Outdoor Bouldering Area for Beginners

Rob Greenwood, Tim Hill and Xa White show us around Robin Hood's Stride and Cratcliffe in the Peak District.

Given their close proximity to each other, Cratcliffe Tor and Robin Hood's Stride make for a great, single-day circuit. What makes this circuit even better is that there's something for everyone. The quality of problems is high throughout the grades, from easy through to hard, and there's everything from low to high - mostly with good landings. As such, this is a popular venue for beginners, intermediate and advanced climbers alike. It's also a fun place to take the family, as it provides (for the most part) a relatively safe space, with great potential for the kids to explore.

#bouldering #peakdistrict

Intro: (00:00)
Warm Up: (00:41)
A tricky problem: (02:48)
Xa's Project: (05:52)
Highballing: (09:54)
Why is grit so good?: (11:55)

Thanks to The North Face for supporting this video. Look for three more in the coming weeks.

[philg_music]

Nice to see some lower grade footage. Great film, thanks 🙏

[lewispontremoli]

A rare ego-free, friendly climbing video! Would love to see you guys do similar in other peak venues, please!

[chrisstaniforth]

Really enjoyed this!! Easy problems along with some harder stuff 👌 excellent!

[jayb-rk]

Recently started bouldering outdoors after years of indoor-only and I'm discovering it's a completely different sport. Finding the boulder, figuring out the line, and actually climbing it all feels different, and half of the time you don't know whether you're doing the right problem. I'm also realising how much I really on friction indoors and I really need to work more on finger strength for outdoor climbing in my area, everything is so flat and smooth or crimpy-ish features with no friction.

I appreciate you mentioning that the grades don't really matter, because we found the grading to be all over the place around here. Some easy stuff feels so easy we don't believe we did the problem and other stuff that's lower grades feels impossible somehow.

[wstravels]

This was such a great climbing video - please make more content exactly like this. Loved the climbers, super interesting location and loved the accessibility of the grades shown. Thank you UKC!

[ukclimbingofficial]

Let us know if you've had a chance to head to RHS or Cratcliffe and what your favourite Peak District areas are!

[joue_zep]

Ive watched 1 minute, already like ot ❤🔥

[smashbadger]

Egg Arête can get in the bin, until I’ve done it anyway, a delightful amount of TNF swag in the video. Also. What brand are those pads you’re using 😜😙

[passionateaboutdogs]

Would you mind sharing the guide book you’re using?😌 send an affiliate link if you have one 🙏

[harrisondreamsofmantles]

Some other f3 to f6c+ classics
Cratcliffe:
The Squirm (weird groove)
Foot Tickler, Through Mantel, Last Arete, and Lip Slap
Pink Slab Right (No Arête)
The Bishop and the mega sandbagged Hermit's Cave Traverse

RHS:
Arch Direct (more weirdness, )
Elderberry Layback (underneath the Dry Wit ledge)
Short Arete and Sweet Arete
Boss Hog and Boss Start (probably the best low f6 highball in the area? big commitment, airy, safe fall, 3 stars imo)
Bossa Nova
Angle Arete
The Nose

[harrisondreamsofmantles]

That's egg arete left, 5+ you wanna be on the right hand side for the 6b, (and of course the highly coveted sit start 'chancellor of the eggs checker'). I thought it was widely accepted that look right sit being a 6c was an accident, its 6a.

[herbiejohnson]

I dont think the chips in on the cave problem similar to t crack

[lizarddronedude]

"Scooch" is a word just watch Rab C Nesbit 😂