LCC’s Bringing The Outdoors Inside

Introducing The Imposter Circuit

This June, we’re going back to the roots of climbing and bringing the outdoors inside at all 8 London Climbing Centres

What’s the deal?

Introducing The Imposter Circuit.

This summer we’re bringing the outdoors inside, with a circuit of blocs dedicated to the best of British bouldering.

Twenty-three blocs, three tiers of difficulty, and eight London Climbing Centres, replicating iconic boulder problems from around the UK.

Let’s be clear though, these are imposters, not replicas.

While we’ve done our best to match holds, angles, and general movement, there’s always going to be a gap between what you climb outdoors and indoors.

The Imposter Circuit is about highlighting and celebrating that difference, while tying into the beginnings of the sport that we know and love.

So, check out the logbook below and see how many you can tick off this June.

The Logbook

Centre	Bloc Name	Outdoor Font Grade	Where In Centre	Hold Colour	UKC Link	Setter’s Notes
BethWall	3 Pocket Slab	6A	Hackney Slab	Black	Here	Taller and slabbier in real life!
	Ultimate Gritstone Experience	6C	Bow	Blue	Here	Classic, squeezy fun. Try not to stand on handholds to replicate how it climbs outside
	Jerry’s Roof (Tourist Start)	7B	Whitechapel Left	Orange	Here	I set the ‘Tourist Start’, the handholds are flatter outdoors
CanaryWall	Strawberries	6B	Limehouse	Black	Here	More subtle outside, notoriously tricky for the grade
	The Pinch	6C	Basin	Orange and Blue Spots	Here	Not as steep outside, satisfying jump after the pinch
	Impropa Opera	7C	Stable Right	Wasp	Here	The first move is lankier outdoors
CroyWall	Bleau N Away	7A	Slab Island		Here	Harder and slabbier outdoors. Classic slippy southern sandstone!
	Terminator	7A	Overhang Island	Orange and Blue Spots	Here	Sharper holds and probably easier outdoors!
	Deliverance	7B+	Barrel	Black	Here	The last move gives it the grade, scary and tall outdoors!
EustonWall	Undercooke	7A	Paddington	Black	Here	Real life boulder has 2 extra start moves that we couldn’t fit in!
	Joker	8A	Paddington	White	Joker \| Ace	Stanage’s legendary bloc, tiny crimps, one move wonder
HarroWall	Staffordshire Flyer	6B	Barrel	Yellow	Here	Steeper outside, big moves on decent holds
	Gorilla Warfare	7A	Island 1 Steep	Green	Here	A Peaks classic and many’s first 7A, avoid standing on the start holds
	Bewilderness	8B+	Island 3 Steep	Yellow	Here	Set softer, roughly 8A+
RavensWall	Cost of Living	6A	Ravenscourt	Black	Here	Classic tic-tac outdoor moves
	Edge Problem	7A	Dawn Hall Verts	Pink	Here	Tough pulling, holds are sharper outside
	Brad Pit	7C	Hammersmith	Red	Here	Start holds are one long rail, the heel is closer outdoors
VauxEast	Tiger	6B	Northern Line	Yellow	Here	One move wonder from Burbage
	Art of Japan	6C	Victoria	Yellow	Here	More reliant on span outdoors
	Suavito	7B	Ship	Yellow	Here	A scary landing outside, replicated for your training
VauxWest	Not To Be Taken Away	6C	Cave Arch	Yellow	Here	Gets easier as you go up. Finish at the top of the wall for extra style points
	Picnic Sarcastic	7A+	Prow	Yellow	Here	The pocket is nicer than the outdoor equivalent
	Brass Monkeys	7C	Central Arch Cave	Red	Here	One for the spanny folks

What’s on at London Climbing Centres this summer

Visit the ‘coolest’ centres in London

Climbing somewhere that’s genuinely designed to stay cool matters more than most people realise.

Luckily, we’ve invested heavily in staying cool.

BethWall, VauxEast, VauxWest and EustonWall all have full HVAC and are highly recommended visits this summer.

Find Out More

Open Weekend (5th – 7th of June)

Magic Time entries from open till close at every London Climbing Centre (that’s £8 entry).

There’ll also be no supervisor fees for parents or any peak time supplement fees for the weekend.

Find Out More & Book

Gradeless First Weeks

From the 1st of June, the first week after every new set, every new climb from V2+ will be left ungraded.

After that first week, we’ll flip the grade tags to reveal their ‘given’ grades.

Find Out Why Here