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A higher education: A review of school climbing sessions in 2022-23
The 2022-23 academic year has been our busiest yet for hosting school groups at Clip ‘n Climb Cambridge. At the start of the year, we launched two multi-week climbing courses for schools. Here is a short review of those courses and three mini-case studies from local schools: The courses cater for a diverse range of…
Conquering Everest for the Arthur Rank Hospice
A father and son team, David and Jasper, have just completed the epic challenge of climbing the equivalent height of Mount Everest (8,848 metres), all in support of Arthur Rank Hospice. This meant climbing 1,475 times up the Clip ‘n Climb Cambridge walls, which they split into 15 sessions of 100 walls per session. Here…
Taking fundraising in Cambridge to new heights
Over the last year a variety of local charities have taken on the Mountain Challenge at our Clip ‘n Climb Cambridge and Climb Quest Milton Keynes climbing centres as one of their fundraising activities. The aim of the Mountain Challenge is for your team to climb the equivalent height of an iconic mountain and raise…
Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week
This week marks National Apprenticeship week, and we thought there was no better time than to shine a spotlight on our Centre Manager, Tamara! National Apprenticeship Week brings together businesses and apprentices across the country to shine a light on the positive impact that apprenticeships make to individuals, businesses and the wider economy. The theme…
Giving back to the community this Christmas
This Christmas, Clip ‘n Climb Cambridge has been happy to support many local causes. There’s some fantastic events going on around the area; it’s great for all of the raffles, fayres and auctions to be back up and running after so long away. The causes that the team at Clip ‘n Climb Cambridge are support…
Gift Vouchers Cambridge
Clip ‘n Climb Cambridge offer gift vouchers that will create memories to last forever. Are you looking for that unique gift for someone special? Or do you know an adventurous person who likes to try their hand at anything? Sometimes it can be hard to know what to buy someone for Christmas, birthday, to say…
Helping Cambridgeshire Scouts climb their way to South Korea
30 young people from Cambridgeshire Scouts took on the Mountain Climbing Challenge at Clip ‘n Climb Cambridge. The challenge was to help raise funds to attend the 2023 World Scout Jamboree in Korea. The group were split into 3 teams – Red, Blue and Black to match the colours of the Korean flag. The target…
Celebrating 6 years of Clip ‘n Climb Cambridge
This month sees us celebrating our 6th birthday, and what a six years it has been! We have welcomed over 250,000 climbers through our doors in that time, hosted thousands of birthday parties, and cheered countless climbers on who came through our doors feeling nervous, and left being confident climbers. Back in 2016, the building…
5 top tips for improving your climbing skills and building confidence
Clip ‘n Climb Cambridge is a great activity, that everyone can get involved regardless of age, confidence or climbing experience. Walls like ‘Amazing’ and ‘Hexed’ are perfect for starting off to improve your climbing skills and build confidence. Our harder walls like ‘Triffid’ and ‘Orbital’ test the more experienced climbers. Competitive climbers can set their…
Supporting local schools
We have lots of visits from schools, and it’s great to be able to support them and other great causes in the local area. Hats off to the inventive ways that people thought of to raise money, without necessarily having their normal summer events. This Summer, Clip ‘n Climb Cambridge donated 32 pairs of tickets…