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Compare gyms in Melbourne to Europe 31-Jan-2008 At 3:29:27 PM red

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I used to work at a gym and now just observe the climbing community thru the wonders of this forum... Route setting .. a problem never solved..

To strip a route, clean the holds and then reset is a full day activity. Not only the do the gyms have to employ setters for the day they also have to rope/secure that area off (due to OH & S) which in turn closes part of the gym of for patrons (and depending on which area is being set can mean over half the gym.

This has a follow on effect that it minimises the amount of groups (school/private/corporate) that can use the gym during the day. These groups are where gyms make the most of their income. These groups complain that that can't use the whole gym ( with no idea what route setting is anyway) and may not come back..

This loss of income means normal climbers (who are notoriosly tight anyway) may have to absorb an increase in costs..

which means less route setting..

Everytime I used to be route setting - climbers would bitch that routes need resetting and then bitch that parts of the gyms were closed for setting!!!