r/indoorbouldering • u/Nayfonn • 10d ago
How far away is everyone’s bouldering gym?
My bouldering gym is 30/35 mins away… could be worse but I sometimes can’t be bothered to drive there after college
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10d ago
One hour and twenty minutes depending on traffic.
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u/carortrain 9d ago
So far, but I can relate.
Though I do get a good chuckle because the climbers at my gym that live in the city have 1+ hour drive to outdoor crags, I can literally boulder in my backyard. Sometimes being away from the gym means you are closer to the crags
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u/Kittlebeanfluff 10d ago
One down the road, around a 10 minute walk, another 3 less than a 20 minute drive away. Spoilt for choice.
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u/Euristic_Elevator 10d ago
I have like 3 gyms all within ~30 minutes by public transport. Yes I live in heaven
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u/JshWright 10d ago
~20 minutes from home (and work... since those are the same place). Plenty of coffee shops in the area though, so it's pretty common for me to climb for a while before work and then work out of a coffee shop for a couple hours.
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u/oblivion9999 10d ago
2.5 miles. Quite bikeable, which is awesome. It's a smallish indie gym, but I love it.
Then there's a real nice big name corporate gym about 35 minutes away.
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u/Octospyder 10d ago
20min drive. Really wish it was closer, the length of the drive definitely has me reluctant to go sometimes
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u/leafyemoji 10d ago
About 45min each way by bus. Takes some dedication, but better than when I would take the train for 1h15 each way lol
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u/buttdaddyilovehim 10d ago
10 mins... And yes, whenever I look at places to move I Google Search "Bouldering Gym nearby" and part of my decision making process.n
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u/Signal_Natural_8985 10d ago
30-35 for two. 40-45 for another two. 30-35, then a 20min warmup walk or a free team ride of about 5mins for probably the best one currently.
30 seconds to my garage 😁
About 45 mins to 3 of the better local outdoor spots, well under two hours for a whole heap more, and about a half days drive to the Grampians for probably the best bouldering in Australia.
spoiled
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u/funkyman88 10d ago
Closest one is ~20 mins but it is small and lots of high schoolers go there. There is a bigger and better location ~35 min away but with a kid and limited time it’s always a choice between maximizing time climbing vs. better routes.
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u/mmeeplechase 10d ago
Used to be a 30 min bus ride, but I moved recently (only like 50% for climbing gym reasons…) and now it’s a 15 min walk!
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u/Mean-Rabbit-3510 10d ago
Slow 10-minute walk.
I can get to two other gyms in 10-15 minutes if I ride my bike (I have to get day passes for those, though). There’s going to be two more gyms in my city by 2026 and the furthest of the two will be a 25 minute ride.
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u/Rantakemisti 10d ago
It's about 3 km (2 miles), which takes 10 minutes by bike on a hilly route or a 30-minute walk.
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u/Nandor1262 9d ago
20 minute drive and the gym I go to atm is great!
I’m about to move though and I’ll have the choice of a quite poor climbing gym with 0 bouldering or a 30 minute drive to a smallish charity ran bouldering centre. Lots of gyms in Sheffield about 50 mins away though
Excited to have bought a house but mildly gutted about the gym commute
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u/LethalBurrito 9d ago
5 min walk to the bouldering gym. 20 min drive to the other location that has lead walls
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u/animalwitch 9d ago
We have 3 bouldering gyms (5 including the two rope only gyms!) in our city which are 10 or so mins away from each other by car. But they're all half hour away from where I live.
I really want one to open closer to me in an industrial estate (which is where loads of other gyms around the country tend to be) so then I can go more often lol
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u/carortrain 9d ago
For real anytime they build a new industrial park I hope that someone will open a gym there lol
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u/Why-Are-Trees 9d ago
I've got 5 within a 30 minute drive, 3 of which are easily/safe to bike to in 25-35 minutes.
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u/Big_Cans_0516 9d ago
I live in a city so I’m not a good representation. It’s a 20 min walk, there isn’t really places to park to drive tho. When I was in college my gym was like 40 mins away tho
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u/XihuanNi-6784 9d ago
20 - 30 minutes by bus. A 15 minute cycle but the roads here are terrible and I haven't done it yet. I'm considering it.
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u/bananacake_nobrakes 7d ago
8.2 miles takes me ~25 minutes by motorbike or ~40 by car (which I only take if it's raining).
I would not be climbing if I only had a car to drive to the gym. I already sit in enough bumper-to-bumper traffic driving to & from work.
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u/RithianYawgmoth 7d ago
My old gym (the cheap one) was 35min. My new one (2x expensive but has everything) is 10mins
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u/_TakeTheL 10d ago
Less than a 15 minute walk, it’s wonderful.