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The School Room is a rock climbing training facility in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. [1] The facility was originally built in 1993 by Gavin Ellis, Ben Tye and Andy Coish, [1] as conditions at Peak District Limestone venues (at which they trained) were not always ideal. [2] The facility was made famous by its reputation for its extremely difficult problems. Many notable international rock climbers were trained at The School Room, including Ben Moon, [1] Malcolm Smith, Jerry Moffatt and Richard Simpson.[ citation needed ]

The School Room received its name from the fact that its original location, in the Heeley Bank School community centre, formed a portion of an old school building. Another portion of the building was used for an art studio. [2] The facility consisted of four plywood climbing walls, which are covered with wooden and plastic holds, at angles of between 15 and 52 degrees. [2]

In 2006, the School Room was under threat of closure and Sheffield City Council had asked all users of the centre to vacate the premises. [3] Despite a successful petition was established to save the facility, [3] the original School Room closed in 2006, but was reopened with the same walls in a different warehouse space in 2014 by Moon. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Douglas, Ed (2015). Statement: The Ben Moon Story. Vertebrate Publishing. ISBN   9781906148997.
  2. 1 2 3 "Carry on climbing..." Sheffield Telegraph. 24 August 2007. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Heeley protesters win reprieve". Sheffield Telegraph. 13 August 2007. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  4. Samet, Matt (12 January 2018). "The School Room: Sheffield's Legendary Training Facility". Climbing Magazine. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.

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