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Post by **SikMonkey** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 3:31 am

Heeeeellllllll yeah. Thanks for coming down to visit RM, I had a good time. Just let me know when you want to climb again or just come down and hang out.

Mj

Post by J » Mon Dec 08, 2003 5:26 am

no way that lexington rocks is that much better than climb time. climb time has like 10 times the bouldering surfaces that lexington rocks does. the pads are very nice, and the problems seemed cool at Lex rox but it wasn't better than climb time. even though the problems at climb time r set by the wanker ben they rn't bad and the crew is fun as hell.

Post by J » Mon Dec 08, 2003 5:27 am

oh and spuzo, ben might be a little wierd but Jeremy is a good guy. really, don't believe the hype

Post by **Rain Man** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 12:37 pm

J, I'm not knocking CT for the sake of knocking it, I am giving my open opinion. Some of the people at CT ARE cool, true, but none of what I remarked on had anything to do with the people, just the climbing (and the guy, Morgan, that Matt introduced me too seemed pretty cool, so that shoots that to hell, too.

). I am saying things such as wall texture make a difference. CT's walls are splatter-painted and very slick, while LR uses a gritty "rock" surface to actually give a friction coefficient greater than .1. There are more "easy" to "moderate" routes at LR than CT, also. I'm not TELLING anyone not to climb at CT, particularly since there is no competition between a Lexington gym and a Cincinnati gym and even if there WAS competition, my opinion does not force anyone to choose one gym over another (much like how I think Rock Quest in Cincy crushes CT in terms of walls and such, too, but there is WAY less bouldering and is also too damn expensive), but more lets people know of another option to choose from.

Post by **spuzo** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 2:01 pm

Just spent a Sunday between RockSPORT in Louisville and RockQuest in Cincinnati and to continue the ranking and reviewing of gyms...have to say in this match up RQ in Cinci wins. So far the people there have been great and there are a lot of routes to choose from. RS in L'ville was alright, the people were friendly - it's just a lot smaller than RQ. (price was the same) Their bouldering cave-area looked pretty interesting, but I didn't get my hands on it. Have to say the RQ walls are nice and gritty

RS had auto-belays on nearly every rope - not a lot of lead climbing areas though. RQ has a pretty large lead area and no gri-gris -- so I guess it's all in what you like and what you are looking for. As I am still learning, I'm still in the honeymoon phase with gyms...they are all wonderful to me.

Maybe a stupid question - but if anyone's at CT this coming weekend, let me know and I'll come check it out.

Post by **SikMonkey** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:41 pm

Hey Spuzo,
someone said that there were not many holds on the walls as RockSport. Is that true? I have been there before and it's a pretty cool gym.

Mj

Post by **longlegsrule** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 5:09 pm

I think it's pretty pathetic that Lex Rocks hasn't changed their routes since the last comp..and wont change them till their next comp in Jan. I think their feet are getting very dangerous and slippery...I haven't been able to climb for a couple of weeks bc I sprained my ankle on those slippery feet.
I also think it says a lot for CT Cincy that I love climbing there enough to drive all the way up there once a week...and I know some other people that drive up there to climb too...from Louisville and from Lex....and sometimes a few from Columbus and Dayton.
Granted there are no textured walls but there is a lot more space to move around let alone to climb on...and the problems are changed probably once a month... Ben is definately not the only setter there...I actually have a problem that was set for me by a friend that I can't wait to get on tomorrow night!!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 5:12 pm

Thats right. its the gyms fault.......

Post by **Rain Man** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 5:37 pm

LLR, I think your opinion might be slightly biased, because of your close, personal ties with folks (read employees) at CT. There's nothing WRONG with preferring one gym to another because of the people there, because then part of your travel becomes about visiting friends, much like my drive to Lex this past weekend to hang with Sik and climb. However, we shouldn't talk about greasy holds at LR and not at CT, because I've put hand, and foot, to some painfully over-chalked (ok, ANY chalk is over chalked

), texture filled, ultra-greasy holds at CT.

CT has a ton of bouldering, that is not an issue to me, except maybe a little clearer indication of the relative difficulty of one climb to another (Matt and I were using the comp points list on the back wall as a reference), whether someone wants to use the Bishop V scale, or just a scoring system, so one can have some progression.

Anyway, it's been months since I've seen you, so it was cool and I hope more of your party showed up than just the two that arrived as Matt and I were finishing on the tread-Wall (another cool feature not present at CT, but would be welcome).

Post by **Artsay** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 5:49 pm

longlegsrule wrote:I think it's pretty pathetic that Lex Rocks hasn't changed their routes since the last comp

She's absolutely right. It is pretty bad that they haven't changed the walls in three months. I'm kinda happy about it because I've just recently been going back since I sprained my wrist mid-September so the problems are new and fun for me...but I hear plenty of folks bitching about it. They originally set up a two-week wall rotation schedule but that lasted about a month or two. I thought that sounded like a great idea. Now the problems don't get changed much at all and, like LLR, I usually have to rely on Ray to make fun problems for me. I love the gym and the owners rock but this is definitely a problem there.