Frustrating, used to be much better
Oakwood Climbing Centre的点评
点评:Setting is getting less and less interesting. The setting team seem to be much keener on setting V6+ routes and phone in anything else. The comp wall section in particular is some of the most interesting shaped wall, but is almost exclusively set with much harder grading, taking away a lot of potential for non-elite level climbers.
The setting schedule is always over ambitious and overruns, taking large portions of the centre out of action during peak hours. The preference seems to be to tackle large sections of the centre at once. This has the effect of closing off a half to a third of the centre for multiple days at a time. Compared to places like Hangar that set a smaller sections on a weekly schedule it's very frustrating. The centre also closes off sections during peak climbing periods for church activities, something to check before coming as there's no discount for half the centre being unavailable.
Oakwood also hasn't managed to open the cafe back up since it closed years ago. The sad empty kitchen upstairs is a reminder that the place used to be on the up and pretty nice for a post-climb coffee and cake, or for non-climbers to have a reason to pop in.
It's a shame as a few years ago Oakwood was one of the better climbing centres in the area. The only reason we go now is because it's geographically central for our climbing group.
翻译:线路设置越来越没意思了。设置团队似乎更热衷于设置V6+级别的线路,其他的都打电话咨询。尤其是comb wall部分,形状最有趣,但几乎全部都是难度更高的线路,这让非精英级别的攀岩者损失了很多机会。
设置时间表总是过于雄心勃勃,而且总是超支,导致高峰时段中心的大部分区域无法使用。他们似乎更倾向于一次性完成中心的大部分区域。这会导致中心的一半到三分之一的区域一次性关闭数天。与Hangar这样每周安排较小区域的地方相比,这非常令人沮丧。中心还会在攀岩高峰期关闭部分区域,用于举办教堂活动,来之前一定要确认一下,因为中心一半的区域无法使用,所以没有折扣。
Oakwood的咖啡馆自从几年前关闭以来就一直没有重新开业。楼上空荡荡的厨房令人沮丧,提醒着我们这里曾经繁荣兴旺,非常适合登山后喝杯咖啡、吃块蛋糕,或者让不登山的人有理由来这里。
真可惜,几年前奥克伍德可是这片地区比较好的攀岩中心之一。我们现在来这里的唯一原因是,它对我们攀岩小组来说地理位置中心。