Climbing is something that always appealed to me, even before I really started getting into it. When I first moved to Calgary, I finally got a chance to try it out, and I was instantly hooked. Within a week I owned my own gear and climbed regularly at The Crux Climbing. I was hooked. I couldn’t get enough. Then I broke my knee.
Throughout my life I’ve tried and abandoned a lot of things. I really didn’t want to give many of them up, but other things (like work) ended up getting in the way. I really only blame myself for this, partly because I’m always interested in trying new things and partly because my priorities change. I was determined to not let that happen with climbing. It almost did.
After nearly a year in Ontario, with work finally settling into a post tax-season routing, I decided I needed to start taking some more time for me. Climbing was the answer. A colleague (friend) who also moved here from Alberta also had a strong desire to climb, so after months of me stalling (working long hours), we finally set out to find a climbing gym.
To date we’ve climbed in four different gyms in the GTA. We originally intended to climb the few that were within a reasonable driving distance from our office, but I think we’ll now venture out a bit further for the sake of exploring the gyms. Along the way I’ll be posting my reviews of each gym.
Climb on!
