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Grounder at SICG 26-Oct-2009 At 7:20:50 AM anyclimber

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All very interesting stuff.
What get’s me with all this is the level of instructions and supervision in climbing gyms.

Running a climbing gym is pretty much a Risk Management job. Now Risk management is all about
indentifying the risk, controlling them and than monitoring! From what I can see on my regular visit
there is hardly any floor stuff, not much of the monitoring goes on and that’s where the accidents can
be avoided.
On a Sundays at St Peters the place is packed with very novice climbers, kids running around
everywhere, playing on the crash pads below the lead walls etc.. and there is absolutely no staff on
the floor. The staff that is there is very young and unprofessional in my opinion.

I also know that I have used those Auto belays a bit and can’t recall ever been instructed on then use
of them or seeing any instructions. Climbers used to climb to the top up to 3/4m either side and than
jump into them, which surly can’t be the best thing for them.

I do think Climbing gym operators have to sharpen up.