Question

[john]

Can someone please tell me the name of the company beyond gravity was renting the property space from.

[Scooter]

Creit Management or Creit Properties, I beleive.
Horrible people to do business with from what i witnessed

[The Mitt]

Not to sound like a vulture but is there a chance to buy any of the holds and panels?

Mitt

[Zamboni]

Panels are not good, they put the friction coating after the wall was up. You can't find a screw to un-screw! So the walls has to come apart Via Chain saw! And theres no holds left! But I bet you can get a sweet deal on a greegree!

[The Mitt]

What about the formed wall? Wow who bought all the holds?

Mitt

[Nate]

Creit was actually pretty good with BG from what I saw. They put in a new, better air system because the one we had sucked. BG would still be in business right now if they didn't get screwed over by another partner. The demand of little wee ones that want to go rock climbing for their birthday is still there in large. A gym of that size with a little lower rent and no con-artists could thrive right now before the kids shift there eyes toward something else. I'd see kids in there that had been there for 5/6 other birthday parties and wanted theirs to be there too. It's really sad to see it go like this,
Nate

[Scooter]

but they also charged 10,000 for rent, per month, took a huge chunk of space and gave it to them next door, and wouldnt let sean out of the lease. there was a few incidents that happend really early in bg;s career that i cannot recall either

[dcentral]

Like the whole clogging toilet business.

[Michelle]

I heard everything was auctioned off this past Saturday. There was a notice in the Halifax Herald about it ... so I was told. I'm in NB so I never saw the paper fo rmyself.

[Fred]

I wonder who bought those molded pannels. I'd love to get my hands on those.

[tracstarr]

some kids dad for like $700!

[Fred]

some kids dad for like $700!

you've gota be kidding me!!!!!!!!1

I would have bought them for that much sook sook

[granite_grrl]

Did anyone who actually climb get to the auction??

Geez, $700 for those moulded panels, those have got to be worth more than that.

[jeremy]

that makes me sick! That featured wall was worth $15,000 or more. I guess ground zero got a lot of the stuff. I wish they would have offered some of it to us staff who lost our last 2 weeks pay before selling it for those kind of prices!

JH

[saF]

There were a few climbers at the auction. Most of the lots were too large for most people. Who wants 4 boxes of old harnesses or 3 boxes of shoes?!

The guy who got the wall was planning ot go as high as $1400 to get it. He's planning to put it up on the back of his house! Talk about having a great dad! Wish my dad did that when I was a kid!

The money from the auction was going to HRM for back taxes.

saF

[seanT]

I too was at the auction it was sad. GZ did get a lot of stuff but consider it a public service as I have already thrown 25% of the harnesses in the garbage for being so beaten as to be unsafe. Some guy was going to buy them all and sell them on EBAY. As for the shoes many of them will be going to needy children who can not afford thier own climbing shoes but a lot of the shoes were trash as well. Some guy bought all the GriGris and Freino biners and I think is planning to sell them as scrap metal! I'm not sure what to do with the rest of the harnesses GZ really has no use for that many harnesses. Im trying to contact some climbing organizations in poorer countries to see about making a donation.
Yeah it sucks Jeremy I have been in your shoes twice, working one day, no job or paycheck the next. Not much anyone can do about it once THE MAN steps in and takes over.
o yeah the only climbing holds that were auctioned off went to a climber couple that I didnt recognize and apparently they took off without paying for the holds.
Anyhow the whole sordid affair has put a real blemish on the indoor climbing industry here in NS so lets just stop talking about it and start climbing again its almost winter and that means only 1 thing
GOOD SENDING TEMPS!!!!!!!!!!
SeanT

[pwylie]

Sean,

Let´s chat about some of the stuff you are looking to send south... I work with local communities in Peru and Bolivia to develop climbing and mountaineering skills in youth down here. These skills allow ecotourism work opportunites and personal development. We´re looking for equipment... maybe your trash (real bad shoes) are our treasure.

Might I add, I extend this offer to others in the community as well. Drop me an email.

pat wylie
La Paz, Bolivia / Revelstoke, BC
farmer_pat(AT)hotmail.com

PS - Some of the NB´ers can vouch for me, I´m legit... although a dirtbag

[Fred]

Yeah right Patrick. I remember you selling off a bunch of kittens on ebay that were supposed to go to a children's hospital. I wouldn't trust you with my dog and some peanut butter.