The Pinnacle Climbing Centre
Unit 1, Minton Business Centre, Main Road, Far Cotton, Northampton, NN4 8ESOpen Now!
Links
Climbfind
http://www.climbfind.com/Looking for climbing friends? www.climbfind.com helps you meet climbers at your local indoor climbing centre, find places to climb outdoors and share your passion for rock climbing.
Pinnacle Challenge
http://www.pinnaclechallenge.co.ukPinnacle Challenge is the company that has given birth to The Pinnacle Climbing Centre. Pinnacle Challenge run many interesting and wonderful things, such as charity abseils, mobile climbing wall events, dragon boat racing, climbing courses, and construct custom tailored climbing walls. In addition to running corporate team building events, fun days, and multi activitity days. There is something here for everyone! For more information visit the website with the link posted above, or alternatively call 07815078609.
Escape2
http://www.escape2.co.uk/LSWS2/index.php?cpage=introEscape2 - The Outdoor Store
The place to get all your outdoor gear, for clubs, groups or individuals. If you use Pinnacle Challenge you will also receive 10% discount on products from escape2. A great website, packed with information and a separate online store.
UKClimbing.com
http://www.ukclimbing.com/UKClimbing.com is the World\'s most popular climbing and mountaineering web site. Providing information and forums for climbers around the world.
BMC
http://www.thebmc.co.uk/The BMC (British Mountaineering Council) is the representative body that exists to protect the freedoms and promote the interests of climbers, hill walkers and mountaineers, including ski-mountaineers.
PC Holds
http://www.pcholds.co.uk/For all your climbing holds PC Holds is the place to get them from. There are holds of all shapes and sizes and with varying colours and mixed colour combinations, spots, stripes, and swirls are but a few to name, making your holds look as funky as ever! So why not cast your eyes over all the choices before you!
SARAID (Search and Rescue Assisstance in Disasters)
http://www.saraid.co.uk/A superb charity that does exactly what it says on the tin (and a bit more), please visit their website to see what they do and make a donation.
Indoor Climbing
http://www.indoorclimbing.com/worldgyms.htmlFind climbing walls around the world for when you are on your travels, get advice on how to train and how to build your own climbing wall!
Met Office
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/The Met Office provides a range of information under the Public Weather Service (PWS), which is funded by the UK Government.
ROCKFAX
http://www.rockfax.com/A source of publications and databases on climbing all over the UK and Europe.
Rock Buddies
http://www.climbing-partners.com/forum/Looking for a climbing partner? Try Rock Buddies for indoor and outdoor climbing partners.
John Clare Mountaineering Club
http://www.jcmountaineering.com/drupal/John Clare Mountaineering Club (Northampton) is ideal if you are interested in rock climbing, hill walking or mountaineering; whether a first timer or a seasoned mountaineer. The JCMC meets from 8.30pm, for a 9:00pm start at The Pinnacle Climbing Centre on the last Tuesday of the month. Members also meet on Monday evenings and often climb at the Centre during the week too.
Milton Keynes Mountaineering Club
http://www.mkmountaineering.org/Members\' main interests include trad and sport climbing (all grades up to E5), bouldering, alpine walking and climbing, ice climbing, winter mountaineering, via ferratas, and scrambling. Whatever your standard you are likely to find someone who matches it. Members are most often found climbing at The Pinnacle on Tuesdays but also during the rest of the week too.
Wellingborough Mountaineering Club
http://www.wellingboroughmc.org.uk/The WMC is a friendly group of 50+ men and women who enjoy all aspects of the outdoor life with regular events throughout the year. Members interests cover rock climbing, mountaineering, fell running, scrambling, walking, mountain biking and in the winter, if we can find some, ice climbing. Members can often be found at the Pinnacle Climbing Centre on a Wednesday evening and throughout the rest of the week.
Tough Tags
http://www.toughtags.co.uk/You pay a lot of money for your kit and don’t want to lose it. Toughtags are a great way of identifying your gear. Personalised tags make it far more likely that an honest soul will contact you to return your stuff if you happen to leave it abandoned somewhere and they enable you to quickly and easily identify your kit from your mate\\\\\\\'s.
Northampton Climbing Club
http://northamptonclimbingclub.co.uk/The Northampton Climbing Club is a group of climbers from the Northamptonshire area and beyond who regularly climb at the Pinnacle Climbing Centre.
We organise trips to the Peak District and North Wales on a fairly regular basis and trips are becoming more frequent as our group grows.
Your ability or climbing style is not an issue, we all have various skill levels and all enjoy different types of climbing. Whether it be a long multi pitch route or a gnarly boulder problem, you can bet we will do it!
So don\'t be shy come climb with us, just ask for us at the Pinnacle Climbing Centre. We are normally there Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings.
