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Image - Jen Randal. TCA Glasgow
I recently went through some time travel which was interesting. Leaving home on Friday at 6am, I arrived back Sunday 4pm but seemed to have been away for a whole week! I was up at the new mega wall in Glasgow. This isn’t a plug for them, but just an observation about how the standards of indoor bouldering venues have risen so much recently. With the Works in Sheffield setting the bar so high, it’s been a tough act to follow. TCA hits the mark!
And the important point is that top facilities mean top climbers. Anyone else noticed how standards seem to be cruising upwards at the moment? Out at Stanage yesterday it was clear that those hard problems in the circuit that were rarely done are now the norm for plenty. This summer could give us a bumper crop.
So in my 2.5 days I managed 13 hours of travel, 11 hours of route setting, a lecture and 9 hours of coaching, plus some climbing, meeting tons of people and eating a good chunk from the TCA café (top pizza). Thanks to the guys there, and to Al Cassidy for putting me up.
