14 May Welcome to Castle Climbing Center

In the many years we have seen really any and all, in the climbing world seems now on the future. In England, however, precisely in London, there is a corner of the world where the relevance of our beloved discipline is lost in a past time. Welcome to the Castle Climbing Center.

Built in 1855, it has all the features of a medieval castle. The initial use was incredible: it housed huge machines pumping clean water in London that served to minimize infections of cholera. Abandoned in the ’70s, it risked being demolished but was saved by some activists in the area and became the center for climbing. In addition to this unique story, there’s more: the Castle follows a ethic of environmental sustainability for not going to impact through its activities on the planet.
Audrey Seguy, the director of the center, said that "we seek financial sustainability, environmental and social. A success that will last over the years through economic and environmental policies aimed at preserving the environment and the center that houses it, without using the weapon of low wage to generate profit but providing the means to maintain by making employees work. They can learn something that will generate true development".
Everything in the Castle is designed to conserve resources. In 2009 recycling and pollution over the years are catching up. By the use of alternative resources to coal, the use of non-toxic cleaners for cleaning, recycling of waste water up to the use of clothing with fibers and natural dyes or disposal inside of a large part of the waste recovery systems. The food is produced internally with the cultivation of dozens of species of plants in greenhouses and vegetable gardens within the walls.
The structure has various boulder and 55 routes up to 8a. Like all the castles that respect, it’s full of floors and stairs. Visitors then will have to adapt to wander from one floor to another, from one service to another, always different, in shape and color, as seen from the photos taken at different levels.
Even inside the store does not lose sight of the objective sustainability, selling only shoes produced in the European Union (ie not made in China), strings obtained from recycled materials (the same used in the center) and proposing only clothing made with green processes.
Seguy always says that there are about 500 tickets to the Castle every day, not everyone involved climbing of course, but that still bears witness to this attention structure that crosses the boundaries of mere sport.

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For a tour in the photo gallery and video visit www.castle-climbing.co.uk
Source www.climbingbusinessjournal.com
Stefano Michelin