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toad857 wrote:10,000 sq ft doesn't sound like much.

it is.

that blend of pics makes the Front look like it bends around a corner. Pretty cool, and yes, 10k is a fair amount of climbing surface if it is utilized correctly.

The building that a gym goes into is usually one of the hardest problems to solve if you want leadable walls. I wonder if this guy has identified one or more existing buildings with clear-to-structure heights of 35'+ or if he's budgeting to build a new purpose-built structure? Then there's zoning - most areas with very high clear height buildings have zoning to limit use to actual industrial activities. (And, no, whatever your real-estate agent told you about zoning is almost certainly wrong. I've never talked with an agent who actually knew the slightest thing about local zoning codes. Not that that would stop them from making very certain, definitive (and wildly wrong) statements.)

I've always thought a good low-space climbing gym would be designed similar to Idaho State Univesity's Holt Arena.
http://www.championshipsubdivision.com/ ... olt-arena/
It's basically a domed arena that's not all that tall from the outside, but has enormous interior volume because the floor has been dug out to about 20 or 30ft. below grade. Or, if you could find a building that used to have a pool in it..

If you find a building with a pool in it, build there. All lead walls are solo, over water. Would be the first of its kind to the best of my knowledge. I would definitely visit often. No belay classes, crazy dynos, but your gym people would have to double as lifeguards.

Monty wrote:If you find a building with a pool in it, build there. All lead walls are solo, over water. Would be the first of its kind to the best of my knowledge. I would definitely visit often. No belay classes, crazy dynos, but your gym people would have to double as lifeguards.

That sounds super cheap to insure.

considering the guy never followed up on his original post, he was pretty clearly full of shit

I would be interested in a gym around here. $50 is too much, most people already have a gym membership of some sort.

Jumprope wrote:I would be interested in a gym around here. $50 is too much, most people already have a gym membership of some sort.

did you read the rest of the post? there is a gym in Lex and at $30 a month it is pretty cheap.