MetroRock Newburyport,

40 Parker Street, Newburyport, MA 01950

"I brought a large group of girlscouts for an overnight program and they loved it!"

"If you're planning on going to this gym less than two hours before it's scheduled to close, you might want to call them up to make sure they're still open. Twice now I've showed up at the gym hours before it's supposed to be closed, only for a staff member to tell me that they've closed early. I've looked around and haven't found any mention of them closing early, including their email newsletter I subscribe to. I'll gladly update this review if an employee can point out where this was mentioned for today. I put up with a lot of things, but wasting my time is not one of them."

"While walking along Salsbury Beach, I noticed the large windmill marking the location of this gym. It was a long swim through the ocean. However, the walk was long enough to allow me to thoroughly dry off. Once I got into the gym, I found a plethora of wonderfully graded climbs inside! The staff was very friendly and kindly wished me well on my adventures back to my car, parked at Salisbury Beach!"

"Friendly staff, good variety of routes that are fairly rated. New routes pop up every three weeks or so, so if you climb often you may run out of new routes in your level. Can get crowded as there are often kids classes or group nights (would recommend avoiding "guys night" on Wednesdays). I really like this gym when it's not too crowded but I do have a similar complaint to some of the other reviewers. I've been going biweekly for probably two months now and usually there's like one or two people in the way of the top roping walls. They'll move if you ask but I shouldn't have to. However, yesterday there was a huge crowd of boulderers blocking like a fourth of the available top roping routes. Even worse, a coach/staff member was blocking a few routes in another spot having a meeting while sitting under a top rope wall! I know we are uncommon and most people autobelay or boulder, but it just comes off as really rude especially when they can clearly see us trying to climb. Wish they would enforce climbing etiquette more."

"6 STARS!!! We had an epic family day at Sunday open climb.... This is a great place for kids and adults who are not athletic, or for a family that wants to do something together. You have to encourage each other and it really builds cohesion The equipment and walls and staff are top-notch!"