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06/15/2023

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Become a thrill-maker, and experience exciting and fulfilling rock climbing adventures.

06/05/2023

🧗🌼 Calling all climbers! 🌼🧗

Looking for a game-changer in rope organization? Look no further than the trusty daisy chain! 🙌🔗

Introducing the daisy chain rope tie, your ultimate companion for hassle-free rope management. 🎉🔁

With its series of interlinked loops, this nifty technique keeps your ropes neat, tangle-free, and ready to rock at a moment's notice. ⚡️💪

No more wrestling with tangled messes or wasting time on tedious knots. The daisy chain lets you focus on what matters most: conquering those peaks! 🏔️💥

Simply fold and loop, creating a chain-like structure that ensures quick deployment when you're ready to climb. 🧗‍♂️🔁

Efficient storage? ✅ Easy access? ✅ Time-saving? ✅ The daisy chain has got it all! 😎🔗

Tag your climbing buddies and share this game-changing rope hack! Together, let's conquer mountains with the power of organization! 🌄💪

05/30/2023

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05/30/2023

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06/15/2022

🏆GYM OF THE WEEK:

Elemental Performance and Fitness, Lander

Wyoming trades a lot of climbing gyms for having a lot of real climbing outdoors. When the weather is not on your side though you can head to the bouldering gym at Elemental Performance and Fitness.

This athletic center has a large bouldering wall with a wide mix of problems. Like you would expect from a high-end training facility they also have all the training equipment you need to train including a System Wall, campus board, and hang boards in addition to regular fitness gear.

06/08/2022

🏆GYM OF THE WEEK:

Adventure Rock, Milwaukee

Adventure Rock is an open concept climbing gym that even has bleachers for spectators and competitions. The taller walls for roped climbing have varying surfaces from vertical to radically overhanging. They even have a few full-length cracks for jamming fans.

A mix of auto-belays, top ropes and lead walls to sprinkle throughout the gym letting you experience different challenges no matter what type of climbing you are doing today.

The upstairs mezzanine is home to the bouldering walls and fitness area. There are boulder problems of all levels and big soft mats when you blow that dyno.

The fitness center has weights and cardio along with a mix of climbing-specific training tools.

06/01/2022

🏆GYM OF THE WEEK:

Energy Rock Gym, Charleston

Energy is a bouldering gym with varying walls up to 16 feet tall. The mix of slabs, vertical and overhanging faces give you lots of climbing options. They even have a massive mushroom feature from Super Mario. The ramping overhang is a favorite feature getting steeper the higher you go. There are about 90 problems with new ones rotated each week.

This is a great place to train with campus boards, fingerboards, and gymnastics rings. If you want to work on your one-arm pullup their weighted pulley system will let you take off however much weight. This will let you work up to your full body weight in a safe manner. They even have a moving Treadwall that will allow you to do a climb that never ends.

05/25/2022

🏆GYM OF THE WEEK:

Vertical World, Seattle

Opened in 1987, Vertical World holds the title of America’s first commercial climbing gym. From humble beginnings when they were just gluing rocks to plywood, they have grown to be a modern fitness headquarters and home to climbing in Seattle.

Big walls, multiple bouldering areas, and a dedicated kids section make Vertical World a family-friendly place for climbers of all levels. Auto-belay, top rope and lead climbing are all offered on walls up to 35 feet tall.

Fitness facilities and yoga classes are in-house for you to train to be a well-rounded athlete.

05/18/2022

🏆GYM OF THE WEEK:

Petra Cliffs Indoor Climbing Center, Burlington

Part climbing gym, part outdoor school, Petra Cliffs Indoor Climbing Center is a full-service climbing gym, activity center, and mountaineering school.

They offer courses in mountaineering, backcountry skiing, and rock climbing. A full selection of youth programs from outdoor education to indoor high ropes courses is here as well.

The public climbing gym offer bouldering from V0-V10+ which means there is something for almost everyone. On the taller walls, they have auto-belays, top rope, and lead climbing. The terrain starts vertical and progresses to horizontal roof structures so there is something for everyone.

05/11/2022

🏆GYM OF THE WEEK:

Earth Treks Crystal City, Arlington

35,000 square feet of space give Earth Treks a lot of options in how they bring the vertical world indoors. Home to over 350 climbs, you will come back over and over as it’s impossible to do them all in a single or even multiple trips.

The walls for roped climbing are 40 feet tall making for pretty endurance challenging indoor climbs. With the amount of space they have, it isn’t surprising that there are a bunch of varied wall designs and features. They log all of their routes on the Kaya app so you can see what’s new and log your climbs on your phone. The app will even make recommendations based on your preferred climbing style.

A full fitness center and yoga classes round out the program for an active, healthy lifestyle.
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