The sky's the limit!

After some gentle persuasion from Isi, our bar supervisor, 8 brave Clachaig staff were dragged kicking & screaming from their beds at 8am on Thursday morning to take advantage of an open invitation from the Ice factor to try out their facilities - free of charge.
With representatives from housekeeping, reception and bar - many of whom had never climbed before - this was a great chance for them to bond as a team. We even discovered that due to working opposite shifts some hadn’t met before!

Slightly bleary-eyed, they rocked up at the Ice factor, were kitted-up, signed-in and enjoyed a warm-up on the auto-belays. These mechanisms allow you to climb without having someone to hold your rope and are a great way to get beginners onto the wall straight away.


Following a brief lesson in how to tie in and belay, the real climbing began, supervised by some of our more experienced staff. Some of the group achieved things they didn’t think were possible and many giggles were had by all! A brief play in the bouldering wall and a coffee (tho' not at the same time!) finished off the morning nicely.


Needless to say they are all planning another trip, although unfortunately they’ll have to open their wallets this time!

Thanks to Tracy & all at The Ice Factor for making this possible.