Kids Climbing about me page

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!

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PS Find out what gear I decided to buy in the end.

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Kids Rock 2008 news.

Check out the Fox Cubs kids climbing gear page.
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American climbing t shirt site with some kids sizes. (Warning - some are rude!).
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Get the Mark the Mountain Guide kids book for 25% off from this site!
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Any other parents⁄carers who have second hand⁄outgrown climbing shoes or boots please contact me and I'll post it up on the noticeboard.

Great new kid-centric adventure gear shop online!
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DMM comes up with new childrens harnesses -
The Tom Cat sit harness and the Tom Kitten full body harness.
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Parents Guide to climbing
A great little booklet from the BMC packed with useful info for parents with children who climb. Latest version!
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Young climber with Down's Syndrome claims first Munro
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Did you know you can now have very simple translations of the entire site?

Why not put your comments in our Guestbook?

Visit the 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.

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.