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My daughter was scared at first but then she started to build confidence and now this is her favorite place.
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They set challenging but, fun routes

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An unforgettable and quintessentially local experience, with friendly staff and fellow climbers as well as lots of different difficulties and types of climbs!

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★ 5

Delaware Rock Gym is awesome! The staff is really cool and you can buy high quality gear for surprisingly low cost. I'm going there two times a week!

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★ 5

We booked our daughter's birthday party here and it was AWESOME! The staff were patient and kind. The facility was neat and clean and the children had a wonderful time! We will definitely be back and I've already recommended it to others.

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★ 5

Exceeded expectations. A very cozy atmosphere. Well lit, plenty of room for activities. They had shoes that fit my 6 year old.

Nice to have Bouldering and Top rope walls in one place, plus some advanced level walls that have no top rope.

We went there with a family member that was certified to belay. This place has no auto-belay which was perfect for my kid's first time climbing.

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Amazing clean environment

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Amazing service, very fun way of getting a workout

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★ 5

I used to come here all the time. I really love rock climbing but I started working and stopped doing it. This place is clean, safe and a lot of fun! Definitely come check it out if u wanna learn to climb Mount Everest in a day. I’m such a hardcore rock climber that I climbed Mount Everest in 10 hours AND made it back down in 4 hours NO OXYGEN TANK needed either . That was back in the day though now that I’m 23 I can’t do that anymore!! If you’re in the area and looked for something fun to do come check this place out

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Really fun place for rock climbing! The staff are great - super encouraging and patient. There is a bouldering section and walls of various heights - something for everyone. Would highly recommend it if in the area!

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Super helpful staff

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great training gym

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The place is fun while also being challenging. There is lots of variety of climbing. And the staff are cool.

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★ 5

We had our daughter's 10th birthday party here tonight. It was a hit. Great staff. Great facility. I would recommend this place to anyone looking to book a kids birthday party. Also wanted to add: my son kept asking me if I would take the belaying course so he could come climb again. I will be taking the lesson soon. Great times!

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I have been going there for around 2 years now. They have great staff. The boulder wall and top rope are a ton of fun! Great gym and a good time!

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Me encantaría ir para allá no ha ido todavía

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★ 5

Friendly staff and people! Was my First time so I was nervous but it was a very comfortable environment and it was a lot of fun!

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Very friendly staff. They take good care of anyone who needs assistance. They made us feel welcome.

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I've been climbing here semi-regularly for about a year. The staff is great, the courses change frequently enough to stay interesting (but last long enough to conquer a tricky course that bests you a few times), and there are lots of options to climb whatever suits your skill level.

There are class options and you can get certified to belay, or you can boulder - or pay for trial climbs where the staff will belay for you, which is awesome.

I've brought several friends and family members, and we always have a great time. I love the option of BYO food and hosting a party here, too. :)

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★ 5

If you're into climbing, this is a great place to get started. The instructors are encouraging and helpful, and they have all you need to get started!

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Phenomenal place to climb. There is something for everyone. I always look forward to my next visit at DRG.

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Just took the beginner climbing class and Steve was great. Definitely recommended.

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★ 5

My wife and I stop by here whenever we are in Delaware. The walls are tall the route setting is thoughtful and interesting and employees are nice. The route setters but a real effort towards interesting movement rather than the tracking nonsense that passes for routes in most gyms. Always a good time.

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★ 5

This place is amazing! Visited friends in DE and wanted to go to a rock climbing gym nearby! The staff there was really great at explaining everything about the gym! And the walls here are so fun! The climbers here are super friendly too!

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★ 5

I love this place. Huge selection and a wide scale of levels, very nice people and great atmosphere. Strongly recommend this fun and healthy activity and this place.

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I love doing it at camp

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It was amazing! Best bet yet for a birthday party!!

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★ 4

Really great gym that has lots to offer. There is certainly no shortage of routes to choose from. The grading seemed very stiff to me, but in a good way, much more representative of what you would encounter outdoors. My only complaint would be some of the routes seem to be a easy jug haul then a crux move that is wildly outside of the grade wich could be discouraging for newer climbers. All in all I think this is a great gym. It was very clean with great staff. 👍🏻

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★ 5

Really love climbing here. Great community and staff and the routes are varied and challenging. Some of the routes might be a little under-graded, but that just makes you feel even better when you solve them.

