Tag: climbing
Ratho bouldering is aided by funds from sportscotland
Edinburgh Leisure’s flagship climbing arena at Ratho has benefitted from a major funding investment from sportscotland’s Sport Facilities Fund.
The Edinburgh International Climbing Arena (EICA) has received £100,000 towards bouldering redevelopment which will improve opportunities...
World Climbing at EICA:Ratho signs off the weekend with perfectly timed ‘Golds’
With seconds to spare for their second gold medals of the 2022 Lead series, Japan’s Ai Mori and USA’s Jesse Grupper both signed off the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup Series...
Speed climbing podiums at EICA:Ratho lifted by a couple of ‘firsts’
The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup event crowd at Ratho witnessed a bit of climbing history being made as USA’s Samuel Watson won his country’s first ever Speed gold medal.
There was...
World Cup climbing returns to Edinburgh
The Edinburgh International Climbing Arena (EICA) last hosted an International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup climbing event in 2017, and, once again it was the Speed climbers who opened proceedings for the...
2019 IFSC European Climbing Championships – Day 2, Lead Finals
The Edinburgh International Climbing Arena (EICA):Ratho took centre stage this weekend as it welcomed some of the world’s leading sport climbing athletes for the IFSC European Climbing Championships 2019.
With nineteen countries represented, and...
2019 IFSC European Climbing Championships – Day 1
The 2019 IFSC European Climbing Championships are being held this weekend at the EICA:Ratho in Edinburgh. The competition is held every two years in the disciplines of lead, speed and boulder. In this year's...
Scottish Paraclimbing Club
The Scottish Paraclimbing Club is the first of its kind in the UK providing opportunities for those with additional support needs and disabilities to get involved in climbing and progress in the sport.
The...
2019 Scottish Paraclimbing Festival
The Edinburgh International Climbing Arena hosted the 2019 Scottish Paraclimbing Festival alongside the, first ever, Scottish Lead Climbing Competition (SLCC) for adults on Sunday 8th September.
In the week before, the para setting team...
2019 Paraclimb Festival Coming to the EICA at Ratho
The Scottish ParaClimb 2019 is being held on Sunday the 8th September alongside a new Adult Lead and Speed Competition.
This means that the paraclimb routes will be spread across new areas of the Ratho...
The Adventure Show goes Climbing
The Edinburgh International Climbing Centre was host to BBC Scotland's 'Adventure Show' earlier today (Fri 19th) as the outdoors' programme went indoors to film some of Scotland's best young climbers for a live broadcast.
During...
BBC’s ‘Adventure Show’ Looking for Climbers
On Friday 19th July, the BBC Adventure Show are looking to broadcast live from the Edinburgh International Climbing Arena and are looking for climbers to take part in the show.
During the day there will...
Climbing – World Cup and Paraclimbing Cup, EICA:Ratho
World Class Climbing delivers in Edinburgh
If any sport that knows how to build tension in the spectators, then climbing, and especially Lead climbing – is that sport. The athletes – and that's what they...
IFSC World Cup Edinburgh 2017 – Championship Climbing at EICA Ratho
World Cup Climbing returns to Edinburgh
Seven years after the IFSC Youth World Championships in Edinburgh, top sport climbing athletes return to the capital city of Scotland for IFSC World Cup Edinburgh, the fifth Lead...
British mountaineer Andy Kirkpatrick comes to Edinburgh
Straight from his latest epic on Norway’s Troll Wall, Andy sets out on fourth speaking tour which will include a date in Edinburgh.
British mountaineer Andy Kirkpatrick has a reputation for being extreme. He has...
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