I started rock climbing about six months after I joined Philips when some of the guys persuaded me to go to a local climbing wall. It seemed like a fun way of keeping fit, and since then I've been going nearly every week. Unlike most of the others I don't go climbing on real rock, mainly because the nearest place to go climbing outside is about an hours drive away at Tunbridge Wells. I tend to stick to bouldering - staying fairly low, but concentrating on technically difficult routes.

These photos were all taken at the High Sports climbing centre in Salfords, about 10 minutes walk from the office.

The cast:
Glenn,Rik,Asher,me - all work in the Interactive Systems group at Philips Redhill.
Rachel - Glenn's girlfriend
Russ - Sysadmin for Redifon MEL in Crawley and all-round lunatic.

Click on the thumbnails for a bigger image:

Asher
"Does my bum look big in this?"

Glenn
Glenn trying to look elegant

Glenn again
Glenn in a triumph of brute force over style or subtlety

Russ
Russ, also trying to look elegant, but with slightly more success than Glenn

Russ again
A very confused Russ

Me
Me trying to look like I know what I'm doing

Me again
Aren't those shorts horrible?

Rik
Rik proves there is someone with worse taste in trousers than me

Rachel and Russ
Rachel mentions the words "Windows NT" to a sysadmin


Asher wishes he had a padded harness

Rachel
Rachel examining a climb, and not just staring off into space, honest...

Playing
Me playing on the boulder they have at the centre...

Russ on the boulder
..and Russ in the same place

Glenn and Rachel
Now try it without the rope...

Asher and Rik
Asher checks to see how much Rik's bald spot is spreading

Playing on the boulder
Me playing on the boulder again

Asher
Asher tiptoes daintily up the rock

Russ the vampire
Russ the vampire

  Russ also has some climbing piccies here.

 

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