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Definition
What is a Climbing Wall

Pre-History
Bildering And Bilderers
Geoffrey Windthrop Young
Arthur Pinner

First True Climbing Structure
Schurman Rock
Clark Schurman
Camp Long

Post War Development

1960's Boom
Britians First Climbing Walls

1970's Development

Climbing Wall Manufacturers
Bendcrete Climbing Walls
DR Climbing Walls

University Walls
Brunel University
Spire Rock
University of Washington

The 1980's Wall Development
The invention of the bolt on Hold

First Commercial Climbing Centre
Vertical, In Seattle
Mile End, London

The 1990's Beginning of the Golden Age

21st Century Climbing Walls and the Future
Bolton One
Bolton One is the name for Bolton’s new £30.6 million swimming pool, health and academic centre.

Services include - Urgent Care Facilities • 24 hour GP Out of Hours service base, with consulting rooms for emergency appointments • Walk-in Centre • X-Ray • Echocardiograms • Ultrasound Specialised, Community-based Treatment • Rapid Access Clinics for Breathlessness, Cardiology, Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Elderly Medicine •Musculoskeletal Service including Rheumatology, Orthopaedics, Biomechanical workshop, Rehabilitation Gym • 		Bolton One
An 8-lane 25-metre pool built to Amateur Swimming Association standards for county competitions, enabling it to play a part in developing British swimming talent beyond the London 2012 Olympics. There will also be access to the University’s clinical skills laboratory facilities • a rehabilitation suite, including rehabilitation clinics • sports injury and exercise and conditioning clinics • teaching and seminar rooms • a test-running track.

The Climbing Wall.
Built from Featured Curved Resin - it includes corner cracks and flakes and at 17m high it will be one of the most impressive walls around.

A log of the work to date is below.

20th February 2012- It has been a long time - Route Setting ready for openning to the pubic next week.
 
 
 
 
 
   
       
       
28th September 2011 - Just laminating the panel joints before we coat the wall next week.
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27th September 2011 - All the panels are up, and the steelworks checked
23rd September 2011 - Panels are nearly up.
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22nd September 2011 - Installling Panels on the 17m high Lead Climbing Wall at Bolton One
Bendcrete Climbing Walls at Bolton One, University of Bolton
Bendcrete Climbing Walls at Bolton One, University of Bolton
Bendcrete Climbing Walls at Bolton One, University of Bolton
Bendcrete Climbing Walls at Bolton One, University of Bolton
Martin fitting the Bendcrete Panels at Bolton One
End of Day Progress - Bendcrete Climbing Wall at Bolton one
19th September 2011 - Installing the Panels
Bendcrete Installing Climbing Panels at Bolton One
Bendcrete Installing Climbing Panels at Bolton One
Bendcrete Installing Climbing Panels at Bolton One
Bendcrete Installing Climbing Panels at Bolton One
Installation of Structural Steel Frames
Bolton One Climbing Wall - Structural Steel frames
Bendcrete Structural Steel Frames - Bolton One Climbing Wall
13th September. Panels Collected for Delivery to Site

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5th September. Installation of the steel frames begins.
Workshop Construction
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Site - Day Two - Still measuring up for steel frame sections. 25th August 2011 -

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Site - Day One - Measuring up for steel frame sections. 24th August 2011
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