Rockreation Sport Climbing Center, Los Angeles

Remember the smell of sweat of high school locker room, the teachers who don't care about you, and something making you be there. That's the feeling this place gave me. The place is located in the middle of nowhere, and hard to find without a GPS. Customer service sucks. There were two guys there and they had no clue what services they even offered. They spent half the time away from the front desk. It was middle of the day, and there were barely 4 people there. Needless to say, it's extremely over priced, especially for how much they offer. There are maybe 10 routes intermediate level, which are NOT EVEN MARKED. Actually, nothing there is marked. They DO NOT PROVIDE YOU WITH ROPE. They made a big deal of giving us chalk for free. The gym area has 4 bicycle stands, and some weights. Two of the bicycle things were out of order. Also, they seem to be short on mats. They only have 4. Because the space is so small, some of the climbing has to be done on doors. Half the walls are so low, you can easily jump to the top. I came with two friends who have never rock climbed before. Unlike other gyms, they refused to train them, and still charged a whopping $25 per person. When they saw that after some training I gave them, I wanted to climb myself, they said that without a proper training ($99/person that they provide) I wasn't safe (even though we all signed the liability release) and kicked us all out. Overall, I saw the staff is 1/10, ropes are 3/10 (not breaking, but very stiff because they're too old), rocks are 4/10 (covered in sweat, and not labeled), walls are 5/10 (I suppose it could be worse... in legoland). The price is 3/10 (it's 25 per person per day, which is more than other gyms, but not by too much, but them of course, you get nothing for it). I think the only good thing about this place was that they have their own lockers, so if you bring a lock, you can lock your stuff there; but with so few people there, I doubt there's any actual risk.