CLIMBING - COMMUNITY - BISTRO
At Beta Bloc climbing is a way of life, a passion shared by those in our community. Whether your aims are to try something new, to casually better your physical fitness with friends, to conquer your fears or to compete in bouldering competitions worldwide, Beta Bloc is the place for you! Climbing is the activity which brings everyone together. Our goal is to provide and maintain an environment with an air of positivity and professionalism – ultimately providing you with a place to climb and unwind.
So what is bouldering?
Bouldering is one of many forms of climbing. Picture yourself scaling a wall free from the confines of any rope or harness. It is a primal undertaking in which one's problem solving skills, determination and physical prowess are challenged at different levels and intensities to bring them to the top! This style of climbing makes use of 15-foot walls and incorporates technical movements that require coordination, balance, mobility and power.
CIRCUITS
At Beta Bloc we aspire to create an inclusive community of climbers and make climbing accessible to everyone while encouraging individuals to surpass themselves. We are doing so by offering a varied range of climbing problems in which every climber will find what they need to progress, enjoy themselves and tackle challenges with other climbers of the community.
This is why we migrated to our own bouldering classification system in which problems are arranged into circuits. Within a circuit a climber will find problems of varying difficulties and styles on different wall angles. The climbers will go through a smooth growth curve and will be presented with a set of boulder problems designed to make them progress and enjoy their climbing experience.
Setting for the people
When making circuits, we set problems for the people that will climb them instead of focusing on satisfying V-grades requirements. Instead of setting for a specific grade and debate on grade accuracy, setting a problem for a circuit has the climbers’ experience in focus. We improve their experience by introducing movements that will help the climber progress, making sure that other boulders in the same circuit have different styles, making boulders fun for the climbers of that circuit and finally ensuring that the difficulties at both ends of the circuit connect well with the previous and following circuits.
The Intro circuit will allow first comers to know where to start their climbing journey while circuits 1 to 6 will orient climbers with more background to find problems suited to their skill sets and needs and progress with their peers.
We believe that our circuit system will allow climbers to develop their skills effectively by minimizing self imposed mental barriers related to clear separation between many grades. Climbers are often intimidated by grades for which they have not yet attempted problems. Having a wider range of challenges within a circuit will encourage climbers to try new problems we think are accessible to them.
We also believe that the circuits will tighten the community by promoting communication and climbers helping each other. As a result of having less circuits than we had grades, more climbers will tackle problems together within a circuit.
We are very excited to take this new step with our climbing community. Happy climbing!
