As regular as the tides, the flood of techies arrive at the climbing gym every weekday at 5 p.m., peaking at 6 p.m. and ebbing at 7 p.m.
After Mission Cliffs, parent company Touchstone Climbing has since opened a new location every year or two; that number now stands at 15, the majority in the Bay Area.A flood of techies arrive at Mission Cliffs every weekday at 5 p.m., peaking at 6 p.m. and ebbing at 7 p.m. Photo by Yujie Zhou, July 19, 2023.These days, according to desk staffer Maria, Mission Cliffs gets 900 visitors a day, at least half of of which are employed in tech, she ventured.
Friends made at Mission Cliffs often take their newfound passion outside. Pastor and his friends who work at Google, Adobe, Tesla and various startups take regular climbing trips to Yosemite, Joshua Tree and Lake Tahoe, and farther afield to France, Spain and Italy, even to Thailand’s TonSai Beach. “I think it’s a bad first date, actually,” Bigio said, as Der raised an eyebrow. “You don’t really get to know anyone, because when you’re belaying, you don’t communicate.”
It’s not boring, like some gym workouts, said LinkedIn data analyst Bhairavi Mehta, 32, who was cooling down while her husband and another friend climbed. “It’s a little different every time you come, because there’s new problems and new routes to solve.”
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