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Great instructors & pricing.

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So much fun!

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I have had a blast every time I’ve been here with friends. This past time, I accidentally left behind my shoes and had already boarded my plane home to Atlanta. They reached out to me before I even got home and noticed they were missing. I’m assuming they found out by the footage. For all their effort to return them to me, I was amazed. I will definitely return here when I’m in Delaware in the future. Highly recommend this place to anyone!

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Friendly welcoming staff, quick basic belay check for us visiting once. Super tall walls! Grades right on point. Bring your belay device. Will pop in again if passing.

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Love climbing here. It's such a welcoming gym!!! Everyone is so nice to each other!!! The vibes are so chill.

10/10 still recommend.

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Everything about this place is 10/10. My family has been visiting this place for 3+ years now. The front desk, staff who assist with belaying are all very courteous and knowledgeable.

This is a great party/event venue as many may find a new passion after seeing others climb. We had a kids birthday and kids ages 5 and above loved it. Everything was smooth and staff helped throw a successful birthday party.

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It was a great climb, a nice challenge, friendly staff, would come again.

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My friend and I did trial climbs and had a blast! We went on a Saturday afternoon and pretty much had the gym to ourselves. The staff member that helped us suggested walls that were challenging but doable. When we got tired or stuck he talked us through how to continue up the wall. We felt safe and secure in our harnesses as he belayed for us. He was very knowledgeable and answered all our questions (which were many because this was a first for both of us). I highly recommend checking them out. Will definitely be back soon!

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Just had my daughter's birthday party there & it was amazing! All staff was welcoming, friendly and helpful. They made the whole process nice and easy and the kids especially loved Vince and Nicky!

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Muito legal mesmo

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I'm just one Nathan who hasn't been here (but will be coming soon) trying to cancel out a negative review from the other Nathan who hasn't been here. Covid is bad. Masks are cool. If you can't breathe with a mask on you definitely won't be able to breathe with covid. Glad this place played it safe.

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Love this rock gym! Tons of bouldering space and top roping and space for lead climbing.

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Finally monochromatic routes! Woohoo!

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Awesome experience! Look forward to going back!

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Great staff and clean facility.. love taking my family there for all year climbs

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Always a blast! I go with my boyfriend, who got me into rock climbing. It’s a sport that everyone helps each other out, and you are always learning.

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★ 5

Great staff
Awesome routes
Clean
Good for beginners and more advanced climbers

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Great staff. Nice atmosphere. Don't expect AC the doors open, but the fans are plenty cool enough

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Expertly run, great friendly staff. Highly recommend to anyone in the area

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My friend & I were looking for something fun to do. It was my friend's first time rock climbing so she was nervous. We were paired up with Emily and she made the experience comfortable and fun! The price and fair, clean environment and friendly staff. Would definitely go back and recommend to my friends & family. Thank you Delaware Rock Gym!

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★ 4

Visited this gym from out-of-state and had a pretty decent time. Highlights are the wall features and sheer volume of routes. Detailed review below:

Pros:
-large space, plenty of room
-nice variety of wall features
-boulder, TR, lead (free lead ropes)
-nice boulder pads
-fun bouldering problems
-staff was nice
-spacious bathrooms, relatively clean
-met a nice crusher dude, indicating community has some cool people
-variety of smaller handholds
-can make holds in-house
-got the summer camp bus full of kids in and out before open hours, smart gym! We flinched when we saw the bus but they know what's up :)

