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Chelsea Piers
Web Address:
http://www.chelseapiers.com/sc/climbing.htmPhone:
212.336.6000Opening Hours:
monday & wednesday - 12:00 - 10:00pm | tuesday & thursday - 5:00 - 10:00pm | friday - 12:00 - 9:00pm | saturday & sunday - 9:00am - 8:00pmLocation(s)
Sports Center at Chelea Piers
23rd St & the Hudson River Pier 60
New York, NY, 10011The Sports Center has the largest and most expensive climbing wall in NYC. The 46’ high by 100’ wide main wall and the adjacent 10’ high by 73’ wide bouldering wall offers over 10,000 square feet of climbing surface with numerous climbing routes that will challenge novice and expert climbers alike. There's an impressive over-hung competition roof and lead climbing routes. This is not really a place to come without a partner.
Cost:
About $50 for a day pass. Membership of the Chelsea Piers Sports Club gives you access to the gym, but it's extremely expensive!Bouldering:
BoulderingTop Roping:
Top RopingGear Rental:
Gear can be rentedClasses Available:
Classes available
Most professional gym in NYC
Care to elaborate on this? What makes one gym more "professional" than another? Do you mean it's the one with the highest profit margins, the most corporate sponsorships, or what?
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just because it's the biggest doesn't make it the most professional or best. I actually dislike Chelsea - the majority of their routes there that I climbed were all pumpy strength climbs..... Maybe I missed the "technique" area but i certainly didn't find many climbs that were puzzle climbs instead of grunters.
I think Chelsea Climbing Wall is one of the most impressive in the city, however, that said—I also won't climb there: I've been numerous times and 'most' of the people that climb there are rude and not friendly to newcomers. I've climbed every indoor spot in this city over the past few years and the employees and patrons of Chelsea had a very bourgeois attitude and were just not welcoming. MPHC climbers are much nicer, as are the city gym and so on.
I say this with dismay, as I said earlier, Chelsea was an amazing place to climb, but I couldn't get past the rudeness.
Not your typical friendly climbing gym. Maybe the $170 a month fee attracts the wrong crowd. Everyone seemed like they only wanted to one up everyone else, and all frowned on beginners (that is unless they were good looking cougars). The routes are not that much fun either. Nothing really interesting or technical, just strengthy pull yourself up climbs. Unless you're some rich wall street guy trying to show off, go some where else.