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JasonsDrivingForce
Apr 5, 2012, 6:12 PM
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cracklover wrote: Let me repeat back to you what you said: In reply to: I would rather see climbing not become an extinct sport like flatland Freestyle biking has become. That is not taken out of context. That was the start of your post. You went on to detail how "climbing" could die. If you are concerned about the longevity of indoor gym climbing, A - you should say so, and B - that's even more laughable! Climbing gyms are doing just fine. Cheers, GO
You are right I should have specified which type of climbing I was talking about. I meant indoor competitive climbing. And yes climbing gyms are doing just fine and they will probably always do just fine as long as kids continue to have birthday parties.
What really concerns me is that it is getting harder and harder to get gyms to commit to having a local comp for the sport(SCS) climbing seasons. They can easily make more money by having a few birthday parties instead of paying a lot to hold a comp.
In fact the capital region only committed to two competitions in their region this season. That is the bare minimum. One of the Northwest regions couldn’t even get two comps in. Those kids have to go outside of their region just for their local comps.
All I am saying is that indoor competitive climbing is not a given. It is very expensive and it will not last forever without the sponsors, kids, and eventually the Olympics.
You obviously couldn't care less about indoor climbing. That is fine. However, you claim that I am speaking about a sport I have no idea about and yet you talk about indoor climbing like you know everything about it.
When you have volunteered your time to belay at these comps, worked just to get the gyms to sign-up, kept score for the comps, and cheered on a competitor just because you wanted to see them do well then you can talk about indoor climbing. Until you do those things I doubt you know anything about them except for what you have seen in the videos.
(This post was edited by JasonsDrivingForce on Apr 5, 2012, 6:19 PM)
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