Areas for Improvement:
-Tape. You can make any holds you want in-house and you still use tape?! This is extremely wasteful of not only the tape itself but also time: staff's time putting up & maintaining the tape and guest's time figuring out where the heck they're going and what's on, especially when a piece inevitably falls off. Not to mention the noise... (see next) Please do yourselves and everyone else a favor and switch to monochromatic setting. This really put a damper on our visit because we're used to being able to focus on the climbing itself, not searching for tiny pieces of tape that may or may not be there. I know, we're spoiled, but when you have the capability to do this and yet choose not to... you're only hurting yourselves.
-Noise: Because of the ridiculous amount of tape on the wall & how easily it falls off, there were a few staff members going around replacing/reinforcing w/rubber mallets and even using drills to remove/replace holds. We were lead climbing at the time and missed some important commands due to this. Loud maintenance noises during open hours is unsafe, especially when people are lead climbing.
-No volumes or large feature holds: this place had zero volumes or lg feature holds, which means your poor setters have their work cut out for them in terms of creativity. Thankfully the amount of holds & wall features make this bearable but I can imagine things start to get a bit repetitive in certain areas w/out things to add dimension. Might be insurance companies fault but if it isn't a liability thing, get some volumes and features at least in the bouldering area!
-Old, slippery holds: speaks for itself
-Old, slippery routes: it must be challenging to set so much real estate regularly. Some lead routes had been up for at least a few months. Not a problem with new holds but really challenging with old, slippery ones!
-Rope: the rope we were provided was fine though showing signs of wear (namely, softened core & some fraying). They asked us to coil it ourselves when we were done. Nope, sorry, we're here on limited time and we don't work here. Protocol at many commercial facilities is to check each rope upon being turned in for signs of wear while you're flaking & coiling it. Made me wonder how often the rope is actually being inspected if not after each use.
-Training area had tons of space and surprisingly little equipment given the area. Maybe a systems/Moon/Tension board or better fitness equipment like weights or rack, would be cool to see.
-Seating around the bouldering area: would be nice

All-in-all, we had a good time (in spite of the tape 😜) and would go back if we were in the area again. However, all it would take is a nice, new commercial facility anywhere in the state to blow these guys out of the water. Keep up or die trying is the unfortunate state of climbing gyms these days! I hope they continue to do well and improve 😊 Thanks for having us.

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10/10 would recommend.

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★ 5

Excellent job with our 5-yr-old!

We first visited Delaware Rock Gym when our daughter was 3 1/2. She was kind of scared and they didn't charge us anything even though they helped her for at least 30 minutes. C started talking about going back again recently (now 5 1/2) so we went for it. Nikki was so sweet with her. She always encouraged her to get a little higher, but respected when she said she wanted to come down. Nikki spent more time with our daughter than technically should have been included with the 3 times up for $20, and they even let my husband sign a release and climb beside her once. Because of their kind patience, C was able to get all the way to the top!

The gym itself is clean and spacious. It's cool (temperature) for the climbers working hard so if you aren't climbing bring a sweatshirt.

We fully recommend this gym and hope to return soon! I could see it being a really cool family activity even with my teens.

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I went there and felt judged. It was my first time and and I feel like I did not belong. Everyone judged like you were some peasent. I do not recommend if you are trying to have fun.

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★ 5

I went here for a few months in the winter, but switched over to a place closer to me to save gas money.

Staff is friendly, helpful, and most if not all of the climbers here are also friendly and provide constructive feedback. Reasonably priced when compared to gyms of similar size. I loved the bouldering wall, didn't do much top roping.

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I love you, Delaware Rock Gym. This is where I first learned to climb and now the place I take all my friends to learn. They treat you like family.

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Love this gym. Friendly and professional staff!!! Excellent equipment. New routes every week.

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My friend, who has a member ship here, took me last night and I absolutely loved it! The staff taught me how to put on my harness and talked to me about the way things worked and the different types of walls. It was a lot of fun. A 44 min drive for me, but I'm definitely going to go again!

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My favorite place. Excellent staff, quality route setting, safe and Fun!!

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This was my home gym for about a year until I moved out of the area. Overall, this is an excellent gym that I would recommend to anyone in northern Delaware.

The staff is all very friendly and helpful. They are an approachable group and are always courteous to the climbers, including guests, parties, and first-timers. If you pick their brains, you'll find they're also pretty experienced and can give a few good pointers.

The overall quality of the facility is excellent. The felt padding throughout all climbing areas and the additional padding for the bouldering area is all in great condition and very comfortable. While some of the holds can collect chalk, I almost never saw a truly dirty hold. The ropes are also in great condition, especially since they switched out for new ropes in early 2018. The lead climbing ropes, which can be borrowed for free, are also in good condition. While the place can get a little hot during the summer, they can open the large warehouse doors for a good breeze and tan. The overall quantity of climbs is very good, especially for top-rope, and they rotate out climbs frequently enough to keep the regulars satisfied.

