HiClimb

Looking for something to do with friends, family, even your kids on rainy days? This is it. Various climb levels available. Bouldering and rock climbing options, too. Location includes yoga and weights for different fitness experience.Street parking only.Awesome cafe on location with vegan options.

TLDR: Small gym (compared to some mainland facilities) with a welcoming community vibe. I enjoyed bouldering and lifting a few times at this climbing gym. I appreciate that the facility includes both top roping and bouldering in the relatively small space, and the auto belays are set up for user independence. I also liked that the range grading system is used here because I feel it encourages climbers to explore wider ranges of grades. The setting itself was nice, and many of the problems were fun. Note that the lifting area is small and mostly geared toward functional fitness. The gym doesn't have dedicated parking options are decent if you're willing to walk within a few block radius.

The hub and I had a two hour learn the ropes lesson with Eli and Elijah. It was our first experience with this and we really enjoyed learning something new at our age. Elijah was a new instructor getting monitored by Eli. Both were so friendly and patient and competent and we thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Seems like this kind of space is pretty unique here so I hope they continue to be popular. Seems pretty popular with young people. Eli said that they'll be starting bouldering classes soon again so maybe we'll sign up for that one next!

I finally checked out HIclimb when I had some friends from outta town visiting. Let me tell you, when it's busy, it is BUSY. Slightly overwhelming when we first got here and literally there was a person at like every section of wall. Could smell the heat. I don't know if it is usually like it but definitely made trying somewhere new hesitant, especially when no one at the front said anything for 5 minutes or more. The belay was what I was looking forward to most, and since my friends were able to get certified, it was great! It's disappointing though on my own there isn't a way to have someone belay and vice versa. The facilities were nice, the shoe storage though was overflowing and the restroom wasn't worth the wait. Rentals are kinda pricey, but I get it, times are rough. Punch cards look like the best deal if you want to go again and don't know when. It offers more than the other two climbing gyms, with additional types of climbing to bouldering.

4.5 starsI was invited to HiClimb by a friend who is a member. He told me that I should visit the website to electronically sign the disclosure/waiver form prior to going my first time. I didn't get to do it till we parked in a nearby parking garage as I was a little busy. It was quick and easy to do on my phone so anyone can do it. You can also do it there. HiClimb is right across Workplay. When we entered, they checked their system to confirm I signed my disclosure/waiver form. After that, they told me as a first time guest, rental shoes and the harness strap were complimentary for this first visit. After I put on my gear and put away my personal belongings in the cubbyholes, I was asked to join a small group of first timers for a quick tour of the facility and given a crash course on what to do. Safety was covered and if you don't know how to put on the harness strap, they walk you through putting it on correctly. I was excited and not gonna lie, I was stoked to be asked to be a Guinea pig to demonstrate what to do. He did give thorough instructions so we knew how to do the climb safely. Watching people do it on TV is nothing like doing it in real life. It's definitely more challenging than they make it seem. We were all dismissed to enjoy the place shortly after. I found my friend and he gave me some pointers before starting. He's been doing it awhile and I'm grateful he took time to give me tips so I could enjoy my first time more while making less rookie mistakes. Don't get me wrong, I made a lot of mistakes as I left with battle scars. I probably would be in worse shape if not for the pointers in the beginning. We did all sorts of climbs and each presented a different challenge. Some you can finish the first try while others took more than one attempt to finish. I did the safety line climb once and we did the free climbs the rest of the visit. So what can I say about the indoor rock climbing experience? It was super fun! The challenge of each individual climb was great because you're tested physically and mentally. Everyone there was nice and other climbers are so supportive. People cheer you on and clap or fist bump you after a tough climb. Very good culture and there is no judgement. The only downside is the parking. The paid parking next door was $7.50 when we left so that wasn't great but if you're lucky then street parking is free if you go in the evening or at night. I highly recommend everyone to try this at least once.

