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Indoor rock climbing for sure. A gym will cost you at least $50 a month (where I am, but I doubt it's that much different elsewhere), and the equipment costs ar
by ryanbrunner 5y ago
Indoor rock climbing for sure. A gym will cost you at least $50 a month (where I am, but I doubt it's that much different elsewhere), and the equipment costs aren't astronomical but do add up, especially compared to "cheap" sports (at least $200 for shoes / harness, and additional gear depending on what sort of climbing you want to do).
- Grustaf 5y agoI'd say even the receptionist at a SV startup can easily afford to do rock climbing if she wants to.
- ryanbrunner 5y agoRight, but if they just started at that job, and they previously had worked for much lower pay, they wouldn't be exposed to indoor rock climbing much at all. I don't think the author is saying that they couldn't rock climb if they wanted to, it's just a very different context when people can suddenly have (relatively) expensive hobbies.
- awhitby 5y agoAt least. NYC is more than double that: $120-130 a month.
- wlesieutre 5y agoThe indoor wall where I'm from was at a YMCA, which has financial assistance programs for people who qualify. On a tech salary the author would probably be looking at full price, but if she were still poor it'd be a cheaper option.