Praise aside, I do have a short wishlist of things that could make this place even better:
* The strength & conditioning area has no dumbbells. This is useful for climbers to train antagonist muscles (push muscles like chest and triceps) and avoid injuries.
* The "lounge" area has uncomfortable plastic folding chairs and tables that probably deserve an upgrade.
* While they do offer private instruction (if you ask for it), it would be useful if they offered occasional group technique lessons.
* The shelves for personal belongings fill up very quickly during busy hours, so an additional shelf (or lockers) would be nice to have.

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★ 5

Great staff, extremely friendly members

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Excellent place for first timers and adventurers like myself. The guy that handled my group there is very cool person. 5 Stars plus!

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I went there to have some fun and see if I liked rock climbing. The stuff they are so so so nice. If you are looking for some were to rock clime check out this place!🤗😃😃😄😁😆😊

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Just started this week. Great experience, great routes, great environment!

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Well up kept and regularly updated gym. Equipment and walls are in great condition. Staff are friendly and helpful. Prices are reasonable and hours expansive.

Over all an excellent place to go.

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It's a fun place to be

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Very good as climbing gyms go....

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Awesome place for adults as well as kids. I take my 3 year old there and she gets entertained by climbing on the walls. The crew is really helpful and supportive. Great place to spend some quality time.

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My son loved it. Nice facility and helpful staff.

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My son (9 yrs old) and I stopped in to see the gym this weekend. We had never been to this gym before and we wanted to check it out. I was impressed. The gym is clean and even though it was hot outside, it was nice and cool and breezy inside. The sign in process was swift and the belay check was complete and painless. If you've climbed before and have your own gear as we do, it's 10-15 minutes from walking in the door to climbing your first run.

There were so many ropes and routes to choose from. The pictures don't do the place justice. The ropes were all in good condition and the routes were well marked and I felt true to their rating. I liked that you have to use your own belay device and you rope/tie in each and every time.

I have to say the staff was excellent. They were friendly, polite and a pleasure to deal with. They treated us very well and were great about belaying me. They have lots of options for people who need to be belayed and it worked out great for us. Pricing seemed very reasonable to me for everything they offer.

If we didn't live about 1.5 hours away, we would have joined as members right on the spot. Hopefully we'll be making the trip back soon because so far, out of all the rock gyms we've visited, this one is our favorite.

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Awesome rock gym! I'd been going there for over a year before quiting to go back to school. Both the staff and other members are very friendly and helpful. If you're looking for a gym that involves more than just picking stuff up and putting it down then this is the place for you.

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Friendly people and staff. Great facility. Reasonable price.

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I've been to several indoor rock climbing gyms - this is by far the largest, with the most options of size/difficulty walls. Highly recommend the intro class for beginners as you need to learn to belay/tie ropes etc before you can use the walls with a buddy. The do NOT have automatic repelling/belaying systems so you have to have a buddy or pay for someone there to belay you. This is the only reason I can't go as often as I'd like..

Phenomenal place though. I would highly recommend for kids or even very experienced climbers (they do have several very very hard walls - up to 10m ish)

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Tried the DRG as a family outing today and had a great time. The facility is very well run and the staff was great. Eric, specifically, was encouraging (but not pushy) and my usually very anxious 6 year old had a fabulous time. We will definitely be back! :)

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Young route setters with no concept of grades or quality movement.

This gym has excellent terrain and nice clean holds, but they need some new route setters. They take pride in some of their grade "stiffness." Their test-piece grade is V5 which can range between a V4 to V7. It's a crap shoot for their lower grades which can be some of the easiest V4s on the planet to the V0 waiting to injure the new-to-climbing climber as they close their hands down on holds that are too small for their tendons. Speaking of injury, they love to place a junk hold right before the "lip" of the boulder - a classic after-thought ending to their jug-hall V5 with one V6 crux move.

This gym has potential - they just need trained setters with actual outdoor experience. They need to focus on making climbs more consistently difficult with much more fluid movement and, more importantly, making them difficult for enjoyable reasons. After all, this is a gym, and their routes are the product that they sell.

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Really enjoy the DRG. The staff is very friendly and knowledgeable, they have good bouldering, top roping, and lead climbing, and the routes change often enough that you won't get bored. They have a good number of beginner-friendly routes, along with many more challenging routes as well.

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