By J. Fox
From Black Hawk, CO
Dec 14, 2012
| I'm pretty excited about this too, since I could walk or ride my bike from my office to this location. But I'm poor, and hope the membership price isn't near what I read on the MD site ($89/30 days). Especially since I can also ride my bike to N. Table, or the Canal Zone in CCC. Most of these places can be climbed year round for free.
Still excited about the prospect though, and yes, if you guys put up Ice Holdz, then I'll get a membership for sure. And I too have kidz and my wife used to climb with me...would be nice to get her back into it. | 
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By T.J. Esposito
From San Diego, CA
Dec 14, 2012
| You want expensive? Brooklyn Boulders in NY (emphasis on boulders) is $22 for a day pass or $95 a month for membership.
I type this as I get ready to head over there and plunk down $200 for a ten-visit card, climbers are a captive audience in NY! |
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By Luke Clarke
From Golden
Dec 17, 2012
| This is a smart move. I have wondered for years why no one opened a gym in Golden while Boulder supports three. The sooner the better on this deal. |
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By Eli Helmuth
From Estes Park, CO
Dec 19, 2012
| Hopefully ET does a better job of supervising its employees in CO than it did at home, but with four big gyms now, that's a lot of responsibility.
With two coaches arrested last year for sex with a kid they were coaching, not really psyched to see them in our area and keeping my children away from there for sure.
www.dpmclimbing.com/articles/view/another-earth-treks-climbi>>>
Wonder how big of a problem this is in the gym-kid-coaching culture? |
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By SendaGorilla
From Boulder
Dec 19, 2012
| Soooooo....I take it you're not having Eldorado Walls build THIS one!?!?!?... what if they promise to be done in TWO months??? Hahaha |
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By EarthTreks
Dec 19, 2012
| Eli Helmuth wrote: Hopefully ET does a better job of supervising its employees in CO than it did at home, but with four big gyms now, that's a lot of responsibility. With two coaches arrested last year for sex with a kid they were coaching, not really psyched to see them in our area and keeping my children away from there for sure. www.dpmclimbing.com/articles/view/another-earth-treks-climbi>>> Wonder how big of a problem this is in the gym-kid-coaching culture?
As you've pointed out, the Earth Treks community was affected by child sex abuse in 2011. Our head coach at the time and one of his assistants victimized, namely a young teenage girl, but also an entire community including his peers and the parents and kids that had put their trust in them during their tenure. It was by far, the hardest thing Earth Treks as a community has ever had to deal with, and it's affects will never fully go away. Given I was his direct supervisor, I can personally attest to how child sex abusers weasel their way in and hide their motives to take advantage of others, despite your best efforts to shield against these risks. I am incredibly proud of how Earth Treks responded to this, both in the way we responded in the midst of the crisis, and in the way we evaluated all of our youth protection policies and safeguards and improved and broadened all our youth protection training. In fact, I'm quite confident that Earth Treks is one of the best climbing gyms with regards to safe guarding children, informed in part from our experience. I think the fact that our climbing team program has never been bigger or more successful than it is right now is testament to how we've responded. I'd also have to agree with the comment that more needs to be done with regard to youth protection in climbing coaching nationwide. While I'm not in the office today, I invite you or anyone else with questions to contact me directly at 410-872-0060 x117. Chris Jenkins, COO |
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By M Lindfors
From Highlands Ranch
Jan 1, 2013
| Would have loved to see a gym closer to the child infested south of Denver suburbs. Golden is almost the same distance for us as Boulder and the coaching at Boulder Rock Club is stellar. Bummer about the high prices too as this is not the east coast. |
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By Josh S
Jan 2, 2013
| I've been climbing at the Earth Treks in Maryland for 3-4 years, and they are a great company. Very friendly staff and members, frequently change the routes and they are dedicated to investing right back into the gyms. The gym in rockville is an (indoor) lead climbing wonderland. |
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By Kevin Craig
Jan 2, 2013
| M Lindfors wrote: Would have loved to see a gym closer to the child infested south of Denver suburbs.
You've heard, perhaps, about a place called R&J II? A fair bit closer to Highlands Hive than is Golden.
Eli, pretty harsh judgment. There are darned few organizations that involve lots of kids that haven't had at least one scumbag slip through at some point (whether you've heard about it or not), regardless of safe-guards. Sounds like EarthTreks has learned a tough lesson and taken steps to address the problem. I'd wager they're in a better position now to protect kids than a business that hasn't had a problem (or doesn't yet know they have one). |
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By Mike Lane
From Centennial, CO
Jan 3, 2013
| I will be interested in seeing how they will attract patrons in the Spring, Summer and Fall when CCC and NTM and even the UAC are 10 minutes away. And free. And real stone. And outside.
M Lindfors wrote: Golden is almost the same distance for us as Boulder
I assume you are at the East side and use I-25? This still makes no sense whatsoever. |
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By coop
From Glenwood Springs, CO
Jan 3, 2013
| could someone please build a nice gym in Glenwood Springs? |
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By Freddy Friedrichs
From Denver, Co
Jan 18, 2013
| I am very excited to hear that this gym is coming to golden. As someone who currently walks three miles to the Golden Community Center to train (No car or bike) the new location is literally right next to where I live.I will definitely have a membership and likely be there daily to train. I also plan on applying for a position there as soon as the process starts. Stoked! |
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By Marc H
From Lafayette, CO
Jan 18, 2013
| coop wrote: could someone please build a nice gym in Glenwood Springs?
| Grizzly Creek Wall (i.e. Mudwall), Glenwood Canyon
Submitted By: Steve Levin on Jan 18, 2013
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By Matt Roberts
From Columbus, OH
Jan 19, 2013
| As someone whose kids were on the ET youth team at the time, I think I can speak with some authority in saying that ET handled an awful situation incredibly well.
Almost all of the kids who were on team at the time are still climbing there (in fact, they may all be--we moved away just after this all occurred) which I think is about the highest praise possible for how management handled it. Further, if we still lived in the area, my kids would still be climbing for ET.
I'll see you in June, Eli, and we can talk more then if you want.
Matt. |
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By Jon Zucco
From Denver, CO
Jan 19, 2013
| Eli Helmuth wrote: Hopefully ET does a better job of supervising its employees in CO than it did at home, but with four big gyms now, that's a lot of responsibility. With two coaches arrested last year for sex with a kid they were coaching, not really psyched to see them in our area and keeping my children away from there for sure. www.dpmclimbing.com/articles/view/another-earth-treks-climbi>>> Wonder how big of a problem this is in the gym-kid-coaching culture?
Doesn't seem like ET did anything to enable this, and it seems like they've handled it quite well since. IMO, this whole scandal was blown way out of proportion in the first place, and it's slightly annoying to see it resurfacing. |
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