Gear costs and memberships costs

all 17 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] 5 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

My local gym is crazy expensive and it's why i don't climb: ~$70/mo

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Gym membership is ~93 a month which is very high but we have two gyms with a third location opening next year so you are getting a lot for the money including free classes (yoga, weightlifting etc) at one of the locations.

    Gear wise I buy a pair of shoes every 18 months or so. Scarpa vapor v, won’t wear anything else. Those are around 200. Plus a bag of chalk every so often so another few bucks.

  • source
  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    I pay about 70€ a month for gym memberships, and maybe 50-100€ per year for shoes/resoling. Maybe add in 50-100€ per year for random gear, as I'm still building up my inventory

  • source
  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Bouldering
    45€ on membership, and then maybe 30€ per year for resoling and 8€ per year for chalk. I have 2 pairs of identical shoes (scarpa instinct vs) that im pretty happy with, so i think the only thing i might get in the next year is some durable sport clothing (recommendations?)

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I have all the gear I'll need for a long time because I'm not trying to do new things, just enjoying climbing when I get to go.

    The local bouldering gym allows you to buy entry passes in bulk, so I don't have a monthly fee.

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    this is our most expensive sport. kids climb for about 10h a week. i climb about 5h a week. and my wife about 1h a week.

    memberships are $150 a month for both the adults. and $300 a month for the kids (includes training/coaching)

  • source
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] [S] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    My membership is like $70.

    I think I added up all my gear a like 4 years ago and it was like $1200 for outdoor bouldering and top rope mainly. I think I'm going the have to retire my harness and ropes this year so that will be another ~$250 or so "maintenance cost"

  • source
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] [S] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I didn't now outdoor bouldering was so expensive

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    No, bouldering is pretty cheap! Like shoes, chalk, and a $200 mat and you're good to go!

    It's all the caribiners ropes, nuts, slings, and cams that add up for outdoor top rope

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] [S] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Ah my brain seemed to have skipped the second half of that sentence mentioning top rope. Yeah, that's still a shocker for me though. A rope is a few hundred and I didn't realize nuts and slings were used

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment