A letter from a Member

A letter from one of our long time Shaker Rocks member:

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"Hello Shaker Rocks,

On August 21, 2021, I started my membership at Shaker Rocks around the same time I began graduate school. I don’t know exactly how I fell in love with climbing, but I do know that it kept me sane throughout grad school.

I climbed happy, sad, energetic, exhausted, motivated, and completely lethargic. The point is, I kept climbing plastic rocks like academic ladders.

My entire climbing journey happened at Shaker Rocks. I went from being a complete beginner climbing V1–V2, to projecting V7–V8 (hopefully V9 one day). I went from owning 0 climbing shoes to somehow being on my fourth pair now. Shaker Rocks has seen all of that growth.

I love the routes, the people, the community, and the environment. It will always be my favorite climbing gym in Cleveland. :)

I just wanted to thank Shaker Rocks, the staff, and the route-setters (best route settings). I’m not much of an extrovert, but somehow Shaker Rocks felt like home to me.

As of this May, I have graduated and am planning to move out of the city. I can't imagine myself not climbing at Shaker Rocks religiously. I don't really know what else to write, or even exactly why I’m writing this, but maybe that’s the point. I’m just grateful. Thank you so much for being such an important part of my graduate school years."

Best regards,

Justin

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Thank you Justin for being a part of what makes this community so great!

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