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The description of GeckoClimb Gym

Gecko Sports Club invites you to the climbing gym, a sport and eco-friendly project, presenting it as an alternative for spending your free time. We propose you to rediscover together the importance of practicing climbing in your free time, both for physical and mental development.

The climbing wall was built according to International standards, having the following characteristics:

  • net area of the gym: 150 m²
  • area assigned for climbing: 230 m²
  • various degrees of steepness, from vertical walls to overhangs of 5, 10, 15, 20, 40 degrees
  • the gym has over 1,500 holds.
  • a large variety of climbing modules with a height of: 3.30 and 4.50 m
  • top ropes + bouldering
  • the surface of the gym is covered with monobloc crash pad with a thickness ranging from 20 to 30 cm.
  • toilet and lockers (girls and boys), each having 18 lockers with key
  • specific training boards
  • the area designed for children is constantly under supervision by the field staff

About our sports club, Gecko

The Gecko sports club sets as main goal to get involved actively in promoting climbing as a means of spending free time. To this end, we take care of organizing climbing courses, organizing camps, building and installing climbing walls at all sorts of events and even organizing team buildings inside the climbing gym.

The goals of the Gecko Sports Club

  • Promoting climbing as a means for spending your free time
  • Discovering and supporting young talents
  • Setting up as many sport climbing tracks as possible
  • Organizing events dedicated to climbing

The Principles of Gecko Sports Club

We promote climbing

When we started this project, we set as our main goal to share with those around us our knowledge about climbing. We love climbing and we want to promote it among children and adults by using all available means at our disposal.

We encourage the correct practice of climbing

After the appearance and spread of the Internet, the information is more accessible, the learning process is easier and, therefore, it is not possible for us not to take advantage of this communication environment. We want to conceive a learning method as accessible and useful as possible and to encourage the training of new skills pertaining to the specific climbing moves, as correct as possible. Given that first of all we put an emphasis on safety, we believe that it is crucial to learn correctly the specific safety techniques.

We protect Nature

We try to protect nature and to educate the responsibility of youth to this end. All climbers love and respect nature and we want to spread this ethics among all those who practice outdoor activities.

We promote the benefits of climbing

Knowing and practicing climbing for several years, we know which the benefits of this activity are and we want to share these benefits with all those around us. Climbing is, first of all, a pleasant sport, where new life lasting friendships can emerge, but it is also a sport that brings countless physical, moral and mental benefits.

Climbing helps you to increase the responsibility of people towards the environment and the partners, to increase the self-trust and the trust in other people, to achieve a balanced physical development, to relieve the daily stress, an improved time managements and to increase the capacity of overcoming certain obstacles.



Internal Regulations

Safety is above all, this being the first aspect that has to concern us when promoting and practicing climbing. Therefore, knowing and observing the safety regulations is very important.

Even if indoor climbing is considered a safe sport, there is, however, what we call a “personal risk” of injury. This means that those who practice this sport must understand and accept the risks of practicing climbing and must understand that they are responsible for their own mistakes, for not following these rules and for the faulty estimations.

In case the athletes do not bear in mind the advice and the rules of the climbing gym, they are entirely responsible for their actions and for the consequences of these actions. The athletes must always take into account the circumstances, such as: the distance between belay devices, the means of belaying quick draws, the means of belaying the partner, the body position with respect to the rope during climbing and landing on protection pads, and if they don’t take into account these aspects or if they evaluate them wrongly, they must understand that they run the risk of accident.

For their safety and the safety of those around them, it is important that all climbers read and understand the regulation of this gym. In case of non-compliance with the regulation, those persons may be liable for this both in a civil and a criminal and material manner. Also, in case of non-compliance with the rules, we can decide for the temporary or final withdrawal of the right to enter the climbing gym of the persons who don’t comply with the regulation.


