every climber is guaranteed to love.