Rock climbing career

Hi all,

I am graduating from architecture school here in a couple of months and I am trying to find a job that fits my interest set. I am an avid climber and have been thinking that working for a company that builds rock walls would be a perfect fit for me. I have heard of Eldo Walls in Boulder and Rockwerx over in MA, but I was just wondering if anyone had any good ideas on other places that I could think of looking into. Any help would be much appreciated!

Ross

email the guys at Entreprises, i dont remember the name of their architect guy but he was super nice last time i worked with him.

Why not start your own company? Be innovative and fresh, hey design radical climbimg holds or walls and go try to sell your product to gyms around the country. I would like to see more realistic crack moulds out there.

vertical solutions in SLC seems to be staying pretty busy and has a few big projects coming up.

boulderinggyms.com/

John Wilder wrote:Vertical Solutions (SLC area), Walltopia (not sure where or if they have a stateside crew or if they hire outside contractors...i'm guessing they have a stateside setup by now, though) Also, alot of gyms build their own walls, hiring designers and consultants for design, then local help for welding and such. I know the Touchstone gyms build their own walls as well. @Liberty- the reason you dont see alot of cracks in gyms is because, for the most part, they are a waste of expensive wall space. (They cost 2-3x per foot what regular wall does and the number of climbers who use them is a tiny tiny fraction of your regular customer base).

Moveable crack moulds that go on the inside of the crack to create flares, featured cracks and bottlenecks.

Liberty wrote: Moveable crack moulds that go on the inside of the crack to create flares, featured cracks and bottlenecks.

...and thats what is missing in gyms!

Sucks for you troll. PGSF has 2 sets of moveable cracks (4 total), 5.7 crack, 2 5.9 cracks, 3 5.10 cracks, 4 5.11 cracks, 5.13+/5.14 overhanging fingers, and 2 OW's 5.10 and 5.11

NorCalNomad wrote:Sucks for you troll. PGSF has 2 sets of moveable cracks (4 total), 5.7 crack, 2 5.9 cracks, 3 5.10 cracks, 4 5.11 cracks, 5.13+/5.14 overhanging fingers, and 2 OW's 5.10 and 5.11

So do they have them at the gyms? I never saw them anywhere. Maybe they are problematic in some way. Why dont people buy them?

Yea people have to have more access to good realistic cracks at the gyms, not the slimy uniformal wood stuff. Makes you a better trad leader to say the least..

I hate gym cracks!

Ya, go to Vegas and get a job rigging. Housing is very cheap there and the climbing at Red Rocks is fantastic.

"Vertical Solutions (SLC area), Walltopia (not sure where or if they have a stateside crew or if they hire outside contractors...i'm guessing they have a stateside setup by now, though) Also, alot of gyms build their own walls, hiring designers and consultants for design, then local help for welding and such. "

not sure why the above didn't quote properly
VS has a crew of regulars that travel from job to job while at the same time hire out of the local workforce too. Big thing to get on with VS is they like jack of all type builders that are VERY strong in all phases of building, and they expect quality results. to be hired on as a regular you have to be worth not only your wage with a boatload of overtime but temp housing when working on the road, and honestly their starting wage is well above standard for construction type work right now.

Check in with the climbing wall assocciation. Thats what I have done in search for a Construction Management internship.

Liberty wrote:I would like to see more realistic crack moulds out there.

Liberty wrote:Moveable crack moulds that go on the inside of the crack to create flares, featured cracks and bottlenecks.

Liberty wrote:...and thats what is missing in gyms!

Liberty wrote:I hate gym cracks!

seriously. wtf.

Brian Hudson wrote: seriously. wtf.

The reason why I hate gym cracks is them being featureless and fake. I don't like the pain and my biggest problem right now is consistent crack climbs. If the manufacturers came up with interesting crack features and gyms would implement them, it would diversify gym training nicely. We also need more flakes and laybacks. I don't understand why not find an ultraclassic and try to replicate it in a gym environment? ...I'm hoping to spend a lot of time outside practicing this summer though, gym time reserved for work days and bad weather days only.

Liberty wrote:I don't understand why not find an ultraclassic and try to replicate it in a gym environment?

Knock yourself out. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

I set one route in my life and it had a bunch of gaston moves, reminiscent of a climb I did at Independence Pass. People at the gym said it was awful and too hard for the grade...10 b started with an undercling, involved a bunch of opposition and body tension. i was told it's lacking the "triangle" that needs to exist in all set gym routes. Are there triangles outside? I found out first hand that setting is not easy, but if I ever set, all my routes would be inspired by real rock existing routes.

NorCalNomad wrote:

+1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

yea yea yea, and on subject:.....good luck man, hope you get to design the awesomest new age climbing walls for all of us to enjoy!

NorCalNomad wrote:

YES. haha