As seems to be the recent theme for York MC events, it was a rainy night in Harrogate for the inaugural Parthian Lock In.
Sam and the team at Parthian kindly offered an after-hours climbing session solely for club members, along with some added skills sessions *and* the opportunity to control the playlist!
It was a great turn out from the club, with just over ⅓ (!) of the membership turning up for an evening of climbing (and some obligatory pizza). It was great to see new and old faces alike, with a few club members getting their first taste of roped climbing, having cut their teeth bouldering at the Goat.
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Sam and Alfie from Parthian lead some skills sessions on technique and footwork (getting coloured chalk everywhere!) and on lead belaying skills.
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All in all it was a great night, with a good buzz (and the world’s most varied Spotify playlist… Mötley Crüe followed by Taylor Swift anyone?).
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Huge thanks to everyone for coming and especially to Sam and the team at Parthian for helping make it happen, and Alfie from Parthian (https://instagram.com/alfredreed) for the pictures of the evening!
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Thanks Carwyn for organising, and thanks Dan (and Brian) for helping me practice belaying – I went back yesterday with a friend and passed the competency test for roped climbing and spent two happy hours climbing and belaying so I’m really grateful for your help getting to a level where I can more easily make progress.