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rschap
Nov 29, 2010, 12:53 AM
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The gym that I bought back in March has always been great for intermediate through advanced climbers and as long as you climbed upper 5.10/V1 or harder this place had plenty to climb and it was a lot of fun. Anyone that wanted to get started had a couple of easy routes but no progression to work up to intermediate. Since we bought it I encouraged the setters to continue setting the intermediate through advanced but then started setting a lot of easy routes on top of it, business almost doubled from the previous year in the summer. I was told that no one top roped they all boulder so I don’t need to worry about top ropes but since we started setting easier top ropes we sell way more top rope day passes than boulder passes and people actually comeback more than once or twice. To neglect the beginner climbers is not a very good business strategy and to say no one will climb the easier routes is a head in the sand approach in my mind. The majority of people that “climb” will never climb anything harder than easy 5.10. I guess what I’m saying is the more beginner friendly the gym is the more beginners you will get and while some of them will advance quickly others will work forever and never climb a 5.11. To say it’s a waste of time to set easier routes is an elitist attitude, good or bad, it just is.
edit for spelling.
(This post was edited by rschap on Nov 29, 2010, 12:55 AM)
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Post edited by rschap
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