On the weekend I had my first taste of bouldering in an indoor gym.
I did this for my mate Mikes bucks party at Urban Climb.
Amongst our friendship group bouldering is affectionately known as nerd rock climbing which makes sense given the makeup of our group.
The experience was really interesting:
- The gym was hot, it was only ~28 degrees outside but there was no aircon
- You had a quick safety session with an instructor and you could then basically do whatever climb you wanted
- There were about 8 different levels of climbing, I got up to the 3rd hardest level (purple)
- I had no technique whatsoever so I cooked myself very quickly, my arms became spaghetti and I couldn't hold onto the wall properly
- There was one climb in particular (a purple) that I tried about 8 times and finally got to the top which I was really happy with, you had to actually get to the top of a large box so you felt very accomplished standing at the summit
- There was some amazing climbers in the gym, people who could jump between holds and do all sorts of crazy stunts