1/5 Matthias V. 2 years ago on Google
They
practically
do
not
accept
rope
climbers
from
other
regions
or
countries.
As
Dutch
speaking
rope/lead
climbers
from
Brussels
with
15+
years
of
weekly
experience
with
a
Club
Alpin
Belge
affiliation,
we
were
arrogantly
told
we
could
not
rope
climb
at
their
gym
without
their
"universal
belaying
pass"
from
KBF.
The
guy
at
the
desk
told
us
quite
arrogantly
-and
wrongly-
that
you
can
get
a
pass
like
that
about
anywhere
at
about
any
club
in
any
place,
even
abroad
or
if
you
are
not
from
Flanders.
But
this
is
just
plainly
untrue.
Outside
of
Flanders/Netherlands
very
few
gyms
participate
in
this
formality.
To
get
it,
you
have
to
register
and
pay
for
evening
courses
that
are
organised
every
month
at
their
gym
(for
Ghent).
That
is
for
level
1
(top
rope
climbing).
For
level
2
(lead
climbing,
outdoors),
you
have
to
follow
another
3
of
those
courses.
Can
you
imagine
this
kind
of
burocracy
in
Europe
still
happening
today?
They
are
witholding
a
lot
of
people
from
rope
climbing
and
are
pushing
newbees
all
into
bouldering
(with
much
higher
risk
of
injury
to
feet,
arms
and
fingers).
These
people
just
don't
seem
to
realize
you
can
rope/lead
climb
in
almost
any
European
country
South
and
East
of
Belgium
without
passing
formal
training
courses.
(I
don't
know
about
contries
North
of
Belgium
and
the
Netherlands.)
Do
you
have
to
get
this
special
certificate
if
you
want
to
climb
once
in
Ghent?
I
find
this
quite
absurd.
At
other
places
they
are
mostly
willing
to
test
your
competence
on
the
spot
when
you
are
a
visitor
from
further
away.
Not
here.
It's
like
being
disallowed
acces
to
the
swimming
pool
because
you
don't
have
a
swimming
certificate.
3 people found this review helpful 👍