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Compare gyms in Melbourne to Europe 31-Jan-2008 At 8:29:33 PM red

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On 31/01/2008 dreamingof8a wrote:
>On 31/01/2008 red wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>
>Sorry, but this is bull****. It takes about 15 minutes to strip a route.
>Put the holds in the dishwasher (a proper industrial one), makes for another
>20 minutes. Setting a route - between 1 and 2 hours , depending on grade
>(the easier the faster) and type of wall (vertical can be less than an
>hour even).
>
>All you have to block are the two adjacent rows of quickdraws to make
>it safe enough - that doesn't do too much harm I'd say!

15 mins maybe but at the gym I worked at overhanging walls of 20 metres length take a bit longer than 15mins!! These same walls project over the top of many other walls and therefore with the potential drop factor (which often happens) more than "2 rows of quickdraws" needed to be closed..

Maybe an easy route takes 1-2 hours multiple that buy the 3 or 4 different graded routes for each wall/rope and there's your day gone..

It could be just me but the people with most criticism of gyms are the ones who have never worked in one and have experienced the "don't tell me I know better" attitude of some climbers