Milwaukee expansion / A club for grown-ups

A little
sideways.

Come for a climb. Stay for the B-side.
There's room for both.

Angular illustration of a climber taking a seated rest

BETWEEN ATTEMPTS
IS STILL PART OF IT.

Architectural cutaway of SIDEWAYS with a coral climbing wall, arrival shoe bench, listening table and acid-green quiet corner
YOUR EVENING, FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE.Choose a place to see what happens there.
You're at the

Arrival

Guest ritual

The shoe-bench hello.

Sit down. Trade your street shoes for climbing shoes. Say hello if you feel like it. Everyone starts on the same bench.

Staff cue

A name before a grade.

Ask what they'd like from tonight. Show first-timers the landing area and how to fall before they choose a route.

Put it on
the calendar.

A first try. A first Friday. A quieter Sunday.
Three different ways to feel like a regular.

SIDEWAYS / BEGIN HERE
BEGINNER WELCOME

FIRST
MOVES

Good at being new?
Neither were we.

Meet the wall. Learn the fall.
Take your time.

FIRST FRIDAY
RECORD SWAP + CLIMB

ROUTES
& RECORDS

BRING A RECORD.
MEET A B-SIDE.

One more attempt.
One more track.

SIDEWAYS / MILWAUKEE

SUNDAY
LOW-SOUND SESSION

Quiet
climb.

Lower the volume.
Keep the possibility.

No music. No shouted beta.
Room to find your own rhythm.

The Milwaukee club’s event series. Dates and booking open with the expansion. Quiet Climb is a low-sound session, not a promise of silence.

Reach. Rest.
Swap a record.

Some nights you find the next hold. Some nights you find someone with the same terrible taste in records.

Three original paper-cut illustrations: a climber reaching, a climber resting, and two adults sharing a record
A climber reaches across an angular coral wallA climber takes a break on a bench, shoes offTwo adults share a record over the commons table
TAKE A TURN. PASS A RECORD.Climb at your pace. Ask before giving beta. Leave the landing mat clear for the next climber.