To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Berghaus Wall in Newcastle Eldon Leisure are running a Birthday Bouldering Competition.

Newcastle Leisure Eldon and Berghaus have combined to run a bouldering competition followed by a party/disco on the evening of Saturday 4th December.
Those old enough will remember the great "Boulder for Fun" events of the 1990's held at this top venue.

Berghaus, the main sponsor, have agreed to provide £5000 worth of prizes in the form of cash value vouchers for their shops/webstore. It is anticipated that the event will attract a top field of competitors with prizes to the value of £500.

Entry to the event is only £20 (U16 £15) which includes a free T shirt and entry to the disco and buffet in the evening.

For further details visit:- www.newcastleleisure.co.uk/eldonleisure

Epic-Adventures are offering climbing holidays to Costa Blanca and Kalymnos as well as camping and other accommodation in the Costa Blanca.

Have a look at the forthcoming dates in the poster below...

Information Poster

Dominic Ward has climbed a new line at Back Bowden and repeated the difficult line of Mordreth (E6 6b), he reports..

"Over the last few weeks Merlin Wall has been awesome. With a lengthy spell of good weather the rock's had plenty opportunity to stay dry. Myself, Ian Denton and Mike Rose have been cleaning up a few lines.

Merlin has seen a few repeats, I soloed Mordreth last weekend and today I headpointed what seems a worthy line for a new name..."

Start on the big sloping shelf where The Arches starts, but climb direct over the nose of the roof via hard pulls to reach the mono of Macbeth, then crack on for the break, and top-out direct, where Macbeth goes off rightwards. A plumb vertical line up the crag.

If deemed worthy I'd like to call it Sigurd... bottom end E7 6c?