Secret Bouldering location

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This is Eden Rock, one of the best climbing walls in England
But it has 1 star reviews
Matthew Barrington said
“it is the worst climbing gym I’ve ever been to...if travelling avoid at all costs…Get yourself to Depot Manchester”
What does Matthew Barrington know that we don’t?
I really like Eden Rock
But does that make Depot Manchester a super gym?
Well I travelled over 100 miles to find out
My first impression was that it is nice and clean and has lots of problems to try
But they grade on colour and the red ones are v2 to v5
Which whilst the problems were fun it meant I spent the majority of session climbing below my limit
So I was confused by Matthew Barrington’s review
That was until I found this secret bouldering room
Shh…Don’t tell anyone
And these climbs were some of the best I’ve tried
They were super fun and flowey and you could use lots of different techniques to solve them
And it made me feel like Tomoa Narasaki
So I thought I’d try some boulders from a recent competition
And quickly realised I’m not

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@JJ-it3iq 2 ай бұрын

Reds are V3-V5, pinks are V2-V5. A big range, but each colour generally uses similar holds and each colour seems to focus on different technique. In this set that you've climbed, there are a few reds that are genuinely hard (e.g. on the right side of 0:28). The comp wall is fun, there are two variants. The one in the "secret room" is the easier one, the one on the right before the entrance to the "secret room" is the hard comp.

@Charlie_Finnie 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, the grade poster was pretty confusing and I must have mistaken pink for red.

@PIXEL7atm 3 ай бұрын

You discovered the comp room. Depot manny is a pretty soft gym from my experience, but a great centre with loads of training facilities and blocs.

@Namesurname834 3 ай бұрын

V2 to v5 feels psychotic as a grading band lol

@frankiecosenza7174 3 ай бұрын

As a beginner that can only handle v2-v3 that’s terrifying

@supernoodles908 2 ай бұрын

@@frankiecosenza7174 I set at the depot. Personally I think the whole "each colour is a band of grades" isn't great. I get why we do it but it's not good. Another issue with how we just use one colour is each colour kind of has a theme of what type of holes there are. So as someone goes though the grey boundaries they suddenly sit in county and completely different whole type when they go onto the next Grade band. So rather than being introduced to certain types of holes or textures at a lower grade on an easy climb that just hit full force with them at a higher grade. With that said I think having the occasional wide grade ranges a good thing because it gets new requirements to actually try things that are way above their ability. That's how you get that ability

@tama-4225 2 ай бұрын

@@supernoodles908I regularly climb at multiple depots and what your saying about holds in grade bands simply isn't true. Yes clearly the higher grades have more difficult holds but the lower circuits have great variety too, I climb at many other gyms where the lower grades are just boring jug ladders and you'll never see a sloper until v5 or so... That's not the case at the 3 depots I regularly visit.

@tama-4225 2 ай бұрын

@@frankiecosenza7174I get that if it's the only band that has V2 in it but the bands start much lower. V1-V3 V2-V4 V2-V5 V3-V5 are the first 4 bands so as you can see there is plenty to go at for a V2-V3 climber.

@matejnovosad9152 2 ай бұрын

Yeah. Covers like 70% of climbers in a gym

@drk_end5347 3 ай бұрын

always go to depot manchester as my first bouldering gym and the colour grade banding throws me off BUT the climbs are always pretty fun

@mrsquid_ 3 ай бұрын

there's always a bigger fish

@Woofdog 2 ай бұрын

Love Eden rock! First time there the other week and loved it!

@cosmicreciever 2 ай бұрын

My main problem with the depot is that they always use the same holds to set at the same grades. You don't get a good variety of different styles in the same grade this way

@sebastianflynn1746 2 ай бұрын

It took me 5 sessions to even touch depot Manchester main bouldering areas, the other rooms are the best part of the gym.

@Charlie_Finnie 2 ай бұрын

The overhanging comp section was getting reset when I was there, so I'll definitely have to go back again!

@sebastianflynn1746 2 ай бұрын

@@Charlie_Finnie I spent all my time in the training room and cave.

@sGBUCKO 2 ай бұрын

Matthew Barrington is a 16 stone powerhouse, he knows everything! I can confirm this! 😂

@Barrbuckclimbs 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@Xiltch Ай бұрын

Moved to Aberdeen recently and totally miss my weekly visit to the depot. Lots of amazing climbs across many different styles that will always leave you challenged.

@lj3d 3 ай бұрын

Get to the climbing works in Sheffield, very good place. They have probably the best routesetting knowledge in the country. One of the co-owners was the chief routesetter for the 2020 Olympics bouldering

@Charlie_Finnie 3 ай бұрын

Nice, I'll have to check it out at some point!

@Leo-qh1um 2 ай бұрын

Ummmm actually eden rock is in Edinburgh Scotland 🤓👆

@Charlie_Finnie 2 ай бұрын

That is true

@macchinaverdi 2 ай бұрын

A eden rock is in Edinburgh, one In Carlisle and now Newcastle. Go eden rock guys !!!

@lilster8968 Ай бұрын

Go to Boulder brighton!

@mat5671 3 ай бұрын

did you try out the overhang section? personally my absolute favourite part of the whole gym ! the biggest downsidr of depot climving has got to be the grading system tho... it kinda sucks tbh

@Charlie_Finnie 3 ай бұрын

It was getting reset! I'll have to go back and try it

@Sebfish Ай бұрын

Mate city bloc is where it’s attttttt

@SonnyJCrefin 29 күн бұрын

You have a really nice voice

@IoanGwenter 14 күн бұрын

I’m a local at Depot Manchester. Overall a great gym, especially as a student - specifically for Comp-style and Training. Setting is fun and in general inventive However. They set via colour, meaning that you never really get to experience different types of holds - so trying to push to the next grade can feel really difficult as for example the hold used on the hardest grade (orange) are ONLY ever used for orange. Furthermore I would say the Plateu grade for a lot of people (purple) is further damaged by this, as these holds very quickly become slippy, overchalked and dometimes rarely unusable. This is a specific problem with footholds in particular. Food is great and you get so much bang for your buck their.

@g.w.customcreations3534 Ай бұрын

Vast majority of Depot's are just generic, clinical walls, that rely on students using them as pick-up spots for dating. 😂 They're as close to a real gym, as mcdonalds is to a real restaurant. Only exception being the real OG Pudsey. Thats a damn good gym.

@evmarekaj 2 ай бұрын

I've been climbing for almost a year now and still have no understanding of grades anf what is or not average and how I compare

@richardbradley1532 Ай бұрын

You forgot to go up the steps from 'secret bouldering room' to the fabulous training room! 😂

@emiliesmallbrain9171 26 күн бұрын

Would love for you to try the climbing station in Loughborough

@TheLPfunnTV 2 ай бұрын

I heared elden rock - and had flashbacks tu freaking Margit the fell omen

@aprilsummers6447 23 күн бұрын

Cool music. What's it called?

@Charlie_Finnie 21 күн бұрын

It's Sun Machine One by Loopop from the KZbin Audio Library

@joelcampbell7228 2 ай бұрын

there's a brand new one in Newcastle now ! also hidden away by the metro line

@hunteralexander9791 Ай бұрын

As someone who is genuinely curious, is 100miles a large distance in the UK? Roughly how far would that distance be in terms of the entire UK?

@Charlie_Finnie Ай бұрын

Yeah, I think most people don't travel long distances frequently. I live close to Scotland and it's 300 miles to London. I lived in Australia and your next town could be 300 miles whereas the majority of the UK's population live between me and London.