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The Denver Post is reporting that June 10th, USA Climbing and Boulder’s Paradox Sports hosted the largest-ever paraclimbing competition in U.S. history, with athletes from around the world. The compitition was but on in conjunction with the IFSC Bouldering World Cup held that same weekend.
Not even two years ago there were few avenues for disabled athletes looking to compete in sport climbing. Sunday notched the first step toward creating divisions and competitions that can host increasingly talented climbers who are piggybacking an international push to include sport climbing in the 2024 Olympics.
The last two years have seen the International Federation of Sport Climbing hosting the first Paraclimbing world championships, and paraclimbing is establishing itself on the international climbing circuit, with climbers from more than a dozen countries competing in contests like the one Sunday at the GoPro Mountain Games.
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Andrew Kratz and Joel Graybeal who run The Triangle Rock Club in Morrisville, North Carolina will receive the 2013 “Steady Growth and Profitability Award” from the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. The company has grown from revenue of $366,000 in 2009 to $1.1 million in 2012 and is expanding its facility by more than 15,000 square feet. This expansion will nearly triple the amount of climbing terrain available.
Read the full article at bizjournals.com
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The Houston Chronicle reports that climbing in the Texas area is exploding with 3 commercial climbing gyms and one more expected this year. Stone Moves, owned by John Muse who (the only active USAC National Chief to own a gym) is quoted in the Chronicle as saying, “There’s a generation of kids who are just going to climb inside, never going to climb outside. It’s like a whole different sport – people like to jump around a little more. The things you see here, you’re never going to see outside.”
Opening this year, inSpire which will have 17,000 sq feet of climbing and 45 foot walls. Not to mention the 6 Life Time Fitness gyms all with climbing walls that dot the Houston landscape.
Houston is just one of the dozens of metro areas around the country experiencing a climbing gym boom.
Read the full article at the Houston Chronicle.
Unreal Hawaii has a great photo essay of the construction and opening of Volcanic Rock Gym, a new bouldering gym in Honolulu owned by Justin Ridgely.
Justin, a former carpenter, built the rock climbing walls by hand with the help of several volunteers from the Hawaii rock climbing community. The place was built fast. Like, in under a month.
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View the full photo essay at Unreal Hawaii.
On April 5th and 6th, the best Sport and Speed competition climbers in the United States descended on Boulder, CO to compete at the SCS Open National Championships for their share of a $6000.00 prize purse and a spot on the 2013 US Team.
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Central Rock Gym, which operates three climbing gyms in Massachusetts and Connecticut, is launching its newest operation just outside Boston proper in Watertown, MA.
CRG bills the gym as “the largest, most advanced climbing gym in New England. With 28,000sqft of climbing area on walls reaching as high as 50’, 2 multi-function spaces, a dedicated workout room, a monster boulder dubbed “The Orb” and the biggest, baddest lead structure anywhere on the east coast, CRG Watertown will redefine what a true climbing experience is for New Englanders.”
The gym is slated to open in May 2013. Read coverage of the new gym on boston.com and wickedlocal.com
On March 1-3, 2013, more than 350 of the best Youth Boulderers in the United States showed up in Colorado Springs for the ABS 14 Youth National Championships. Over this three day period, they fought for their spot on the podium and a spot on the US Youth National Bouldering Team. Take a look to see how the problems worked out for the strongest field in the history of ABS Youth Nationals.
2013 ABS 14 National Championships – Youth Highlights from USA Climbing on Vimeo.
The Boise Weekly reports that the ASANA, the Boise-based climbing pad manufacturer, has purchased The Front climbing gym in Garden City, just outside of Boise, Idaho. With the purchase the 6,500 square foot bouldering gym has been renamed the Asana Climbing Gym.
Manger Jon Albright and Russell Long are working on small revaps to the bouldering gym, but Albright said they’re taking things slowly … and plans call for putting a greater focus on retail, offering—no big surprise—Asana products. “This will be an Asana outlet,” Albright said of the gym, which he hopes will be a key part of Boise’s climbing community.
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