Temple University Campus Recreation Complex

Attention Citizens of Templetown (which sounds like a fake town like Whoville):
Did you know there is a rock climbing wall in that fancy new glass building at Broad and Montgomery?
Well it is pretty sweet, you should probably check it out if you are
1. a Temple student/​alum/​staff and
2. want your arms to be sore for a few days,
3. think your butt/​frontal area will look good in a harness.
The rock climbing people (who are super nice) will provide you with a harness, climbing shoes, and an intro climb lesson. They will even belay you. (If you’re thinking belay me? but I hardly know you! worry not, it just means they hold you up on that wall with a rope). After the intro class, you have to get certified. There is a wall with ropes that goes higher than I am comfortable with, and a tall towery thingy (look at all the new terms I learned during my first visit!) you can climb on with ropes. There’s also a «bouldering» wall where there are no ropes and you’re supposed to go across. Paths are marked by colored tape and some paths are harder than others. Mine had me doing some crazy things where my hip was cramped up and I thought I was going to fall to my death, nbd.
Climbing is harder than you think, I promise.
The rest of the building is pretty cool too, I just came for the rock climbing wall though.