About me
My name is Rob Curry and I'm a web designer based in Southampton in the UK. I started climbing at the age of 14 and have climbed on and off ever since. I've travelled around the world rock climbing, mountaineering and trekking with my wife Paula and love the exhilaration of being in high places.
You can read my profile on UK Climbing.com
This site was built after I spent several hours scouring the Web for suppliers of kids rock climbing gear for my nine year old son who started climbing at the Calshot climbing wall near Southampton, UK in 2006. I soon found that there didn't seem to be a central resource for finding gear, simple technique guides and other useful resources for youngsters just learning to climb.
The Favourites list I started building forms the basis of the Kids Gear links resource you can see on this site, then I just went on from there!
I began creating this site on the 12th November 2006, so please come back from time to time to see how I'm getting on and also maybe contribute your hard-found resources so that everyone can benefit. You can now add your comments in the new Guestbook. Loads of thanks to all the climbers who have already helped out.
Thanks for visiting and see you back soon.
Happy climbing!
PS Find out what gear I decided to buy in the end.
Noticeboard
New news items added on 13/09/09.
New kids routes for South Lakes added on 13/09/09.
New articles added on 13/09/09.
The Rockboots page was updated on 29/05/09.
The Sit/Chest harness page has also been partially updated on 30/05/09
Notice the new images? Thanks to our fantastic artist Abi for creating them especially for Kidsclimbing! Look at more of Abi's excellent work at Greencreepers.co.uk.
We can now offer very simple translations of the entire site.
Sorry that the Guestbook hasn't been working recently - it's now fixed, so why not leave a message?
We now have a Climbing Fun page with a quiz and wordsearch!
Thanks to the many climbers who have helped to swell the links in the Climbing Stuff section! I've now split it up into separate pages under a new Kid-Friendly... header.
I came across this useful link recently to the UK Children's Directory - it's a comprehensive web directory of children's activities and services throughout the UK.
Any parents⁄carers who have second hand⁄outgrown climbing boots please contact me and I'll post it up on the noticeboard.
If you've got any comments or questions about this site or you can write a review of any of the gear, please contact me.
