Mount Palace

Ok, this very cool guy arrived at the centre for his first time visit (before everyone else), borrowed rental shoes, climbed every single bloc in the centre then was the last to leave. Total legend. Oh, and please stand up if you’ve ever seen ankle flexibility like this. , we salute you 🫡

Belated congrats to the inaugural Mount Palace Masters winners! 🏆🏅🥇🙌 Next comp coming May 2026

Welcome in the New Year this weekend at the Mount Palace Masters, the UK’s first comp of the year! (...probably)

This is totally not a serious comp, just a fun, social event to get people back into climbing for the year so don’t stress it :)

Teams of 3 attempt to get the highest collective scores from 20 blocs & 6 games. Players for each team are picked at random, names pulled from hats based on experience - newb/mid/higher lever categories.

Prizes and Trophies going to the highest scoring 3 teams and £100 cash prize for the highest individual climbers score!

Arrive at 11am, comp starts at midday. Book onto either the Saturday3rd or Sunday 4th (no need to attend both), prizes etc announced at 4.30pm on Sunday 4th (but if you can’t attend they’ll be given when you next attend)

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This Saturday is the last opportunity for the community to speak directly with the GLA and ask them to reconsider plans that would, in practice, remove climbing from the National Sports Centre.
 
They will be presenting their final consultation in the NSC this Saturday 15 November from 11am to 2pm, showing their proposals and answering questions before the plans are submitted early next year. What is said on Saturday will shape the final version.
 
If you can, please take a few minutes to go along, look at the plans and share your concerns. Direct, in-person feedback carries weight at this stage and it is one of the few moments where individual voices can influence the outcome.
 
Key issues with the current proposal:
• The space is essentially a large sports hall with climbing along half of the perimeter rather than a dedicated climbing facility.
• The footprint is too small to support a safe or financially sustainable climbing centre.
• The centre would be forced to close around ten times a year so it can revert to use as an athletics hub, making stable programming and financial viability impossible.
 
Taken together, these factors make it unlikely that any serious operator would invest hundreds of thousands of pounds in building a wall in a space this constrained.
 
It would also help if the petition, created by climbers from the community, can reach 2,000 signatures before Saturday. Numbers matter, and a larger total makes it harder for decision-makers to dismiss concerns about the viability of the proposed space.
 
If you haven’t already, please add your name and share the petition, link in bio x

1000 signatures so far! Thanks to everyone who has signed and everyone who has promoted our cause, particularly local support from Labour Councillors Ryan Thomson and Ruth McGregor 🙌

We still need more support though to prevent the loss of this heritage site in Crystal Palace! We've only got a couple of months so please head to the comments section below for the link to the petition and sign and share!

Thanks you :)

Ok folks, it’s GO TIME.

For 30 years Crystal Palace has been home to one of London’s oldest climbing gyms, but in just a couple of months that could all change. If we want to keep climbing in Crystal Palace, we need to act together. We’ve only a couple of months before the GLA pushes planning through in the new year, so this is it.

Step one: sign and share the petition! 👊🙏😊

Petition Link here: https://c.org/DJh8kNm9XK

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