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Inner Peaks final grew up to build a bigger location, which was highly needed and an incredibly smart business move. The location in the South-End will continue to be hot spot for activities and having a climbing gym near breweries will help maintain a sense of climbing community.
I'll look at this from 2 view points. Newbies and Veterans to Climbing
Newbies: If you haven't been climbing before, be prepared for a fun outing that will push you mentality and physically. Oh and your forearms will be screaming, in a good way. You will get an introduction, watch safety videos, then you can boulder (no-ropes), or take a belay test and climb the big walls (ropes and autobelays).
***Tip: Rent actual rock climbing shoes, they are worth the money and make the experience much better.
Veterans: The route walls in the main area are high enough to get a good pump on (Go twice in a row to get a feel for an outdoor route). Geometry of the Walltopia Walls will lend itself to some interesting setting from the route setters. Beware Walltopia walls will eat your shoes alive. A nice large bouldering area spans the lower half of the building, and you can usually find an empty wall to work. It not all just steeps caves, as there is a slab wall. Bring your own lead ropes, or you can rent them for $3/5. Several autobelays so you can climb a good bit without a partner.
***Tip: Parking can be smashed in the evenings. If you are comfortable, park across the street in front of the Doggy-DayCare. (Across from the gas station)
Route Setting is monochromatic, so it can get frustrating for colorblind people like massive when certain routes are set close to each other. (keep blues and purples separated, please.)
Overall: It is just was the city needed and it is in a great location.
Notes to Management:
- Don't put a café/hangout in the section near the bathrooms, make that a systems board (training) area, put the hangout area in front near the counters.
- Look into have more community building events. You did a great job with the Superbowl event.
- Installing a Webcam for people to see a live feed on the website would be great to. I can help out with this, just reach out to me.
- have a dedicated member's only scan in area.
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