Lexington Climbing Gym

Post by **Saxman** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 3:57 pm

SiLex Climbing Gym will be opening soon. Anyone who is interested in becoming a member of a climbing gym in Lexington, please pm me and I will put you in the private forum where everyone can discuss with Art and myself the return of a gym to Lexington. We have found a location, will be signing a lease this week, and will be able to have the doors open very soon. We wanted to make an announcement sooner, but in case plans fell through, we didn't want to get everyone's hopes up as has happened in the past. We look forward to everyone's comments and recommendations since some aspects of the gym can be modified at this stage. In case you were wondering, SiLex is a Latin word for rock.

Post by **caribe** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 7:38 pm

If there is a surge of interest in the climbing community in a gym in Lexington then this will go forward. If people would rather stay home and boulder then no gym.

Post by **Brentucky** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 7:54 pm

i'm interested in a gym and will likely be a regular if it pops up, but i'm a little confused. saxman makes it sound like a lease is in progress while caribe makes it sound like it's still only a possiblity if interest is shown. care to elucidate here? otherwise i'll just check it out in the private forum.

Post by **Saxman** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:17 pm

If enough people are not interested, we are not obligated at this point to do anything. Since some people will not be interested without a significant amount of top roping, we have to make sure the community wants to support a smaller gym in the beginning.

Post by **Saxman** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:21 pm

To everyone who has messaged to be in the private forum, you can click on the Forum link and then on SiLex or it should show up in view posts since last visit.

Post by **kek-san** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:35 pm

I'd say finally it depends on what SiLex will offer. Can't wait to see what that is.

Post by **bcombs** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:59 pm

Private forum? What the hell! Do you Lexington locals have a we hate Ohio private forum somewhere?

Post by **caribe** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:12 pm

Our first goal is to have a place for the Lex climbing community to train, but if there is not much interest what's the point? Brent, we have done a lot of work. Lunch dates with Jack Hume (formally own climb time), Shannon and the proprietor of the best location yet to discuss why lexington has such a checked past with gyms, legal issues and business structure.

Bram ran a lot of scenarios and checked out other gyms run under many different business structures in other cities. Bram has put a hell of a lot of heart into this. His finger is more on the pulse of progress than is mine. My next step is finding out how much interest there is among the Lexington rock climbing community.

Post by **caribe** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:14 pm

Brad: All those cars going back and forth across the Ohiah bridge are people going back and forth to have sex. There is no Ohio hate issue. Its a myth.

Post by **corduroy** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:24 pm

caribe wrote:Bram ran a lot of scenarios and checked out other gyms run under many different business structures in other cities.

which gym(s) are you modeling this one after?