Since their relocation to Gooswell Farm, the Keswick Climbing Wall have been working hard to get the centre up and running, and developing a programme of events and competitions to draw people into the centre. As part of this, they have introduced a series of dry-tooling competitions.

With all this snow and ice around in the Lake District this winter, you may be forgiven for wondering why you would want to spend time indoors on a climbing wall with your ice axes. However, like any indoor climbing (in my opinion!) if you're wanting to improve your technique outdoors, then time spent 'in the gym' indoors, can be well spent.

It looks really mad, but whether you're wanting to improve your technique and strength on steep ice, or hard mixed routes, or simply try it out as a new facet of climbing, then it's definitely worth giving it a go. Debbie at the centre says it's open for anyone, so even if you've not tried it before, just turn up and thwack those logs!