April 16, 2010 7:00 PM - 4 attended

Rock Wall Climbing

Warehouse Rock Gym (map)

Selected By: Cody

All right, I'm finally putting this together.

So the Warehouse Rock Gym is an indoor rock climbing place with a bunch of walls for both belaying and bouldering. What are belaying and bouldering, I assume you ask? Belaying is when you climb with a harness and rope, and you have a partner on the ground to take up the slack as you go up. There's a safety catch attached to the rope and to your partner's harness, so even if you fall when they're not really ready for it, you still won't hit the ground. It's also set up to take a lot of the weight off the person on the floor, so it doesn't really matter who's heavier or how strong you are. Bouldering is climbing without a harness or rope or partner, because you're climbing on walls that are a lot lower.

It's $12 for a day pass, $5 to rent climbing shoes, and $8 to rent the shoes and the equipment for belaying. You don't have to wear climbing shoes though, so the cost is basically $12-20, depending on what you want to do.

One thing that's good to know about the place: It's connected to Alpine Experience, and that's the sign you'll be looking for from the road. The actual door to Warehouse Rock Gym is around the corner on the side of the building.

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4 attended
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  • Event Host
    Cody
  • angela
    I was too chicken to climb but learned how to belay and had a lot of fun! Greg, Race and Cody are all crazy good climbers. This time I didn't take any pictures though, since, let's face it, those harnesses aren't really flattering to anyone. ;-)
  • Gregory
    Was a great physical & mental workout! Cody was a life saver with helping me tie the rope & knows what she's doing. This I will definately do again & thanks for organizing.
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