Climbing

Description
Climbing is the activity of ascending a rock feature, which can be natural or man-made.

Who is it suitable for?
For all Ages

Additional Information
There are now many public climbing walls across the country. Scout Adventures, SCAFELL (for larger events/training), Mountain Training (for qualifications)

Providers can be found at:
https://www.ukclimbing.com/listings/?t=wall
https://www.thebmc.co.uk/climbing-wall-finder#walls

Badge Links
Beavers My Adventure Challenge Award
Cubs Our Adventure Challenge Award
Scouts Adventure Challenge Award, Climber Activity Badge
Explorers Climber Activity Badge

How to run/provide climbing

There are 3 ways of running Climbing in Scouting. These are:

Scout-led activity - running climbing yourself or using someone else in Scouting
Externally-led activity - running climbing using an external provider
Activity for adult groups - running climbing for a group entirely of adults

Useful links

The National Governing Bodies for climbing are:

Factsheets on climbing

The following activity factsheets are relevant to this activity:

Rules on climbing

The following activity rules are relevant to this activity: