It's the world's worst-kept secret, or at least Hikerdelic HQ's worst-kept secret, that a few people here are into climbing rocks. Trips to the kettle are frequently accompanied by conversations about weekend bouldering trips or post-work gym sessions.
Our climbing-obsessed individuals are very welcome here, and rock-centric conversations are most definitely encouraged - they're probably the reason why a great deal of our SS25 offerings reference stone, whether that be Petroglyph carvings or Todmorden's Bridestones.
Occasionally, the kettle conversations are followed up by something a bit more serious than an after-work session, and recently, that happened to be exactly the case...
What started as a rock-climbing content ideas spitballing extravaganza quickly turned into a fully fledged collaboration with The Climbing Hangar. The parameters for the collaboration were about as open as they could be, but there was one rule - Hikerdelic and Hangar staff were to climb together and trade tees. A pretty good format for collaboration if you ask us.
The location of choice was situated in the Welsh bouldering mecca of Llanberis pass, so after a quick Liverpool detour to pick up our scouse climbing accomplices, our crew headed for the fabled Wavelength Boulders.
A short journey in the van and a few fistfulls of fruit pastilles later saw the gang tackle a typically meaty Llanberis approach to the boulders, cover one set of extremities in tiny shoes & the other in chalk.
The outing was fantastic by all accounts, exactly what you want from a day's bouldering. A few sends, a few falls and plenty of laughs, all taking place in one of the most beautiful locations in the British Isles. Not bad.
See our Petroglyph Tee here
See what our friends at The Climbing Hangar are up to here
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