The Pad operates three gyms, located in San Luis Obispo; Henderson, Nevada; and two locations under a single gym umbrella in Santa Barbara, with a staff of around 35 employees per gym that operate ...

It’s already been a difficult year for The Pad Climbing gym in San Luis Obispo, but on Monday morning, it got even worse. Around 3:30 a.m. Monday, someone broke into the Ricardo Court gym using ...

The Pad Climbing started in 2002 as a small bouldering gym in San Luis Obispo. SLO-Op was created in a self-storage unit by founding members Paul Hatalsky, Julie Workman, and Yishai Horowitz.

Origins of The Pad climbing. Yishai, along with the other founders, started The Pad in a San Luis Obispo self storage unit due to a lack of well-organized, accessible climbing gyms in the area.

The Pad in Vestal officially opens at noon on Sunday. In addition to its regular open hours, a grand opening event will be held on Jan. 25, with free climbing and games for visitors.

UPDATE (3 p.m.) - The Pad Climbing gym announced on Facebook Tuesday that the suspect in Monday's shooting, Edward Zamora Giron, was a former employee and that he was suspected of breaking into ...