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trent

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Posts: 170

Vancouver Co-op bouldering gym
on: February 12, 2008, 12:48

Does anyone know of the existence of a co-op bouldering venue in Vancouver? I have been interested for several years in finding (or developing) an alternative, bouldering-only gym in the Vancouver area, where I can train late with like-minded climbers.

Certainly other cities in Canada and the US have them, and it seems like Vancouver would be a great place to start one, especially as a cheap storefront space in East Van goes for about 0 a month, and presumably storage space would be even less. A 500 sq.ft space would be good, as long as it had 12 ft ceilings.

So, I have a couple of questions. (1) Is anyone else as interested in this as I am? (2) Does anyone know of a suitable space (small warehouse space, back of a garage, cheap storefront, etc.)? (3) What would be a reasonable yearly co-op fee? My feeling is that 0 would be about right, but that’s really just a stab at a number.

Just curious…

noahz

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Posts: 106

Re: Vancouver Co-op bouldering gym
on: February 12, 2008, 17:53

Come to the ‘Bat Cave’ its our bouldering only gym in Ontario that no one new about until this post (well almost no one). We have a website in the works, maybe it will give you some ideas Presentational Image Free of charge, and open 24/7 in the summer when I have nothing better to do!

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http://www.batcaveclimbing.com/

trent

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Posts: 170

Re: Vancouver Co-op bouldering gym
on: February 13, 2008, 20:20

I am curious about how other co-op gyms developed, and how they are run. I know there are several co-op bouldering gyms across Canada, I’d love to hear about them. How were the start-up funds divided amongst members, what are the annual ‘fees’, how many people boulder at any time, how many members are there, how formalised are these gyms (from a group of friends to a full-on co-op), and maybe most importantly, how BIG are they?

It’s easy to imagine starting a small bouldering gym (maybe 20 x 20 feet), but a bigger space is more expensive (I think a 15 x 40 feet space would be ample, but annual rents run - a square foot, even in warehouse space, in Vancouver, anyway - and a gym like this would (a) have to be central, and (b) near a skytrain - luckily, there’s lots of warehouse space in East Van / Boundary areas).

Who is interested in a project like this? I’m curious… although I know this BB doesn’t have the readership it used to, so I’m not expecting this to be an thorough survey.

doyle

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Posts: 16

Re: Vancouver Co-op bouldering gym
on: February 14, 2008, 00:14

try the bird coop at UBC..dunno what the drop in fee is

noahz

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Posts: 106

Re: Vancouver Co-op bouldering gym
on: February 14, 2008, 04:16

I made a website and posted a few pics. Pictures are kind of old and we have added alot of new stuff since then, hopefully I’ll get it updated soon.

http://www.batcaveclimbing.com/

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sark astiq

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Posts: 252

Re: Vancouver Co-op bouldering gym
on: February 14, 2008, 14:30

Q: What’s the difference between a bouldering coop and a Davie St. bath house?

A: There is no difference.

vram1974

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Posts: 189

Re: Vancouver Co-op bouldering gym
on: February 15, 2008, 08:02

Trent I can’t believe none of your buds has a woodie. All you need is a garage or extra room and make a 45 wall, you don’t even need high ceilings. Then build it and they will come.

trent

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Posts: 170

Re: Vancouver Co-op bouldering gym
on: February 15, 2008, 11:59

I’d love to know more about how the Bat Cave works, and how big it is. It looks pretty extensive - how big is the space? Is it in a warehouse?

Places the the UBC Bouldering wall are decent (I set there) - but still pretty expensive for what you get. The drop in fee is , and the wall is 9 feet high, and about 20 feet long. Certainly much smaller than the Bat Cave looks.

When we lived in Prince George, we ran a quasi- co-op wall in our basement (about as big as the UBC Wall). Because of the design of the wall, and the types of holds, it was a far superior training wall to that of UBC, and like the Bat Cave, it was ‘free’ to people on the list.

dr. send

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Posts: 185

Re: Vancouver Co-op bouldering gym
on: February 16, 2008, 01:10

You know I’m in. Unfortunately I’m not so good at getting stuff done, but count on me as a founding member.

noahz

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Posts: 106

Re: Vancouver Co-op bouldering gym
on: February 17, 2008, 03:14

Hey, I added a few new pages to our website, its still no where near finished. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll get the ‘Picture’ page worked out. Something I found out today… If your using FireFox it totally screws up the page set up, your best bet is using Internet Explorer if you want to make it look all nice and pretty Presentational Image Hopefully I’ll figure it out someday

http://www.batcaveclimbing.com/

NoahZ

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