Team Psychi.
Athletes & Ambassadors.
Joe Walmsly
COMPETITIONS AND RESULTS.
12th Senior Lead European Cup Augsburg 2024. 3rd British bouldering open 2018. 3rd British Lead Open 2018. 2nd Welsh Open 2018.
BEST PROBLEMS TO DATE.
Lead - Transgénèse, 8c. Boulder - The Green Room, 8a+ (V12).
LONG TERM GOALS.
Progress on the international circuit and keep pushing my grade outside
FAVOURITE CLIMBING CENTRE.
Got to be the Quay Climbing Centre or Boulder Exeter.
GO TO TRAINING MUSIC.
Drum & Bass.
WHEN DID YOU START CLIMBING?
I started climbing in 2011 at my local leisure centre.
HOBBIES OUTSIDE CLIMBING.
I don't have time for any other hobbies haha!
LUCY GARLICK
BEST COMP RESULT.
1st at European youth championship (boulder) 2024.
LONG TERM GOALS.
Go to the Olympics and win a world championship medal.
FAVOURITE CENTRE.
KI in Innsbruck- there are so many good lead routes there!
WHEN DID YOU START CLIMBING?
At the age of 6 at White Spider.
HOBBIES OUTSIDE CLIMBING.
Drawing
Sam Mawson
FAVOURITE CRAG.
Earl crag has a special place in my heart, grew up 10 minutes away and spent a fair few days and evenings up there. Did my first 7a+, 7b, 7c, and 7c+ there.
BEST PROBLEMS TO DATE.
My hardest is Cypher, 8b, at Slipstones. A classic Yorkshire Grit test piece in a stunning location, had a poster of it on my wall as a kid so was quite surreal to be stood on too of it!
LONG TERM GOALS.
Continue enjoying my climbing and get to as many areas as possible.
HOBBIES OUTSIDE CLIMBING.
I play guitar, surf, and I really enjoy writing and drawing so keep a travel journal to look back on.
WHEN DID YOU START CLIMBING?
A long time ago, I grew up with it as my Dad is a keen climber, so been in and around climbing from a very young age (there's a baby picture somewhere of me surrounded by guidebooks and quickdraws)!
Will Ruane
COMPETITIONS AND RESULTS.
2023 British AL1 Paraclimbing Champion, 2024 10th place IFSC World Cup Innsbruck AL1 Paraclimbing.
LONG TERM GOALS.
I'd love to podium at a world Cup even and compete at the 2028 LA Paralympics if AL1 classification is selected.
FAVOURITE CLIMBING CENTRE.
Big Depot Leeds, plenty of challenging routes, bouldering, great overhang on main wall and banging pizzas.
WHEN DID YOU START CLIMBING?
March 2023.
CLAIM TO FAME.
I'm the first person ever to represent Great Britain internationally in AL1 classification.
HOBBIES OUTSIDE CLIMBING.
Skiing, travelling all over the world, spending time with my amazing girlfriend and proving people wrong who say I can't do something because I use a wheelchair and have a disability!
