Showing posts with label Climbing Wall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Climbing Wall. Show all posts

Sunday, August 2, 2015

Social Climbers


Last week one of my younger students came in to chat with me before class started.  We were discussing our favorite summer activities and I told him I loved rock climbing.  The next day, as soon as I walked into school he came bouncing out of his class to give me a brochure for a climbing gym in Songtan and Pyeongtaek.  He said he went with his parents and had a really great time.

Although I knew this gym was in Pyeongtaek City, I hadn't realized there was one in Songtan.  I hadn't even thought to look. Of course I had to to check it out.  I mean, it was recommended by a third grader. 



The gym is about 5 minutes walk from Seojeongri Station.  It's only bouldering, but that's fine with us.  We climb outside on weekends so we are just looking for a place to train a few hours during the week.  The owner and climbers were very welcoming.  Sure, they didn't speak much English, but you can figure things out.  The Harri-bou-bou will be joining the gym after summer holiday and I will most likely join this winter.

They gyms are open Monday - Friday but closed on the weekends.  
They stay open until 10 or 11pm.
The price is 80,000 a month.
Discount for couples membership.
Discounts for 3, 6, 12 month plans.
Not sure the price for kids/families.
They don't usually do single use.
There is an are for storing gear.




Songtan:
Name: 평택클라이밍센터
Address: 경기도 평택시 이충동 467-8
(Where we went)

Pyeongtaek:
Name: 평택클라이밍센터
Address: 경기도 평택시 비젼동 818-3
(We haven't visited here)




Monday, June 15, 2015

Personal Legend


Where do you start?
When the wall is so big and impossible?
A place where we jump,
and scramble and claw
our way up the mountain alone.


Is this just a wall, or is it us?
A symbol of our demons conquered
and our legends made.
Where we pull ourselves past our fears
as we sweat out our tears.




It started as a day in the sun,
but now I only see the things that chase us.
The reasons we have ended up here together,
and how we all rely on each other
to catch one another in the fall.


Climbing Icheon
[네이버 지도] 경기도 이천시 관고동 (거리뷰), http://me2.do/FfzKUF7T