Vertical Ventures

Thanks guys! It was super experience for my birthday girl! She loved it! I don’t know your names on reception 10÷17÷15, sorry, you were the best! Will see you back soon!!!

Wow, I though I already reviewed this place but I guess not. I started coming here once a week with my husband who got really into bouldering. It has been a lot of fun! Its a great activity for us to both do together. The staff here is really friendly and always willing to help you out. They also have a lot of specials so your not shoveling out buckets of money to come here often. We tend to go on Fridays when it is half price or Saturdays when it is 2 for 1 admission after 6. They also have been including harnesses with admission so you can use the belay’s as well. This place has a wide variety of difficulty levels for their routes so there is always something new to challenge yourself with. I definitely recommend this place for beginners since they have a good amount of routes for them. If friends come into town this is always one of our suggestions. On a side note I would recommend renting the shoes. It is $ 5 but it makes a difference!

As far as a I know, there are no other rock climbing places available for the public and it is worth the hike out there (kinda in the middle of nowhere).
As a n00b at rock climbing, I feel comfortable at this place. Make sure to go when it is half off for you (students, girls, and military all have different days/​nights). They also have other things there: hanging rings and slack line to balance on, etc. Great atmosphere, fair pricing. Take a gander for yourself.

While small, Vertical Ventures really packs in a lot of climbing into the space. My wife and I took the introductory safety course which was $ 50 for the two of us and included instruction and all the gear we needed, as well as a two week membership. Gear rental is very reasonably priced (about $ 20 for two people each visit), but it looks like if you plan on visiting more than a few times you should go ahead and buy the equipment. They had a reasonable beginner’s package that was very tempting.
Even though you can see that the staff have to give these courses out several times a day, they managed to stay very enthusiastic while presenting instructions and would even wander around yelling encouragement to us after we were left to our own devices. The whole process from walking in to climbing walls was quick and enjoyable.
You will definitely need a partner to get the most of our your experience here if you’re a first time climber, and you can only expect about an hour or two unless you do a lot of forearm work already. Your spirit will be willing, but your fingers will fail you! And if you’re a weenie like me, you can expect some odd arm cramps the next day when you try to pick up something. But despite all my whining, I had a great time and will be going back within my two week membership period, fingers allowing!

Great customer service! This was my first time going and the workers were so accommodating and helpful. Great workout too! I will definitely be going back!

I honestly love going here. I’m pretty new at this whole rock climbing thing but everyone is so nice and willing to help.

Great for students! I got 3 months membership plus 20 dollar gift certificate to vertical ventures all for 100 $. The self bellaying walls are the best for beginners and they have a tread wall to really help you test your endurance. Go Bulls!!!

This place is smaller than I imagined. With all the people running around, would we really get enough play time just for my party? Turns out – yes!
SIZE IS NO PROBLEM
Smaller than a basketball court, the left side has about ten rappels with most of them needing a partner and a few ‘bungee cord’ types. The rear has a few «rock-​climbing-​workout-​eqipment» (I don’t know! I don’t do this regularly. Wah) The ride side and center is for free climbing. Majority of climbers there were at the Free-​Climbing area and a good number just resting on the mats. Since neither of those cause backup lines or bottle necking, it never felt like I was rushed to end my turn so the next person could go.
FUN WORKOUT
I didn’t know I was working out until the next day when my fingers and shoulders started hurting… and I mostly stuck with the rappel equipment. Imagine if I did more Free Climbing! I also saw a handful of kids having fun – great way to put their energy somewhere. But I’ll admit my typical non-​climbing self felt «okay, I’ve had my fun I’m done here» after 1.5 hours.
GREAT ATMOSPHERE
Despite most of the employees (and even the attendees) looked much younger than me, I never felt like they were rolling their eyes at my newbie-​ness. (Amber did a great job showing us the ropes – wahoo pun intended).) And like a gym, most people there were occupied with doing their own thing – you could easily tell the repeat customers (including the employees) from their thrill at climbing.

Bwahaha I left my girlfriend on the ground. I swept up the pint-​sized competitions. I flew in circles above the lean Spiderman-​Wannabe college kids. I was a squirrel on the loose!
But let me calm down. First of all the petite brunette who SHOWED ME THE ROPES (Heehee I made a funny) was VERY PATIENT despite my obvious twitch to get climbing. With the handful of kids there I can only assume this patience was well received because none of the kids were annoying brats.
From photos I assumed this place to be BIGGER BUT it actually NEVER FELT TOO SMALL during the FEW HOURS I played. I never had to fight the young’uns for the ropes although I swear there were at least 30 people running around the place. Most of the crowd was free-​climbing on the side (goody five fingers).
But when I wanted to take break, the only place to plop my butt was in the lobby on the few seats there. This place is a gym! How about a bit more of a BREAK ROOM? Oh well, I didn’t have to fight anyone ever for space on those FEW SEATS. I had my workout and it didn’t feel like it until hours later.

