Friday, December 25, 2009

Thrillseekers




All the climbing gyms around Denver are good gyms, they all have great staff and sweet routes. I Have climbed at most of the major climbing gyms in the country as well as having set routes at a few of them. A choice between any of them is pure style and attitude. I thought i would list the reasons why i climb at Thrillseekers.


1. No bullshit. Walls , Holds, Weights .

2. Stiff ego crushing grades. If you climb V5 at ThrillSeekers you can climb V5 in Hueco. The walls are not very tall so every move here counts. step 1. get ass off ground.

3. No scene. You will find a total lack of pretentious attitudes, instead you find climbers who are psyched to climb.

4. Circuits. If you don't have a partner and wish to train route endurance without the now defunct auto belay units, ThrillSeekers has around a dozen 30+ move circuit trainer problems. V0- to V hard.

5. Volume. Thrills has more than double the taped problems on the wall than any other gym in Denver.  The variety of the problems is amazing, what's that you say? you want a dead vert crimpy v10, a v5 dihedral stem fest, a 25 move traversing slope problem of doom. DONE.

6. Price. 10 bucks to boulder.... no special hours or used-car-salesman-deals just a reasonable price any time they are open.

7. The campus board. Thrills has the best campus board in town. It is tall, stacked with runs and just the right angle.

8. Close to the City. you can ride your bike there in 20 min from cap hill. Save gas and back up all that environmental attitude with action son.

9. Longevity. They have been around for a long time and have seen all the trends come and go. They are just climbers who are psyched on climbing. Simple.

10. Music. Metal, rap, classic rock, techno, polka.... they play it. seriously it never seises to amaze me.


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