The Morning Crew

Hey, so if you know about the morning crew from Inspire Rock Climbing Gym on Tuesday/Thursday early morning hours then you’ve been there. If you do not know about the morning crew, then this article is here to inform and perhaps get you to join us for your next climbing session (if not at our gym, then maybe your own). Now I can’t go through every single person in the morning crew because there’s a lot and I could keep going and going on about how awesome these people are, so, I’ll keep it to a short brief.

First, to start I want to say Inspire does open early on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Officially it’s 7am and unofficially 6:30am. If you were to show up, I’d be the employee that is there to greet you, unless it’s a holiday or family related absence.

Second, I always to my best to go around and introduce new climbers to every member of the morning crew. Often, members will come introduce themselves and offer to give a catch on top rope or lead. It’s very possible that one may show up when one of our morning crew baked something for a celebration of a particular milestones and I guarantee those baked goods are always delicious. 

The morning crew has so many awesome people that are welcoming and they all climb at all different levels. When you come into climb, you will be cheered on from everybody and helped in any way possible. The crew vastly ranges in age and experience, so you do not have to worry about trying to find someone close to your age. We have folks from 18-82 with experience ranging from beginners to 20+ years of climbers.

When you get on the climbing floor you will be greeted with a positive vibe and nothing but smiles. 

You will see lots of laughing and climbing talk of course. Our morning crew sometimes plans outdoor trips together when everybody’s schedules work out of course. A lot of the morning crew’s first outdoor climbing experience was with the morning crew. The morning crew members aren’t just friends inside the gym but a lot of them hang outside of the gym as well.

At Inspire, it’s like a big family. I could go on and on about them, to be honest people think I’m crazy to want to wake up and open the gym on those early days. But I love it and that’s because of the amazing people. None of us are perfect but what’s great is that you don’t need to be when you are with them. You just be yourself, climb some routes, have a good laugh and most importantly just have fun. Morning crew is the best, and if you’re ever in the area, you should think about joining us. Just tell ’em that Coach Max sent ya!