Sender One Climbing & Sender City - Santa Ana

Most expensive gym I've ever come across. Kids everywhere, more of a family climbing if that's what you're looking for. Cool routes with really soft ratings.

This was my first time doing top rope climbing so I had to take an intro lesson. The lesson was great (Cat was the person that did our intro lesson, she is great!) and had a great time afterwards.The bouldering section is also pretty good!

"It's getting hot in here so.... " I forgot the rest of the classic Nelly song. My first thought upon entering the Yoga studio was get ready to melt and sweat likes an ice cream cone. Hmm that does sound good. But seriously it was hot! Imagine doing yoga poses on the surface of the sun or Jessica Alba in Deep Blue. Yes! That hot.Yoga event! A week ago we treated our bodies to yummy Vegan food and now we get a complete spiritual and body experience of Hot Yoga. I have a long ways to go to become a master like Ryan! But I'm up for the challenge.GYMThe Sender One facility looks like an awesome place to train. I want to get a full tour next time I go. I'm glad there is a local rock climbing gym so close by. Also, it has yoga and a weight room. Sounds perfect.STAFFI feel so inspired after talking to various staff members. They were very friendly and caring. I didn't get the pushy salesman feeling that most gyms have.YOGAI didn't know this was a hot yoga class. So it was a good thing I was fully hydrated and grabbed a bottle of water. I notice some other people didn't drink any water during the class. That is hardcore. Hot yoga takes a lot of concentration. I had to really focus on breathing as everything got hot and heavy. No pun intended. Giggity. A friend of mine explained why it's so hard to breath in hot yoga. The heat of the room plus everyone breath has moisture causing the humidity level to raise in the room with no ventilation. I thought I was going to start having visions. The cold shower after class was a great feeling. I left like I was able to wash away toxins and worries. I felt like a brand new person and left was a positive outlook.ConsThe only thing I didn't like was the meathead and his trainer talking loudly and banging weights right near the Yoga studio door. This really broke my concentration as the class was winding down.I am in love with Yoga. I love the health benefits along with the great feeling you get once you have completed a yoga class. It's more relaxing than any massage or alcoholic beverage can be.

I am rating Sender City (Funtopia) specifically. I brought my kids here last weekend and was appalled at the lack of safety procedures and staff training/awareness. We did not go to Sender One (the climbing gym side).I am a climber and my 5 year old son is just getting into the sport. We brought his harness, and I asked the staff if it would be ok to use it, instead of the house harnesses. A staff member said that would be fine. At Funtopia, a staff member clips your child into the rope (auto-belay) with a big locking carabiner. Most of the house harnesses have a metal ring to clip into. My son's harness is a slightly different design and does not have the ring. I watched as a staff member fiddled with his harness and instead of clipping him in, decided to add an extra carabiner to make things quicker and easier. She returned with a non-locking carabiner and clipped that to his harness, and then to the rope. Climbing safety 101: that is a major no-no. I had to stop him from climbing and fix the connection so that it was appropriately safe. Someone who isn't familiar with climbing equipment might have gone blissfully unaware of this unnecessary risk.The odds of a non-locking carabiner opening up are slim. But it can and does happen. It's possible that this particular employee made an error, but based on my interaction with the two different staff members I spoke to, there was a general lack of awareness of what was going on, or the problem that I was addressing. These were mostly young adults (20-somethings) that appeared to be running a carnival type atmosphere. Which is all fun and fine, until someone makes a mistake and your kid falls 30 feet to the ground and breaks his back. Most climbing gyms take this sort of thing very seriously - I got the feeling that the Funtopia side of things is run very different than a climbing gym. Which would be fine, except that they've got kids in harness and auto-belays climbing 30-40 foot high. So, it is a climbing gym.This place is catering to kid's parties and with all the children running around, it is a chaotic environment. I am sure it's difficult to make sure that safety procedures are being followed in every corner of the facility. Considering the height of the walls, I don't think there is any excuse for mistakes, though. They need better screening and/or training back there.

Best indoor climbing gym in Orange County. They have the tallest walls, the most routes, the most bouldering problems, yoga classes, plenty of climbing classes, and a great community atmosphere. Going into my 3rd year of membership and it's been a w e s o m e 👍💪 …

Great climbing gym! Holds are good, gym is pretty clean, lots of routes, friendly staff, and some fairly high walls. The kid's side looks cool too but we weren't there for that.

Sender one has great thought-out routes for all climbers. The place is clean and also has a belaying and lead climbing section as well as a fun section for kids. Only thing is that a day pass is roughly $22 to $30 whether you have shoes or not.

Amazing gym with plenty of routes to try out.The place was quite packed on a Wednesday night at 8pm, when we arrived. If you're not self conscious about other people being around while you're climbing it's fine (I know I used to feel sized up against other climbers and would get nervous :p).

An excellent place to climb, we were totally new to rock climbing and got the Groupon deal here. We've been going ever since and it's the best workout that's actually fun. Really helpful staff, always clean, can get a bit crowded but that's to be expected at a great place.

Love this gym. Been a member for almost 2 years. Fantastic rock walls with frequent route changes. Great bouldering area and an amazing kids gym.Also good work out facility and yoga studio.Price is a little high comparatively. But I think it is well worth it.