West 1 is an ideal venue for indoor sessions with a wide variety of top-roping, lead climbing and bouldering to work with. The wall often has a quiet and spacious feel – making communication and concentration that bit easier – and there are some excellent ‘RockFit’ training facilities to help focus on specific moves and techniques.
I met Dagmar there for a two hour session focussing on footwork, straight arms and dynamic movement. The ‘RockFit’ section quickly helped Dagmar to some great improvement in the timing and coordination needed for big, dynamic and springy moves on a steep overhang.
