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08th Mar 2023

Free Women's Routesetting Workshop

We're excited to announce that we'll be hosting a free women's routesetting workshop at The Climbing Hangar on Tuesday 25 April 2023. The workshop will take place at both our TCH Matchworks and TCH Exeter centres and is open to women that are interested in learning more about routesetting and getting involved. Find out more here.
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28th Feb 2023

How can climbing improve anxiety levels?

Not only is it a great way to get fit and build strength, but climbing can also have a positive impact on mental health. In fact, climbing has been shown to reduce stress and anxiety. Find out more here.
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22nd Jan 2023

Hangar Reading BTS: Route-setting on a brand new wall

In the latest video from The Hangar YouTube Channel, we caught up with Ollie Jerrett, otherwise known as OJ, and tagged along while he set a brand new climb at our newest site, The Climbing Hangar Reading.
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20th Jan 2023

Be first on our brand new wall

The Climbing Hangar Reading launch is just days away, and you have the chance to be amongst the very first people on the wall. Click here to find out more.
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11th Jan 2023

See the latest progress at TCH Reading

Reading...set...GO. Berkshire's best value bouldering wall is opening its doors on Monday 30 Jan and the progress is coming in strong to get the wall prepped for your first climb. See our setters get their hands on some fresh holds for the wall.
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10th Jan 2023

Q&A session with our routesetters

We got some of the big dogs of routesetting, Dan Knight and Mike Hart, to answer some of your questions on Instagram. Have a look at them here.
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06th Dec 2022

Gift Ideas for climbers

Christmas is just around the corner and the last-minute present-shopping panic is well and truly here! If you’ve got a climber in your life and have no clue what they want for Christmas, don’t stress. We’ve pulled together a list of present ideas at varying price options that every climber is guaranteed to love.
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05th Dec 2022

Climbing Slab v Overhang

Most climbers will have a preference for climbing wall angle but it's important to climb both to become a good all-round climber. Head coach at TCH London, Cris, gives his super quick tips on how to best climb different wall angles.
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16th Nov 2022

1 Climb, 3 Beta: Climbing to suit your style, body shape, and size

There's no right or wrong way to climb! Everyone will climb differently depending on body shape, size and movement preference on the wall... Connor, head coach at TCH Plymouth, explains more.
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03rd Nov 2022

The different types of climbing holds explained

Learn how best to use different climbing holds and get to grips (completely unintentional pun) with the terminology thanks to coach Emily and route setter Ellie from our TCH Swansea team.
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30th Oct 2022

Hangar Hangout 2022

In July 2022, hundreds of Hangar employees from all around the country came together for the first annual Hangar Hangout at TCH Sheffield. Here's how it all went down...
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26th Oct 2022

Simple techniques to make bouldering a little easier

Anna & Sophie are here to show you some simple techniques you can adopt straight away to make climbing a little easier!
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