While Yumiko was on her habitual 4 hour hairdresser visit, I took a visit to Thumbs Up climbing gym, a new wall gym near the city center, Sakae. Like there was nothing else to do in Nagoya...
Important: if you're looking for people to climb with, don't drag your self to the gym before evening. Hardly anyone comes there at day time.
Above first view of the bouldering area. A colorful sight as usual in Japan.
Best quality gym I've visited in Japan so far. Clean holds, clearly marked routes, well maintained free areas. How many other places I've visited? One.
Specialty: a 17 m outdoor wall with both top rope and lead climbing possibility built on an apartment wall.
Routes were graded by the Japanese grading system, Dankyu. 9 (purple) is the easiest and 1 the most difficult Kyu-grade. The black color is for Dan grades, which are a class more difficult than Kyu grades. Yes, same coloring is used in Japanese martial arts.
The gym had a narrow but extensive selection climbing magazines: Every publication of Rock and Ice from 1958 to today. The one on the photo was out on the same year I was born.
Routes are coded with color symbols. One hold may be a part of multiple routes. I prefer same color holds color for one route but ways both have their arguments...
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