England Team Training Camp at Parthian Manchester

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 PARTHIAN SHOP!

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

‘It’s Not OK’ – Parthian Climbing’s anti-harassment campaign

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 – 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

SQUAD TRY-OUTS 2025, PARTHIAN CLIMBING READING!

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

Parthian Manchester Dry Tooling event round up….

On the evening of the 19th October a rather unusual event took place at Parthian Manchester…. Read Centre Manager Marek’s event blog  to find out what! The Scottish Dry Tooling Club descended on the centre to turn us into a dry tooling playground for the evening. This was the… Read More

PETZL Neox event round up, and gear review from Andrew Waterfield

Parthian Climbing Southampton Climbing Manager Andrew Waterfield gives his verdict on the new PETZL NEOX. Is it worth the hype? Read on to find out… Looks like a grigri… feels like a grigri… but it’s not a Gri Gri… its a NEOX!’ The Petzl roadshow visited Parthian Southampton and… Read More

‘When Tony Met Alex’

Meet Parthian Climbing Southampton Route Setting Manager, Tony Flynn. Tony shares his story about how he first got into climbing as a youngster growing up in South Africa, and how a meeting with climbing superstar Alex Megos inspired him to train hard and make a career out of climbing. 7… Read More