Climbing Gym

[clif]

is there any agreement on how high a gym's walls need to be to offer benefits that a bouldering wall can't? on an wall inclined at 75 degrees (overhanging), would three mostly vertical moves suffice at ~20 feet? line up 15 3 move problems? or is it mental too? kind of like how a trad route at a grade is not any harder than a sport route of the same grade?

i'm so confused.

[Rollo]

I wouldn't. I'm 40 minutes from Rockquest, but I can't imagine better training anywhere else...

yeah but if there was a gym that was a rockquest clone(or the unimagineable, BETTER THAN RQ) 5 mins. from your house you're going there.

Lots of northern ky people say they would go to a gym on the ky side of the river for sure... you're right though, it'd have to be good.

[dustonian]

There's 3.5 million people in the Cincy metro area... a good gym would do fine. Again, a gym which doesn't diversify to appeal to non-climbers as well as climbers is not going to be as safe a bet as one that attracts a broader base of customers. Climbing is mainstream now, but it's still just a late-90s fitness fad in the eyes of most people.

Hey... I thought we were talking about Lexington?!? Mr. gym entrepreneur man, you don't want to drive an extra 85 miles each way to the Red, now do ya?? Don't worry, the weather sucks bad enough here in winter and summer that you will have plenty of customers. Plus, Lex is full of busy grad-student and yuppie types that don't have time to drive to the Red most weekdays. And you should see how packed with gumbies the bouldering gym gets... insane!!

[hypro]

Northern Kentucky could use a gym. From Covington its 20-30 minutes to either of the gyms, its a pain to go during the week after work.

[toad857]

Between RQ and CT, you have two of the best climbing gyms (one for sport, other for bouldering) in the country. Cinci is the last place I'd think about opening up a new gym.

[bcombs]

RQ is a good gym, but I've been to many that are better (and more that are much, much worse ). Something we need in Cincinnati or from RQ possibly is a gym that is a gym and not just a spot to climb. Some things I've seen in other gyms like full weight equipment, regular yoga classes, multiple treadmills / ellipticals, stuff like that. For me it is too much to pay the monthly fee and only get climbing. This is of course based on the idea that the gym wants members and not the twice a month day pass folks. To be honest I don't know which one brings in more money.

That is mostly why I turned my garage into something that suits me. The house of pain has weights, treadmill, elliptical, treadwall and a 4 panel static wall. All in a two car garage with a flat screen TV with DirectTV.

[krampus]

RQ is a good gym, but I've been to many that are better (and more that are much, much worse ). Something we need in Cincinnati or from RQ possibly is a gym that is a gym and not just a spot to climb. Some things I've seen in other gyms like full weight equipment, regular yoga classes, multiple treadmills / ellipticals, stuff like that. For me it is too much to pay the monthly fee and only get climbing. This is of course based on the idea that the gym wants members and not the twice a month day pass folks. To be honest I don't know which one brings in more money.

That is mostly why I turned my garage into something that suits me. The house of pain has weights, treadmill, elliptical, treadwall and a 4 panel static wall. All in a two car garage with a flat screen TV with DirectTV.

Jesus H thats a lot of crap

[bcombs]

You get a gold star for that!

[dustonian]

Between RQ and CT, you have two of the best climbing gyms (one for sport, other for bouldering) in the country.

You haven't been to many gyms, I reckon.

[EliTroqui]

There is an abandoned grocery store building for rent on Broadway and Red Mile, put it there. Hope you have a good investor on your side... a Miramont franchise would be the shit here.

Are you talking about the old Winn Dixie?