Converting Churches to Climbing Gyms

By Rocky Thompson on December 30th, 2009

A church in Canada is being turned into a rock climbing gym. This is the second church I’ve seen converted into a rock gym; I guess the high ceilings and low sales prices make them attractive. I’m not sure how future civilizations will judge us when their archeologists discover we converted churches to synthetic rock made for climbing.

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7 Responses to “Converting Churches to Climbing Gyms”

1. Fraser December 30th, 2009 at 12:50 pm

   See also : http://www.alienrock.co.uk/alien_one_pages/alien_one_about/alien_one_about.html

2. steve December 30th, 2009 at 12:59 pm

   genius. Paint the Creation of Adam on the ceiling above the wall, but without Adam - and have God holding the bell at the top. it’s only slightly blasphemous.

3. sycle December 30th, 2009 at 1:30 pm

   Finely something worth while!

4. Mark Cushman December 30th, 2009 at 1:45 pm

   The first one: http://www.urbankrag.com/

5. jeb December 30th, 2009 at 2:45 pm

   “I’m not sure how future civilizations will judge us when their archeologists discover we converted churches to synthetic rock made for climbing.”

   Favorably.

6. Felix December 30th, 2009 at 3:42 pm

   Centre d’escalade Vertige, in Quebec, Canada, already has two gyms open in old churches. It’s nice and spectacular to climb next to stained glass. And I heard from the manager that old churches are pretty cheap to buy! Amen to that!

7. dr_shock June 6th, 2011 at 2:31 pm

   I’m looking for an old Church to build a climbing wall in Florida. I am one of the founders of a Church for climbing called Climbing Fellows (see http://www.climbingfellows.org). We are in the middle of getting our articles of incorporation filed. We are claiming that climbing is a religion. If we buy an old Church and convert to a climbing wall for our Church, it will be somewhat ironic!