About The Edge Rock Gym - Melbourne

Rock climbing is so fun that The Edge Rock Gym - Climbing and Fitness actually has a warning about it on its site. A page for newbies notes that after a first session, "Your face may hurt from smiling so much." Rock climbing also works muscles that are usually ignored in daily activities, so it might leave one a little sore. It's all worth it, though—especially in such a well-appointed, welcoming gym.

Spaciousness: The gym is large where it counts most—vertically. Its high ceilings, combined with new top-rope and lead climbing walls, make for a more than 10,000-square-foot climbing area.

Beginner-Friendly Climbing Classes: There are plenty of classes to choose from, including a basic movement and technique class covering foot placement, hand holds, and how to rest without carrying your bed up the climbing wall.

Festive Friday Nights: The gym stays open until 11 p.m. on Fridays for a ropes-challenge course, wherein visitors can test their strength and balance.

High-tech Tours: The gym's website offers 360-degree virtual tours, on which cyber visitors can browse the gear shop in the lobby and gaze up at the towering walls.