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Hardrock in the city at last 31-Jan-2008 At 1:58:15 PM Rich

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On 31/01/2008 suprok wrote:
>I've climbed at Altona for years & used to occasionally visit the Mill
>& Flemington back in the day.
>
>Climbed Hardrock CDB for first time last night. I found the routes to
>be poorly set, under graded & there were far too many spinners. I wouldn't
>be keen to go back until at least the spinners are fixed - but from reading
>this thread this has been a long ongoing problem that doesn't seem to be
>addressed.
>
>Kudos to Hardrock for investing the money into another gym though. It
>certainly was crowded so they seem to have tapped into the beginner/casual
>market quite well.

Here here Mark.. I agree. As i mentioned in the other thread.. I was really looking forward to climbing at the hardorck in the city after being OS for two years (and the gym being on the cards for a lot longer than that!) but was sorely disappinted when I climbed there for the first time the other week. i, like you, won't be climbing there until there are properly set routes (and better holds) and something is done about the spinners (get an engineer to look at if it's so bewildering!).

I also agree with your last comment about kudos for them investing in a new gym. As it stands, it's probably fine for beginners and the like and like we've all mentioned, that's where the bread and butter is. However as someone on the other gym thread said about the sydney gym, if you are running a climbing gym, there should be some consideration given to the climbers. Anyway good em, it can only improve from here.