The Climbing Gym That No One Asked For 

I thought it was sarcasm, but the American actually meant that it was ONLY 8 hours.

You may joke about how awful the kids are, but i bet you didnt see how many kids were staring at you in wide-eyed wonder thinking you're the coolest thing theyve ever seen since they discovered their xbox. You're a good role model

>talk shit about how many gumbies will be there >show up and immediately fall off a v5 without warming up >make a bunch of excuses about grease and kids and whatnot >be the gumby you foretold 10/10 comedy

The perfect gym for me! Don't know how to climb nor swim 👹

They really need to have a way to separate the lanes in the pool. That is way too easy to accidentally land on someone.

This channel doing the dirty work of visiting all the most annoying possible climbing locations.

I am so bummed I wasn’t there! I’m from the Charlotte area and have climbed here a few times. Wwc is definitely a little touristy, but it is a very cool place all in all in my opinion. I managed to get 2 or so moves from the top on that purple route on the big wall. I have a video somewhere. Big tip if you’re gonna climb here, bring liquid and normal chalk and a small hand towel to dry your hands.

4:45 When he said “weirdo’s”, he realised he was definitely including himself in that category. 😂

I just recently got back from visiting some family in the Charlotte area. While I was down there, my sister and I went to check out the Whitewater Center however it ended up being a pretty big (expensive) let down, in my opinion. The non-deep water solo climbing area was a major snoozer. Routes were set horribly with no real thought, holds were disgusting and felt like they had never been cleaned or moved, there we several instances where a foot hold completely shifted when I stepped on it, and the rigid rules really stifled the fun. I wasn't allowed to wear my own climbing harness due to there not being a certified staff member to verify the harness was safe to use. I also wasn't allowed to attach myself to the autobelay, that was the responsibility of the unknowing staff that was stationed there. Overall, wouldn't recommend. The U.S. Whitewater Center is a "outdoor adventure" place for non-outdoorsy people. Stick to the dedicated climbing gyms if you are looking for climbing. I'd highly recommend Cliffhangers in Mooresville - super cool facility with some very tall walls and friendly staff.

dang, i've seen pictures of this place and really wanted to go, but after watching this video and hearing your descriptions of the experience, I think I'll get by without trying to climb there lmao

Our feet are still stained blue and yellow, its been 3 weeks. I'm beginning to think its permanent. Anyone have any advice?

The idea is super awesome. They should make more climbing gyms like this ❤

I don't climb, but I gotta say I just love your content and personality. You guys are super entertaining. Keep it up man.

I live in Charlotte and have only heard bad things about deep water solo at the whitewater center, even from non climbers. Hope you visited Inner Peaks at some point! That's a fabulous gym

I think watching the other people climb is the best part of the video

Why was your first thought upon seeing your blue feet to do a "blue-foot box jump" hahaha wtf 🤣 I can't get over it that is so fuckin funny to me

Love the 2013 vibes because of the camera quality

I went there a few months back and banged up my knees on whitewater rafting. They still haven't reset the wall from when i was there. I remember that the holds on the tallest wall were the best by far. Nice to see you in NC. I didn't get as high as you did, the fall scared me too much.

This gym is actually cool. Great way to get kids into climbing. Its just not meant for real climbers. Its just a water park for kids where they can also get exercise... and kids need exercise these days.

Hey man, I live and climb in Charlotte and am out there pretty frequently during the summer if you make it back out next year. We could do a day of nothing but made-up dynos, we've gotten some good ones out there! I'd be happy to be a sacrifice and take a whipper to the face from 20ft+ up for the church! Praise be Tomoa! So here's the rundown on the DWS wall at USNWC... It opens each year shortly after they set the walls for the pro competition (Tuck Fest) at the end of April. Usually, that would be the 1st reset of the wall for the year, the 2nd being when they would reset in mid-July for a citizen's comp (Aqua Rock). Unfortunately, we only got the one reset at the beginning of the season this year so by the time you went the holds are especially grimey and in need of some maintenance. Saturdays are the busiest days by far, Sundays are much better (a lot of people in the South still go to regular churches and haven't converted to the Church of Dynolgy yet!). The hotter and sunnier the day the better, the holds then can at least have a chance to dry out. Also, liquid chalk is a must out there in between goes. Awesome vid as always and even more hilarious because I know how frustrating that place can be, but it can also be great! Haha

This is the same set of boulders that they had up in July for the comp there. I went and it was really fun

Love your guys content, been subscribed since 5k!

