Climbing gym
A climbing gym is a gym dedicated to Indoor climbing. Climbing gyms generally include climbing walls and a training section, and larger gyms may even include a section dedicated to Weight training or Gymnastics.
Contents of a climbing gym
Different kinds of climbing gym tend to focus on different styles of climbing, and their layout and equipment will change accordingly.[1] The size and funding of a gym and the style of climbing it focuses on can change the equipment it contains.
Climbing walls
A climbing wall is an artificial wall designed for climbing. Gyms dedicated to bouldering tend to have short routes without bolts, usually no more than 6 metres tall. Other gyms including or focused on sport climbing will include taller walls with bolts and quickdraws. Some climbing gyms may also include autobelays, which are motors designed to allow someone to climb without the assistance of a belayer. Some gyms may have a wall dedicated to speed climbing, in which case an auto belay will be used.[2] A climbing gym will often have walls of several different styles, including slab walls,overhangs, and sometimes vertical walls. Some climbing gyms include programmable climbing walls such as a mood board which allow users to set climbs using a fixed set of holds and upload them for other users to try. When a climber selects a climb to try, the relevant holds are lit up by LEDs.
Problems and climbs
Most climbs in a climbing gym (known as "problems" in bouldering[3]) will have an approximate climbing grade and a way of identifying the holds to be used. In some gyms holds are identified by coloured tape placed next to each hold, but it is becoming more common for the holds of a given climb to all be the same or similar colour for easy identification. Climbs will usually have some method of identifying the "starting holds" (the holds you use to start the climb) such as tags next to each such as tags or tape next to each starting hold. Although the practice is not universal, many gyms use a circuit system wherein climbs of a similar grade in a gym will be the same colour, will be reset at the same time, and sometimes will be set in a particular style.
Training section
Many climbing gyms will contain an area dedicated to training. This can include general physical fitness equipment, such as a bench, weights, or a Pullup bar, but can often include climbing-specific training equipment such as a campus board or hangboards. Climbing gyms often have equipment related to calisthenics and bodyweight training, including Resistance bands, dip belts and rings.
equipment
Most climbing gyms allow the renting of necessary climbing equipment, and some may have a shop, usually related to climbing.[4] The equipment available varies depending on the focus of the climbing gym. A bouldering gym will often offer climbing shoes to rent or buy[5], and may sell chalk bags and chalk. A gym which offers sport climbing will offer harnesses[5] and belay devices.
prevalence
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- ↑ "Indoor (Gym) Climbing Basics". www.rei.com. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ "What Is Speed Climbing? - The New Olympic Sport Explained - Climber News". www.climbernews.com. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
- ↑ Marie (2019-01-13). "What Is a Boulder Problem?". Bouldering Boss. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ "The Centre". VauxWest. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Oak Leaf 13 November 1997 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
