Calshot Climbing Wall     
Bouldering Only Membership

Bouldering only membership of the climbing wall is for any climber who purely wishes to use the bouldering walls and not climb or belay on the roped walls. If you wish to climb or belay on the roped walls you must either be signed in as a guest of a full member, or become a Full or Individual member of the wall yourself.

How to sign in a guest
How to become a full or individual member

Bouldering only membership is open to any one of 18 and over who has climbed or Bouldered before. It is not available to complete novices who should book on one of our introductory climbing courses.

How to become a Bouldering Only Member

To become a member you should:

1) read the Bouldering only Conditions of use and rules
2) fill in the Bouldering only registration form
The completed form should be presented to the reception on arrival at the wall, no need to book just turn up, with payment for the annual membership fee and members entrance fee.

Entrance fees
You will then be asked to answer a couple of questions regarding the conditions of use, rules and undertake a short (5mins) induction. Providing you answer the questions satisfactorily you will then be given a bouldering only membership. This allows you to come and climb on the bouldering wall any time the wall is open. Opening times

Conditions of Use

Risks
“The British Mountaineering Council recognises that climbing and mountaineering are activities with a danger of personal injury or death. Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions and involvement.”
Although the climbing centre is an artificial environment the risks involved are no less serious than when climbing outside on a crag or mountain. There is an additional risk that bolt-on holds can spin or break.
Climbing beyond your capabilities on any wall is likely to result in a fall. Any fall may result in an injury despite the safety systems in place to avoid it. You must make your own assessment of the risks whenever you climb.

Matting
The soft Matting under the bouldering walls is designed to provide a more comfortable landing for climbers falling or jumping from the bouldering wall. THE SOFT MATTING DOES NOT MAKE THE CLIMBING ANY SAFER. Broken and sprained limbs are common on this type of climbing wall despite the soft landing. Uncontrolled falls are likely to result in injuries to yourself or others.

Our Duty of Care
The rules of the climbing centre set out overleaf are not intended to limit your enjoyment of the facilities. They are part of the duty of care that we, as operators, owe to you, the customer, by law. As such they are not negotiable and if you are not prepared to abide by them then the staff must politely ask you to leave.

Your Duty of Care
You also have a duty of care to act responsibly towards the other users of the centre. Statements of ‘Good Practice’ are posted around the centre adjacent to the relevant facilities. These describe the accepted methods of use and how customers would normally be expected to behave towards each other.

Unsupervised Climbing
Before you climb without supervision the centre expects you to be able to describe the dangers involved with bouldering and accept the risks involved. You are required to register to say that you understand the Conditions of Use, that you are prepared to abide by the Rules below and that you understand the risks involved in your participation. While you climb without supervision the centre expects you to be aware of all other climbing users whether boulderers or roped climbers and their belayers. Unless you have registered you must not climb without supervision.
Unsupervised climbing is just that! If you are not confident in the use of any climbing equipment or technique then do not attempt to use it without the supervision of someone who is competent to do so.

Supervised Climbing
‘Bouldering Only’ registration does not entitle you to supervise any other climber. Only customers with a Full Climbing Membership may supervise novices.

Children (Under 18)
Bouldering only Memberships are not available for Under 18’s
All children in the centre must be supervised by an adult unless they have been assessed by the management and registered for unsupervised climbing. In addition to the obvious risks of climbing, children on the ground are at particular risk of being seriously injured by falling climbers. Supervising adults are responsible for making sure that children are never directly below climbers.
Helmets are compulsory for all Under 18’s.

Bouldering Only
When you make a Bouldering Only registration you must agree not to use the roped walls either as a climber or a belayer. Failure to comply with this condition may result in your registration being permanently withdrawn. Furthermore, if you do climb with ropes and someone is injured as result of your actions, it is you and not the climbing centre operator who will be held legally liable.

Novice Climbers & Inductions
All climbers registering for Bouldering Only, should have some experience of bouldering. Complete novices must be signed in by a full climbing member or Book on a training course.
All climbers registering for Bouldering Only will have to undertake a short Induction with a member of the wall staff before they can start climbing.

Bouldering Only Rules

General Safety
• Report to the visitor centre or climbing wall kiosk on each visit before you
xxclimb.
• You must exercise care, common sense and self preservation at all times.
• Report any problems with the walls, equipment or other climbers’
xxbehaviour to a member of staff immediately.
• Be aware of the other climbers around you and how your actions will
xxaffect them.
• Keep out of the marked belay areas (Red Tiles). These are for the
xxexclusive use of roped climbers and
xxtheir belayers
• Do not distract people while they are climbing or belaying.
• Stand well back from the climbing walls unless you are spotting a climber.x
xxNever stand directly under someone who is climbing.
• There is a risk of broken holds or other objects falling from the wall.
xxCalshot recommends all climbers wear helmets.
xxHelmets are compulsory for all Under 18’s.
• Do not climb on the top rope and lead walls

Bouldering
• Always climb within your capabilities and descend by down climbing,
xxjumping or, at the very least, a controlled fall.
• Never climb directly above or below another climber.

Roped Climbing
If you want to take part in roped climbing on the tall walls you must either:

1) be signed in and supervised as a Novice by a climber who holds a full membership for roped climbing, or

2) Complete a membership registration form (roped climbing) yourself, once you have been taught the required skills or,

3) Book an introductory climbing course

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