9:03 "got wet on every send", which sends?

LMAO i'm glad for the explanation because I was like how the hell did he just fall on the yellow jugfest

this felt like an absolutely great idea until i understood it's an absolutely shit idea

I love open go with the flow types of people like that :)

youre videos are scuffed in a good way. reminds me of old youtube

Love the vid and portal 2 is absolute fire

My feet get like that when climbing normally lol. Looks like I stepped in blue paint every time I take them off. Scarpa Helix leak like crazy!

The Whitewater center is genuinely one of the coolest places I have ever been. Its an outdoor person's dream place. Climbing is definitely not one of it strong point but still an awesome place to check out. they have live music nights which are also very fun.

"only an 8 hour drive" the european in me can not comprehend this, was this a joke?

I feel like they should put up a sign or something which guides people on which routes are the easiest and hardest

That first dyno (the first you landed) looked pretty sick my friend. Greetings from a jealous Norwegian wishing we had this kind of DWS gym here too 😁

bro I thought ur feet were dead when u first took ur shoes off lmao

im mad early bro. 5 minutes right on the font page is crazyyyyy

for the boys. thank you from north carolina

One thing that really sucks about this is how much your head hirts after falling in so much

Dude you’re killing it!! I’ve been here and it’s quite fun climbing! Very very difficult though due to it being TERRIFYING and everything being wet so for you to commit to that dyno is amazing man! Props!!

Your energy is simply AMAZING. I'd say it's somewhere close to moistcritical's and pewdiepie's energy, but also unique enough to have your own blend and style. I've been having a blast on your videos.

I just went to Whitewater this summer! I didn't do any DWS though, maybe I should've.

I just had that slim Jim. It was amazing, definitely recommend

Our flight got delayed and we got stuck in Charlotte, and we went to this exact place but the dws was closed at the time

I think the coolest thing about this video is seeing kids observe you bouldering. Maybe they will get inspired to actually try it the right way or go to an indoor bouldering place. Maybe one day you will hear one of those kids at the bouldering competition at the Olympics tell their story of how they fell in love with bouldering by watching you lol. I do top rope. I had knee surgery before bouldering frightens me. I might try it if it's over a pool though falling into a pool sounds less painful than accidently falling on land wrong and destroying my already fragile knee.

As one of the few girl viewers, rock on dude

I lost the "do not get wet challenge" the moment I clicked on this video.

The whitewater center is pretty awesome if your a whitewater kayaking, it’s great practice for surfing

I used to live in Charlotte and used to go indoor bouldering at inner peaks everyday. Most of my climbing is V3-V4. My friends and I had an annual pass for the whitewater center and we'd go fairly often to kayak and go to river jam, which is pretty awesome. Overall, the whitewater center is pretty cool but as a climber I HATED the deepwater solo course they had. It just felt gimmicky and it was filled with a ton of young kids who were rambunctious and disrespectful. Nothing about the wall encapsulated the technical aspects of why I love climbing at all. To your point, the grips sucked because they were soaked and your shoes were screwed too. Can't tell you how many times I fell purely because my foothold slipped and to make matters worse having wet hands will increase the likelihood of tearing off some skin. The whitewater center as a whole is fun but I recommend avoiding the deep water solo section. It's a waste of time.

I live near there! Thought about going but looked terrifying lol

Cool stuff, thanks for sharing, nice colours, are they gone yet?

Pool full of everyone's climbing shoes... nice :)

Need some of those heel hooks

They should have jets on the high one to break up the surface of the water.

