By Alison Seagle

Staff Writer

Students who are looking for an activity to get their hearts pounding and their feet high up off the ground should get over to Solid Rock Indoor Rock Climbing Gym.

Solid rock offers Cal State San Marcos students a convenient, unique and fun way to get out and be active. It’s an easy hop, skip and a jump to get there from campus after class.

The walls at Solid Rock vary considerably in order to challenge climbers of all different experience levels. The gym features top roping, lead areas for sport climbing, bouldering, a tight rope and weights. Solid Rock changes its climbing routes throughout the year to offer climbers fresh routes to venture.

Solid Rock offers many different deals throughout the week. College night is Mondays and Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Students with an ID can receive entry, shoes, harness, chalk and a belay lesson for only $10. Wednesdays and Fridays are Ladies’ Nights, when ladies can get the same deal offered on college night. Every Tuesday is T-shirt Tuesday, where wearing a Solid Rock t-shirt will also give you the $10 deal. Several membership options are also available.

Many CSUSM students, like Veronica Ramos, enjoy climbing at Solid Rock.

“It is fun exercise and it is rare for me to find fun exercise. Plus, I run into people from school,” Ramos said.

The gym is open seven days a week, from noon to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sundays. It is located at 992 Rancheros Drive in San Marcos.