Safety

  • In order to access the climbing walls, it is necessary to sign a Statement of Assumption of Risk and Liability or to register in the data base (according to the situation).
  • It is strictly forbidden for two or more persons to climb at the same time on the same line/climbing track. Always keep a safe distance;
  • The injury of a climber by another one implies the direct liability of those involved, the gym is not responsible for this.
  • The climbers who are already on the climbing wall or those who are engaged in a climbing passage are always given priority.
  • Beginners must attend a safety training performed by the gym’s staff, during the first time at the gym.
  • Climbing is allowed only in the following specially designated areas: the bouldering wall, the climbing wall and the training boards. It is forbidden for the unsecured climbers to cross the red marking on the wall;
  • The ropes for top-rope climbing can be installed only by those who know the specific manoeuvres;
  • For tying oneself in rope it is mandatory to use the figure 8 (eight) knot fed directly through the harness (for rope end) or through a screw-lock carabiner (for top rope), being forbidden to use the securing rotating ring of the harness.
  • The climber and the belayer must always check each other regarding the knot and the securing means;
  • The belayer shall not stand at a distance greater than 2 m from the bottom of the climbing wall, in order to avoid any incident; the securing of the climbing must be done with tight rope when going on top-rope. The belayer is not allowed to leave the loop in excess to the climber or to give the climber slack from inadequate positions.
  • It is strictly forbidden to stand or to pass between a climber on a wall and her/his belayer.
  • It is forbidden to use equipments that were not certified by UIAA.

Equipment

  • Access to the climbing gym will be made only with change shoes.
  • It is strictly forbidden to climb bare foot or in socks;
  • The access to the climbing walls is allowed only with special shoes (climbing shoes) and adequate safety equipments (harness, carabiners, securing devices etc), certified by UIAA;
  • Any other type of activity, besides the activity of climbing wearing rented or owned climbing shoes, is forbidden.
  • The equipments made available for the athletes are: quick draws, ropes and crash pads. Apart from the persons registered for beginner’s course, the other persons attending have the obligation of using their own screw-lock carabiners and belay devices. It is not allowed to use the figure eight rappel device for securing. Also, please do not step on the ropes, in order to prevent their damage.

Rules regarding subscriptions and payments

  • The climbing sessions shall not be carried forward, except for the situations when their non-performance is due to the gym’s management, and the counter value of the subscriptions is not given back in case the subscription is not used.
  • The entries of the subscription that were not use can be carried forward in the case of renewing the subscription. The expiry date of the old subscription shall be the date of beginning of the new subscription.
  • The payment is done always at the beginning of the subscription period or of the training session.
  • The gym’s staff is not liable for the lost or stolen items.
  • The rented and not returned or damaged equipment is entirely paid at the actual shelf price.

The athletes’ behaviour

  • The access of the underaged to the climbing wall is allowed only in the presence of the instructors;
  • The athletes must notify the staff in case they notice damaged equipments, inadequate behaviours or any other type of activity that might endanger the safety of the attendees.
  • We recommend the use of liquid magnesium in order to avoid the accumulation of dust and its inhalation by those who come to the climbing gym. It is forbidden to climb the wall with the magnesium bag attached.
  • All the belayers must be aged over 14.
  • For the top-rope type of climbing on the climbing wall, the climbers shall use their own personal rope;
  • In order to avoid the accidents, we recommend to all those practicing climbing, to warm up adequately before starting the actual climbing.
  • It is forbidden to play around with the equipment, as well as any type of jokes regarding the securing manoeuvres, the securing equipment and the behaviour during the climbing trainings.
  • Smoking, alcohol and of hallucinogenic substances consumption inside the gym are forbidden, as well as the access of persons under the influence of alcohol or hallucinogenic substances.
  • By practicing climbing in our gym, you consent us to use the photos and the video recording for publicity purposes.
  • We reserve our right to change the present regulation without any prior notification.
  • Gecko Climbing Gym reserves its right to select its clients;
  • Gecko Climbing Gym reserves its right to close down the gym for maximum 3 days per month, for various maintenance activities or for events, the closing being announced with at least 3 days ahead.