Holy crap I'd absolutely live there

Lol I used to work there as a raft guide, the loud noise in the middle is something new and annoying- but the whitewater center is really only good whitewater not climbing imo

Should’ve checked out Dixon School road boulders while you were there. There’s a V8 outside dyno there lol

😂 rad concept, a foam pit would be ideal though right? I feel like a deep foam pit climbing gym would be pretty rad. Stay dry but be able to fall far

would love to see an apisode where you sport climb outdoors :)

I live like 20 min from the white water center and have yet to go for really anything even the deep water climbing. But then again they had it shut down for years only recently opened back up

If you're ever back in the area come visit cliff hangers -specifically a weekday makes it so theres less kids

"It's only an 8 hour drive?!" The british in me just died Also I'm freaking out because your buddy Ryan looks EXACTLY like my cousin, who is also called Ryan

Imagine the lady who kicked you out was the one that said to just come and go with the flow.

Idk a lot about deep water solo climbing but doesn't it suck to climb with wet shoes?

Random question but what is that tomb raider item behind the desk. It that a book or game box?

I'm not the boyz. I'm apparently one of the only female viewers lol. Anyway this is awesome because it exposes more people to climbing without fear, anyone can try it. And expert climbers can come show them what it looks like when you actually learn to climb.

This is cool

Bro its funny as hell to me to see likea bunch of the kids in this video using multipule different colored holds to try and get to the top

As a middle aged fat white person, who ALSO crushes (V1) at the climbing gym weekly, I say how dare! What is funny to me is I was in Charlotte due to work two weeks ago and didn't know this place existed.

"The wind's not gonna pay for my gas money" fr fr

Lol I have the red climb x's and they are still staining my socks red after a year!

good videos

Guys got the portal feet. Happened to me and a friend of mine with our finales

you would need water climb shoes for this

were the holds wet?

i’m just imagining any pockets ever. just filled with water.

hello, as a female i approve of this channel

I saw the quick sneaky cut at 7:35 and i think i know why ya did it ;)

Holi crap where you burning that much or was it from hitting the water?

Those feet have never seen the sun before.

I am not sure I understand. This video seems to be about how this climbing gym is unique and crazy, but you already have a name and abbreviation for this genre DWS and showed pictures with other similar setups? Also, if this is what you call bouldering, what do you call it when you climb actual boulders?

what in the name of gods is bro doing on the right in 4:20 lmfao

40 dollar climbing shoes are cheap but to destroy them for a video is Commitment

It's absolutely wild that in a country as big as the US you all drive everywhere. Haven't you heard of trains? Your country was built on them. China can afford awesome high-speed trains but you can't?

still looks kinda fun ngl

Awesome video! I don't get why that woman kicked you guys out, you guys had day passes and stuff, pretty messed up.

i was asking for a gym like that. but without kids or an 8 hour drive

I asked for this gym

finnaly a new video form our lord and saviour

Female viewer here!! Love your content :)) keep it up dude! 9:24

Ive been and went on a slow day so they would let me down climb from the tallest wall. I did not want to jump.

gym climbing in charlotte is basically inner peaks.

there is a game called Jusant coming up this month. It looks like a proper climbing/puzzle game. Are you gonna play it? There should be a Demo in steam right now. FYI a studio named DON'T NOD making it. They also made Life is Strange and Gerda.

I mean the first time I climbed a 5.10 when I was really pissed at my professor

Where is Ryan's channel?

Chlorine seems like a quick way to ruin some climbing shoes.

Bro im pretty sure you had some nose candy showing on you mustache during your trip down

8 hours drive for that and you are excited?? 😢😢😢 I need some of your enthusiasm

bro... how do i contact you for business inquiries? i am trying to give you money for business (non scam) purposes.

Am I the only one who just doesn't want to get my climbing shoes wet?

9:34 Just wanna let you know that I’m watching and I’m a girl 🙋🏻‍♀️

aaah yes, the magnesium rich waters of north carolina