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Yea, you're totally right. Voicing opinions is necessary in a community project like this. What I was referring to is after the decisions were made, by whatever process decided, that it's important to move forward and accept those decisions even if your way "didn't win". The ability to accept another's decision and build off it is an important trait to own in a group effort like this. Everyone has to be flexible.

And THIS is why we bailed and built a gym...because we're kinda *not* really flexible.

No the "greasy beast" was this super annoying kid that would constantly demand candy bars and sodas and would end up with chocolate all over her face and would run around and be a menace. While I am sure Barry knows who I am talking about the "greasy beast" predates Barry's tenure at Climb Time.

the stadium was a entertainment center gone bad. a church is there now, with no climbing wall or bowling alley.

Right, people thought that having the Stadium around would pull the birthday party crowd away from a commercial gym. Would it? We'll never know. Guess it is fairly old news that the place is closed, I just figured it out this morning.

I kind of like the dynamic that has been created in Lexington with everyone having their own wall. It builds an interesting sense of community or a lack of community, or a community bounded by its insatiable desire for a place to simply train. It doesn't seem like this is the norm in other climbing regions in the States.

It's like there are seperate crags and locals that only hang out at those crags. It's like "oh, you climb at (insert home wall name), I didn't realize you were gay. But man, you must be strong!"

However, if a commercial bouldering crag were to open somewhere in Lexington, I would definately use it year round.

fatandweak, it kind of reminds me of an article I read about the climbers around Sheffeld England. There is no gym but everyone meets in basements around the town to train hard.

Is that first sentence a typo fat&weak? Everyone in Lexington doesn't have their own wall. If they did, this thread wouldn't be on here and I wouldn't care about having a community gym.

Yeah, I guess. I know of at least three home gyms in Lexington and I have the privilege of climbing at two of them. And having worked there since it opened, The Johnson Center is my neglected child I lock in the basement, only to acknowledge in times of desperation. My viewpoints might be a little skewed.

I still like how there are sub-communities within the Lexington climbing community. I think it's interesting how different groups of people, depending who they climb with and associate with, develop different motivations, styles and in some cases, ethics.

The perfect example is the bouldering in Morehead and the surrounding area. I'm not sure anybody really knows who first put up what problems when, what they are called and rated, and most importantly who was first. But it doesn't matter. Each different group has their own names and ratings as well as first ascents. That relativity is fun. Especially since some of problems get overgrown with little use and see new first ascents and cleanings every year.