Getting Ready

about 5000 climbing holds, 3 ladders, carpet bonded foam, big rolls of open-cell foam, fold-up tables, folding chairs, dishes, cutlery, garbage cans, garbage bags, shop vac (make sure you get a "Ridgid"), track lighting, bolts, wood screws, 4 maillons ("what's a maillon?"), find a fridge on Craigslist, power supply for the thermal printer, replace the cash drawer that was ordered with the wrong interface (serial vs printer-driven), water bottles ready yet?, membership cards, rope & quickdraws, harnesses, rental shoes, quicklinks, meet with window consultant, alarm system connected to phones?, DSL installed, meals for staff during training sessions, belay tags, laminating pouches (what sizes?), reconsider paint colours, review brochure mock-ups, inventory of prizes for the comp, register with additional police departments for police reference checks/vulnerable sector screening, offer packages for new staff, epipen for first aid kit, attend Toronto Sports Summit, plan for trip to Boulder for Climbing Wall Association Summit, plan staff orientation, update policy/procedure manual, microwave, toaster oven (reuse old one from basement?), coffee machine, "what do you mean my house needs a new roof now?", run payroll, arrange for sales of climbing magazines in the gym, couches?, lighting for exterior sign, music service, cleaning service, audio system, build training area, posters, talk to day camp operator about working together, sprinkler system modifications for climbing wall, copies of all first aid certificates, routesetting tape ("but John can't tell the yellow from the green!"), get leaking pipe fixed, membership forms, soap dispensers, benches for change rooms, install locker numbers (need rivet gun?), hangboards, campus rungs, comp boxes, helmets, bent-gate biners, locking biners, ascenders, aiders, daisy chains, gri-gris, slacklines, 800 m of rope, all waivers into Rock Gym Pro, set up all purchase items, write construction update for blog, arrange half-time show for comp, scaffolding behind the walls, about 25,000 T nuts, hand cleaner, get second porta-potty, replace drinking fountain (need one with bottle-filler spout!), make sure we have hand dryers that actually work, shoe cubbies, price list, block spammers from overrunning the online forums, forerun new routes as they go up, I'll have a double-double, assemble quickdraws, design route tags, corner braces, concrete anchors, padding for steel beams & slackline posts, malware cleanup software, drill bits, more 2x6's, paper cutter, propane torch, rope cutter, strip basement cave to sell holds to the gym (sigh), barcode scanner, printer cable, stencils, power bars, U bolts, pick flavors of drinks to sell, buckets for hold storage, buckets for routesetting, ...