I think it’s safe to say for most of us…that in a lot of ways, both good and bad, 2024 has been a big year. I think it’s always a good feeling to have a goal and something to work towards, whether that’s meeting new people through climbing, projecting… Read More
Take a sneaky peak at the Parthian Reading Christmas Party… Pictures courtesy of Parthian Reading Café Supervisor Do. Hamish cleaned up at the ‘Parthian Reading Staff Awards’ winning categories ‘Best dressed’, ‘Best Knotter’ and ‘, and the ‘Gear Geek’ award. Here’s the full list of the winners… Read More
Launch into January with one of our ‘New year New Heights’ offers: JANUARY MEMBERSHIP DEAL sign up for monthly membership in JANUARY – Get FEB ½ price LEARN THE ROPES on an adult pathway course 1 months FREE CLIMBING for every adult pathway participant booked up… Read More
The 2024 Youth Climbing Series has been an incredible journey for our 20 talented competitors from Parthian Southampton, and we couldn’t be prouder of how they’ve performed across the four rounds this year. From the very first round to the most recent, each climber has pushed themselves to… Read More
Community Engagement Manager Nara gives us an update on all things LONDON! Calling All Artists! We’re on a mission to bring more colour, vibrancy, and inspiration to our climbing gym, and we want you to be a part of it. If you’re an experienced mural artist, we’d love… Read More
England Team Training Camp Blog On the 30th & 31st October we welcomed the England youth team to Parthian Manchester for a lead & boulder comp simulation. With around 20 athletes attending it was going to be an exciting day. The morning began with a mock boulder comp, which was… Read More
Parthian Shot at the new Parthian Shop – ARTWORK by @majkaillustrations Have you visited our new retail area at Parthian Southampton? Get to know Artist Karolina and learn about how the design came to fruition. My art career officially started in Arts University Bournemouth, but also way before that, back… Read More
Centre Manager Clara Doebler talks about how we plan to tackle the changes in legislation regarding the prevention of sexual discrimination in the workplace. It’s NOT ok – Parthian’s anti-harassment campaign On the 26th October, a new government law around sexual harassment came into force. According to this law,… Read More
Training for Climbing – by Parthian Fitness Manager – Matt Page Training for climbing are the words that have developed quite the buzz in recent times and has certainly peaked now with companies like lattice and UKclimbing writing in-depth articles, and many podcasts (like TheTrainingBeta podcast) detailing how anyone can… Read More
For your chance to train hard, climb strong and represent Parthian Climbing at National Competitions, read on… Squad Try-outs for 2025 After a hugely successful 2024 competition season, we would like to announce try-outs for positions in Parthian Reading’s 2025 squad. We are looking for highly motivated climbers… Read More