Ive been a member here for a year now and this is a solid gym. It’s the only one in tampa for now. It’s almost exclusively a bouldering gym, but it does have some top rope. The only lead climbing is a 20ft roof section.
However, they add 7 new boulder problems every week so it’s enough to keep ya busy and in shape. Good people there too! It’s a great little community. Keep an eye for a groupon if you’ve never tried climbing.

I love to go bouldering here. I’ve been to a couple of places in Florida and in Cali and this is my favorite. I’m not an expert yet but I’m definitely past the beginner stage. What I’ve seen in other places is that they don’t cater to people at my skill level much. It’s either very beginners or all expert stuff. This place has a great mix of both and I feel like I’m advancing each time I come.
The employees here are cool. Laid back is how I would describe them. They are easy going and they look like understanding people. When I get the wrong shoes size it’s very easy with them to change to another size.
Each time I come here they also seem to be upgrading their stuff. Their belaying stuff looks pretty cool and they have a moving wall now so you can rock climb forever and it records your distance. They also have a slack line here too, some people are super good at that here!
All in all this is a great place to go with friends if your trying it out for the first time, and a great place to workout if your better at it. It can get a little smelly at some times, and really crowded as well, but I still give it five stars, so that’s saying something.

Very nice place. Where I would go if I’d like to do rock climbing. Very nice people.

We had a real fun day as beginners. The lesson was informative and you can easily spend a few hours there with people of many age groups.

I took my 13 year old son & my wife there on a Saturday morning, the people were polite, informative, & genuine. Our instructor Amber was very thorough & well spoken! She walked my family through their first time ever and did a magnificent job! We definitely will go back! Great price and so much fun climbing!

I would give this place 5 stars for being the only indoor rock climbing in the area and for the friendly and very helpful staff but unfortunately I couldn’t get pass the smell. (I visited a while back so it may have improved) Now I don’t know if it was from the shoes or not but there were only about six other people training at the time. As far as the options this place is great for beginners and advance climbers, very challenging and perfect if you bring your own equipment and a friend.

I love this place! Very helpful staff and cheery atmosphere.

Cool place to learn how to belay and practice your spidey skills. The staff here is awesome with a real welcoming attitude and they are the kind of crowd that seems to enjoy teaching.
They give you a quick class about belaying and safety before setting you free to attempt the various rock walls all around the gym.

It’s hard for me to give VV such a meh review. This is only the second place I’ve been for indoor rock climbing — the first one being in my hometown of South Florida. However, it gives off a weird aura about it that just doesn’t tickle me the right way. I know, I know. That’s unfair Mark. Sure. It just feels like I have to rent out the stinky shoes each time I go unless I buy my own pair to use. Pretty sure I could use any sneaker I wanted to in So.Flo. Other than my own strange fickleness about the shoes, this place is pretty cool. The boulder for free climbing is pretty fun. They have a wall dedicated to free wall climbing and another for belayed climbing. They also have a tight rope and some pull up thingies to work out with if you’re not feeling like hitting the «rocks». The venue is a bit smaller in comparison to what I’ve experienced though serviceable. I generally enjoy my visits despite the quirks that might nag me a little.

One of the few indoor rock climbing places in Tampa. Great course; lots of options for beginners or more advanced climbers. The rental fees aren’t cheap so I would look into buying my own gear if I wanted to go on a weekly basis. (Plus the rental shoes are a little stinky!) The guys that run the place are super friendly and helpful. I would definitely recommend going with a friend so that you can take turns climbing.

let’s just get one item straight. i have run an ultramarathon. i have run 6 road marathons. i’m no wimp and i am kinda in shape.
working out at vertical ventures kicked my ass. in the good way of course.
i’ve never really done indoor rock climbing before, so i don’t know what to compare this place to, BUT i do know the staff was super friendly and very helpful they gave me a tour and a quick class on belaying and sent me off to the races.
and a blast i had, crawling around the walls and falling all over the place. there were serveral «regulars» in the place too who were very very friendly to me and set me up with some good advice.
i’ll be back for sure.