Indoor climbing facilities may not always be quite alike. It is astonishing how creative route designers are. No matter how little space there might be, challenging routes could be set up. One of the tiniest bouldering gyms I have ever seen is located in Chisinau, Moldova. Despite the challenges, two young climbers have converted a two-bedroom flat into a bouldering gym and welcome everyone with a huge smile and great enthusiasm. However, limited space facilities should be av

Murky, often muddy. A couple of months ago while bouldering indoors in my club in Swindon, I came across two young lads sporting apparently expensive fingerless gloves. To my amazement, they jumped onto the bouldering wall with their gloves on. It is good practice to assess fellow climbers' performance and suggest any possibilities for improvement. I suggested that they should consider taking their gloves off, which they did and as a result improved their bouldering straighta