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
26 August
Many thanks also to Alien Rock Climbing Centre in Edinburgh for donating £10 to our Just Giving charity. See their entry on the Kid-Friendly Climbing Walls/Club page.
25 August
Big thanks to Kent & Sussex Climbing for donating £10 to our Just Giving charity. See their entry on the Kid Friendly Courses page or.
9 July new stuff.
New online climbing games added!
Climbing robot added to Videos page.
3 July 2010 new stuff.
Simpler Grades Guide in Technique/Safety page. The old one was a bit too complicated!
Also Swanage topo page link in Kidrock page with thanks to Mike Swann.
03 July 2010 Outdoor/climbing kit for sale:
IMPORTANT NEWS! All companies with links to their sites from the Kidsclimbing pages please note - although we don't charge for a link, it would be appreciated if you donate to my current charity the Children's Trust by using the link in the left hand menu on a regular basis. After all you're getting free advertising and they would benefit greatly from any donation.
When Paul Kellagher, one of our parent visitors had a problem with an order recently, Walkhigh Mountaineering quickly resolved it for him, and generously donated £10 to our current charity. Thanks Walkhigh!
Mountain weather reports added on 26 June 10.
Like our cool cartoons? Thanks to our fantastic artist Abi for creating them especially for Kidsclimbing! Look at more of Abi's excellent work at Greencreepers.co.uk.
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/walking 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.
