Northeast Georgia’s #1 Indoor Rock Climbing Gym
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One of the best destinations in Athens for the students and families alike! Birthday parties, field trips, regular climbing, bouldering, climbing competitions, movie nights, teen nights, ladies nights, college nights and special events, all under one roof!
Let the first video we’ve made show you around. Still, seeing the place looks way better!
Just Right For Training
Active Climbing is the perfect indoor rock climbing gym for any climber looking to train and push to the next level of skill. Located in Athens, Georgia, Active Climbing is sure to bring climbers from all over the Atlanta, Georgia area. From climbing newbies to advanced climbers, Active Climbing can help you become a stronger climber. Learn all the knots, techniques & styles of climbing you could ever need to know from one of Romania’s BEST climbers and a Georgian, elite climbing trainer, Adrian Prelipceanu.
Perfect For Birthday Parties & Summer Camp!
If you’re looking for the perfect venue for your child birthday party, you’ve come to the right place. Active Climbing can make your child’s birthday party an unforgettable blast. Our kid friendly staff & awesome features, such as kid’s walls, rope swings & a slide make Active Climbing the place your kids will want to come back again and again. Don’t forget to check out the dates for our Active Indoor Rock Climbing “>Summer Camps for kids ages 7 & up!
Climbing for Everyone
Our climbing gym has a night for everyone. Are you a college student with a tight budget? An experienced climber looking to train harder with other experienced climbers? Maybe your looking for a fun place to bring a date. Regardless of what you’re looking for, Active has something to help you get better or save some money.
Thank you for all your support!
From The Active Climbing Blog
BoulderFest Vol.3 – ABS comp. Oct 22 2011
Posted on September 26, 2011Our 3rd anual BoulderFest is around the corner. We hope to see you here, to see our progress and enjoy climbing with all the youngsters, college students and master climbers alike.
FREE coffee for parents, coaches and older climbers! Fruits and snacks for climbers, as supply last!
We’ll need some judges to speed up the process, so please step in the game and help the event run smoothly. Thank you!
Top 5 problems, red-point format.
Parents: Please send your child upstairs to leave their bags and such. Warm up and stretching can be done on the loading dock, warm up climbing can be done using the teal holds (175 ft. long traverse).
Parking will be available around the gym; we’ll have a few folks outside to help you find a spot. Please carpool if possible.
Saturday, October 22, 2011, Registration 8am-9:30am, Climbing 9:30am-1:30pm, Awards 2pm
USA Climbing ABS Season 13 Sanctioned Event.
Cost: $40 day of Comp
$30 Pre-register by Tuesday, Oct. 18th and get a free T-shirt.
Additional $5 for Non-USA Climbing members
Pre-registration available online.
Additional $5 for Non-USA Climbing members
Cash Prizes for the highest scores (Male and Female) $150 each
Awards for each category and for USA Climbing Categories (Jr., Youth A, B, C, & D)
Categories:
Recreational V0-V2-
Intermediate V3-V4-
Advanced V4-V6
Open V7+
Masters Age 40>
We hope to see you here and as always we thank you for your support!
Adrian and Active Climbing Crew
American Alpine Club Event – April 13 at 7PM
Posted on April 5, 2011Hello everybody,
We’ll like to announce another cool event organized by American Alpine Club and hosted at Active Climbing.
Mr. Frank A. Nederhand , the Expedition Science Director, would love to talk about his original trip to the Cordillera Blanca. There will be a 50-60 minute slide show concerning that trip and he will then talk a little about what the Alpine Club plans to do this summer.
We have a $5 cover charge for folks to donate towards the event. We’ll have a Raffle at the end as well, with a couple of items from the Alpine Club and few things from Active Climbing as well.
Total time of the event … 1.5 to 2 hours start at 7:00!
Invite your friends and come on over, have a good time!
Specials thanks to Mr. Frank for making this event possible!
Frank A. Nederhand
American Alpine Club
Cordillera Blanca 2011 Environmental Expedition
Expedition Science Director
USA Climbing 2011 Season Opener Comp on Feb 26th
Posted on January 20, 2011Here we are again, the ropes season is coming up soon!
Come enjoy our set up with two separate rooms, one for mostly beginners and another one for intermediate to advance climbers. Top ropes, lead and maybe still few boulder problems – “only” 25 feet long. Rocky, our friendly giant will wait for you.
Let’s try to get organize to make the comp run faster and with no delays!
First, make sure you register with USA Climbing if you want to compete all the way to World Cup.
Take time and visit the USA Climbing official website.
Pre-register for the comp by email Adrian by Monday Feb 21st at 10PM and you’ll pay $35 plus get a cool T-shirt.
If you had missed the deadline for pre-registering, no worries, you can still compete this Saturday. The price is $45. If we have extra t-shirts you can have one for free, but there is no guarantee.
Non-USA Climbing competitors will pay $5 extra fee.
Free to spectators. We’ll have a goood local coffee brewery ready to wake you up! $2 a cup.
When you send your info, please include the full name of the competitor, the division and the T-shirt size ( Youth Small, YM, YL, Adult Small, M, L or XL).
You’ll pay the day of the comp. Have the gym waiver filled out even if you have been climbing here before. Attach the check ( made to Active Climbing) to the waiver and have the USA Climbing number written on the bottom of the page just so we’ll have that handy. Paul will advice us if we need to make any changes. Please visit our website as we get close to the date for updated details.
Gym opens for registration at 8:30. By 10 AM we hope to have everybody checked in. Climbing rules and meetings done by 10:30, climbing starts at 10:30 until 1PM (maybe 1:30), awards by 2:30.
Want to sponsor, have suggestions, any comments?
E-Mail them to Adrian!
Again, thanks you all for your support!
~ Adrian & The Active Climbing Team