I started climbing on the mainland and was really excited to see that a new climbing gym opened on Oahu! I knew that I had to check it out when I came home for the holidays. Overall, this is a little smaller than the places I go to on the mainland, but it has everything you could want - bouldering, lead, top rope, and auto belays. As for amenities, there is a single-toilet all-gender bathroom, water refilling station, lockers (bring your own lock) and cubbies for your belongings, fitness area, yoga studio, and co-working station. There is also a cafe just outside.The three walls of the gym are covered in bouldering problems while the island in the middle has lead, top rope, and auto belays. When you tour the gym, the employees will show you how to use the auto belays if you don't have experience with them.Some older reviews seem to say that the bouldering section is not as densely set as mainland gyms, but I disagree with this assessment. I felt that the bouldering was, for the most part, just as densely set as the mainland gyms I've been to. The other reviews may have just been a bit outdated by now, and the gym may have changed to this style more recently.The auto belays have two routes per auto belay. When I came, there were multiple routes of varying difficulties (5.6-5.11) available on auto belays. Each auto belay seemed to have at least one "easier" route (5.6-5.9) and one "harder route" (5.10- to 5.11) set for it, which made it fun for climbers of all levels.For top roping and lead, if you know how to do it, you can test and get the gym's certification for free. If you do not know how to do it, you can sign up for their paid classes (members get a slight discount on them) and get certified through them.The fitness area has one treadmill, a few benches and lots of dumbbells, jump rope, a pulley machine (the kind that can be used for tricep pushdowns and other workouts), hang boards, and a little more, but this section is definitely small.The gym does get a little hot. It's open air with no AC, but it has a few large fans set up that you can sit or stand in front of to cool down if needed.Overall, I'm very happy with this gym! It has everything that I was looking for in a climbing gym, and I'm so happy to see more indoor climbing options on Oahu.

Hey! I've been a member at HiClimb for over a year now. I've had all good experiences in the past- today, though, it was a lot different than usual. I walked in and politely asked a non-busy staff member about parking, to which I received a curt and unfriendly response. It seemed as if he was irritated by me asking and I was wondering if I had done something to warrant this type of energy. So I just went and reparked my car, came back in. This month, HiClimb is doing a promo where you can bring 2 new people in a day as a member. A group of 4 of my friends came in, all new, and I had them sign the waivers and had a nice staff member check us in. I told my friends to wait for the tour and I went climbing. I met up with them around 20 minutes later, when they asked me if they were supposed to have been given a tour. They weren't given harnesses or chalk. I responded, "you guys were just waiting?" And they said yes. So I told them to go back to the front and ask for some. I was climbing on my own and a female staff member came over to me with the harnesses and very passive-aggressively said that they were supposed to receive a tour before they went out. I apologized and she begrudgingly gave them a tutorial. But like. Girl. My friends were in an obviously new group, I saw them waiting, and yes, while they shouldn't have wandered off, they're also NEW and don't know what's going on!! And why come and scold me? I wasn't even with them. She scared them and they didn't want to try some things. Don't know why she was so mean to them on their first time here. I was really disappointed and embarrassed by her behavior. Makes me not want to bring anyone new in. Especially during the promo.Otherwise facility was nice as usual. A star for the facility, the one staff member who was actually nice, and minus three stars for the crabby staff members who I hope i never run into again. Lol. And don't get me wrong- I work in the service industry- I don't expect mega friendly interactions from regular people. I do, however, expect basic human decency.Thank u to the one nice guy at the front. You're the only one who was kind to my friends and I today. I usually come at night- maybe this is a day staff sort of problem. Don't know why y'all were so passive aggressive to me and other members of the gym(I asked around after these weird interactions) , but I hope y'all feel better. Something's obviously going wrong if almost all of the staff were angry this shift. I'll come at night from now on so I get to see all the chill homies. I hope to come back and leave a more positive review for all the awesome experiences I've had in the past year. I was just disgusted by what happened to me today, needed to let ppl know.TLDR; unusually passive aggressive staff; would say is a good beginner spot, but don't bring newbies during day cuz day staff will scare em and embarrass you.

so amazing!in a decent area and has a really great atmosphere not at all judgey or intimidatingthe staff was super friendly and helpful!

Fine. Routes change regularly. Expensive but it's the only game in town. Could use some more gym equipment but not terrible. More weekend yoga classes would be a bonus but there are a couple and they're included in a membership.

I really want to like this gym but I only boulder and I would say there are generally 0-2 fun routes in the gym at any given time. Almost all of them are gimmicky ("climb this giant wooden cube", "we made a drawing of a tree out of crimps", "only monos", etc.) or awkward ("no footholds", "dangle and scrape your body against the wall", "shimmy in a corner", etc.). The result is that it's hard to warm up, I barely work on any climbing technique, and I never get any kind of forearm pump. On top of that, they set slower than other gyms, maybe 30 routes in a month.The Kilter Board is a nice addition.