What do you hate most about rock gyms?

All those attractive women w skintight pants..

One of those buttocks could poke me in the eye at any moment..They should banz that sh*t.

I tried to think of something I really hated in the gym but I couldn't think of anything. I guess if I truly hated something about it I wouldn't go anymore..... Like theres this gas station that sells killerfat cheap breakfast burritos on my way to work but I fuckin hate the guy that works there in the morning, so I don't go anymore...but is it worth it?? I dont know..

when i go to the gym i steal draws. lots of them. i take my wrench and hangdog while removing all those ugly clips.

Hank Caylor wrote: Chill out Ryan, I climb circles around you. No crust here dude.

I dont like to be inside

When I was young gyms were a rarity so I had no opinion.

When I was in my aggro 20s I thought gyms were really lame and actively made fun of them. Boy was I core.

Now that I am a married working professional, I think gyms are a great tool and actually a really fun way to spend an evening with friends I may not see otherwise. Beats the hell out of a cheap bottle of wine and reruns of the office anyway.

The things I hate are tape placed below the holds so you can't see your footholds, and when the god damn short bus pulls up with a yuppie middle school's climbing team. Quick - everyone traverse en masse in the already crowded gym!

TP in SLC wrote: Really? Hosptialized?! Are you sure it wasn't from putting thier scabby hands/wrists/elbows on the table at the Chuckwagon buffet after the gym? And tape seems to really help on those sandpaper lined things.

Why would one choose to go to a place they 'hate?'

duh wrote: Spray much?

I don't like the fact that gyms are so convenient that if there's a chill in the air, a touch of sticky humidity, or "I really shouldn't climb all day" I go there instead of outside.

In truth, I'm very glad to have a gym because its too damned cold a lot of the year and ooutside climbing is a two hours drive.

Bobby Hanson wrote: Yeah, he had a strep infection in his hand. It was disgusting. Strep in open wounds is rare, but nasty when it happens. He ran a fever of 104. It was bad. Now I always tape, and wash thoroughly after climbing those things.

People who think they are amazing at climbing and when you ask them their favorite spot to climb outside they say "well, I've never really climbed outside before.."

Then you have never really climbed. Gyms are for training.

Hank Caylor wrote: Hell yeah! I helped invent the word back in Rifle in the early 90's.

I hate not having anough time to get to one from the random spot in Iowa I have ended up.

Hence what started as the kids' playstructure will be my 14' boulder by the end of this summer.

Hank Caylor wrote: Hell yeah! I helped invent the word back in Rifle in the early 90's.

Zeke wrote: You just sprayed about inventing the word spray.

I don't really hate anything about climbing indoors. It is just another way to get your climb on. Although not changing routes regularly is annoying. Thats why the BRC rules. They regularly set new routes, not only when comps are happening. Now go climb, inside or out.

I hate that there's not a climbing gym in Durango for me to complain about...

duh wrote: Maybe you could spray a little more for me, so I know how cool you really are?

Hey Hank... stop hating, and learn to love. K?