SANCTUARY CLIMBING AND FITNESS, SEASIDE, CA Specs: The previous Sanctuary Rock Gym closed in February after 23 years of operation, but a new location has been secured and a grand opening is set for September. The new gym will be more than 10,000 square feet and serve as the anchor facility for a large shopping…
Specs: A new 6,000-square-foot building will be added to the pre-existing Crux property located on Pickle Road in Austin, Texas. The new building will build on the gym’s fitness offerings and include new weightlifting and strength and conditioning amenities. The new building will also include a sauna. The total expanse of the gym will thus be 28,000 square feet and include walls for lead and top rope climbing, bouldering, as well as additional areas such as a yoga studio, locker rooms, a kids’ area, and “co-working space.” An outdoor area for community events and additional parking spaces will also be part of the renovation.
Specs: 12,000-square-foot facility that includes lead and top rope walls, top-out bouldering, and children’s walls. The space also caters to birthday parties and hosts climbing instructional courses—and there are plans to form teams for competitions soon too. Additional amenities include regular yoga classes, Refit fitness classes, “Parents’ Night Out” events, and after-school programs. The gym and its offerings have the mission of helping families “grow closer to God and each other.” Nearby establishments include a weight gym (ChristFit), a smoothie cafe (Fruits of the Spirit), a dance school, and a ministry.
By John Burgman Sterling Rope was recently acquired by North Carolina-based Sherrill, Inc. Sherrill is an arborist and climbing gear company, and is also the parent company of treestuff.com—a leading supplier of professional arborist and tree climbing equipment. Sterling, which makes climbing ropes that range from dynamic and static models to gym ropes designed for “high traffic,…
Specs: 32,000 square-foot facility (5,000 of which are for bouldering, 20,000 of which are for top-rope, lead, speed, and auto-belay climbing) located at the George Bush Turnpike and Coit Road, in Plano, Texas. The gym will be the largest climbing gym in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Additional amenities include a fitness area, a yoga studio, and a section specifically for kids’ climbing.
At its 134th Session, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday accepted the proposal of the Paris Organizing Committee of the Olympic & Paralympic Games (Paris 2024) to include four additional sports at the 33rd Summer Olympic Games: breaking, skateboarding, surfing and sport climbing. The Olympic Games in Paris are set to be the third Olympic…
Since 2014, CBJ’s Grip List Survey has been a tool that provides insight into which brands routesetters find particularly useful in a given year. This year 61 separate brands received at least one vote, with the top five brands receiving over half of the tallies. A new “People’s Choice” category was added, and for the first time voters were allowed to pick their top three favorite brands.
