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For simplicity, Paul's directions to Bloomington are good. SR46 will turn into 3rd Street once you get into bloomington. Take 3rd street west through town until you get to College Avenue, then go south on College until you get to Winslow/Tapp Road and go west to the first stoplight which is Rogers Street, then go south on Rogers Street for about 2 miles and after you drive through a sharp S-curve you will see Hoosier Heights on the west side of the road in a big warehouse. You will think you are lost in the country, but you aren't.

5100 S Rogers.

If you don't like freeways take I64 to Indiana HW 150 West. At the town of Paoli take HW 37 N. Take the exit at the first Bloomington stop light right. After about a mile you pass a greenhouse on your left. Just after this take Rogers street left. Take this about 3/4 miles and look for a big tin covered building on your left. That's the gym.

Here is what I sent to Wes. It's what Danny is saying, but a little different.

1. I-64 West through Louisville.
2. At exit 119, take Ramp (RIGHT) onto US-150 [Mary Anderson Memorial Hwy] towards US-150 / Greenville / Paoli.
3. In Paoli, you’ll turn left at the light and immediately be at the town square (court house in center). **The road becomes a Y and you will be on the lower leg and need to turn left.** Get into the roundabout and take your first right (SR-37 – Gospel St).
4. Road name changes to US-50 (SR-37)
5. After awhile, you’ll see a ramp that goes onto SR-37 towards IN-37 / Bloomington / Indianapolis. Take that ramp.
6. You’ll finally arrive at Bloomington (I think the first street you’ll see is Walnut). Keep driving.
7. You’ll see a gas station on the right upon a hill. You’ll want to turn at that road (I think it’s butcher road).
8. Follow that around and you’ll make an immediate right on Church Ln. This goes behind Hoosier Heights. You won’t see a sign there, but if you see a gravel drive with gates, drive in there and up to the building.
9. If you pass the gravel drive and come to a stop sign, turn left and Hoosier Heights will be on your left.

Also, there is a faster way than Eric's to get through town, but I need to find a map to find the street name.

Here is a shortcut if you come from 46 (Smith curves to the right and becomes Roger Rd). You'll miss many traffic lights and well, the traffic.

didn't make it.

how'd it go? photos? results? booty/prizes? how was the slideshow?

Comp was really fun - it was hard for me to keep taking photos, as I almost put the camara up a couple times and put on my shoes. The gym is really, really cool. Like worth a rainy weekend trip to bloomington sometime.

Big thanks to Josh, Eric, and everyone for letting me have some time for the slide show. I am not much of a public speaker, but I hope people enjoyed the photos. Big thanks to Ms. Meadows and everyone for taking us out to the pub afterward. Fun times!

Photos in the climbing photo thread....

We had a blast climbing in the comp Saturday. Hats off to Josh, Eric, and the rest of the Bloomington crew for putting up such great problems. A dazzling diversity of easy, moderate, and hard problems on every angle... lots of styles and most importantly... fun! My skin still hurts. Well done guys! Also, Wes's photos and slideshow were spectacular as well. Thanks to all.

A big thanks to Eric, Josh, Bryan, Scott, et al. for the awesome problems and a great time.

Excellent job, guys! That was easily the best comp I've ever been too. Lots of FUN boulder problems. Two days later and I'm still swimming in lactic acid. Josh and crew ROCKS!

J-Rock wrote:....My skin still hurts....

It was SO GROSS! You could really see about 5 different layers of skin on his palms and fingertips. BLECH!