Climbing news, events, guides and advice, from new walls and competitions to how to start climbing.
Urban Climb Blackburn hosts the 2026 Australian Speed Climbing National Championships on 7 November, and Gravity Worx the Victorian State Speed Titles on 21 November. Here's what speed climbing is, who races, and how to enter or watch.
Joe Rushton
The Rock Adventure Centre in Newtown, Geelong's indoor climbing centre since 2001, closes for good on Saturday 7 November 2026. Here's what is ending and where the city's climbers can go next, from Industry Boulders in Grovedale to the granite of the You Yangs.
Joe Rushton
Melbourne's free outdoor bouldering walls, from Burnley's volunteer-built walls under the Monash Freeway to council walls in Brunswick, Footscray, Southbank, Chadstone, Point Cook and Cranbourne South, and a campus wall in Frankston: where each one is, what it's like and how to use it well.
Joe Rushton
Sport Climbing Queensland's youth bouldering championships come to GRIPswich Bouldering in Ipswich on 31 October and 1 November 2026, with state titles and qualification for the Australian Youth Boulder Nationals at stake.
Joe Rushton
Every Belgian crag is on private or public land, and only members of a climbing federation may climb there. Here's how access works, how to bring a friend who isn't a member, and where to start, from Freÿr to the Ourthe.
Joe Rushton
Belgium has no legal belay licence, but many Flemish halls ask for the KBF's KVB card before you climb on a rope, while halls in Brussels and Wallonia run their own briefings, tests and badges. Here's what to expect, hall by hall.
Joe Rushton
The national championships in lead, bouldering and speed run from 14 to 21 November 2026 at the Yenimahalle sports complex in Ankara, for climbers from 13 to seniors. Here's the schedule, who can enter and why the results matter for the national team.
Joe Rushton
Turkey has two climbing systems: walk-in bouldering gyms that anyone can use, and club, university and state walls for licensed climbers. Here's how each works, what it costs and how visitors can climb.
Joe Rushton
A year after para-climbing became an official sport in Turkey, the national para team made its World Cup debut in Innsbruck, won medals in Brno and reached a final in Laval. Six climbers are entered for Gunsan at the end of October.
Joe Rushton
