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Climbing Business Journal

Climbing Business Journal is an independent news outlet dedicated to covering the indoor climbing industry. Here you will find the latest coverage of climbing industry news, gym developments, industry best practices, risk management, climbing competitions, youth coaching and routesetting. Have an article idea? CBJ loves to hear from readers like you!

New Atlanta Gym to Focus on Community and Cultural Diversity

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USA Climbing Medical Committee, NCAA Task Force Members Selected

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HWOW26 – Three Angle Garage Wall in PNW

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Climbing and Rock and Ice to Merge

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Half Moon Bouldering Owners Feel They’ve Found a “Perfect Location”

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HWOW 25 – A Pergola Design in Pacoima, CA

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Strati Climbing Home Wall Survey

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New Big-City Brooklyn Boulders Gym Aims to Foster a Loyal Community

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HWOW 24 – 100 Year Old Bouldering Barn

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New Jersey Gym Strives to Build a Community “That Will Feel Like Home”

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HWOW 23 – A Five Panel Basement Cave in Utah

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Encouraging Signs for Gyms in August CWA Reopening Survey Results

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New Seattle-Area Bouldering Gym will be “Purpose-Built” for Climbers

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HWOW 22 – A West Coast Adjustable System Board

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USA Climbing Partners with KAYA for Upcoming Virtual Comps

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New Big Little Gym in Pennsylvania for “Endless Types of Movement”

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HWOW 21 – A New England Carpenter’s Masterpiece

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USA Climbing Releases New Rulebook

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Family Members Join Forces for Upcoming Alta Climbing Gym in Arizona

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HWOW 20 – The Ultimate Midwest Spray Wall

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Crux Opens Its Second Gym in Austin

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USA Climbing Launches Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Survey

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HWOW 19 – Training Homewall For Hueco Off-Days

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New Gym in California Will Be a Highway Spectacle

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CWA July Survey Results Reveal New Insights Around Reopening

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HWOW 18 – A Sheltered Backyard Build in Portland

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USA Climbing Going Virtual in 2020-2021 Competition Season

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New Aspire Climbing Gym in Canada Will Add to Already Active Community

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HWOW 17 – ‘Hand-Me-Down’ Homewall in a DC Garage

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New High Altitude Fitness Gym in California Being Built “From Scratch”

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HWOW 16 – A Pro Climber’s Homewall You Wish You Had

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A Modern Vision for Scholastic Climbing Gym Design with Futurist

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HWOW 15 – Simple Barn Homewall in NC

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USA Climbing Announces New Best of Season Awards

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New Study Suggests Climbing Chalk Significantly Reduces Coronavirus

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Sanitizing, Distancing, TRUBLUE: How Chris Sharma’s Gym Is Reopening

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New Collective Seeks to Help Climbing Gyms

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HWOW 14 – A Sleek Floridian Garage Homewall

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Hand Sanitizer Dispensing Volumes by Plantd Climbing Are on the Way

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Spike in Climbing Industry Jobs on CBJ Job Board

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HWOW 13 – Back to the Basics: Large Canvas with Room to Grow

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Climbing Brands Join the Stop Hate for Profit Campaign

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CWA Releases Climbing Facility Reopening Survey Results

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2020 Grip List Awards

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2020 Grip List Data & Methodology

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Navigating COVID-19 Guidelines: Know Your Agencies and What They Do

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HWOW 12 – Backyard Coronavirus Homewall in So Cal

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USA Climbing Realigns Regions for Youth and Collegiate Series

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New Member Joins USA Climbing’s Board of Directors

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The Power of High School Climbing and the ASCL in Colorado

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New Climbing Gym Coming to Honolulu

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USAC Seeking New Hold/Macro/Volume Suppliers

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HWOW 11 – Mountainous Three-Angle Homewall in the PNW

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HWOW 10 – A Pre-COVID Build for the Whole Family

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Halifax Gets New Gym in Former Theater

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1Climb Surges Forward with New Locations in California

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Crux Planning Giant New Gym in Texas

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Homewall of the Week 9 – Convertible Garage Woodie

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COVID-19 Reaches USA Climbing National Team Training Center

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Homewall of the Week 8 – A Legend’s 25-Year-Old Woodie

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New South Dakota Gym Opens After Pandemic Shakes Things Up

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Homewall of the Week 7 – All-Wood Scottish System Woodie

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Climbing Gyms Use Social Media to Show Support for Protests

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CWA Restructuring Its Leadership Team

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Homewall of the Week 6 – Colorful Backyard Virus-Build in MA

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REI and Mountain Project End Multi-Year Partnership

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Butora’s Best Move: Rental Climbing Shoes That Last

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Homewall of the Week 5 – Future Olympians Need Woodies Too

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Homewall of the Week 4 – Scenic Backyard Bishop Woodie

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The Business of Intelligent and Independent Climbing Gym Design with Futurist

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IFSC Releases Its 2019 Annual Report

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Homewall of the Week 3 – “Frankenwall” in Backyard Near Atlanta

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Atomik Is Shipping During the Pandemic – Ordered Holds Within 5 Business Days

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Homewall of the Week 2 – Basement in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

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Key Staff Members Depart from Rock Gym Pro

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Camfil: Clean Air Is a Human Right―in the Climbing Gym Too

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The Coronavirus Hits Hard Across the Climbing Industry

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CWA Resources for Climbing Gyms (and COVID-19 Resources)

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Homewall of the Week 1 – Coronavirus Build in Fort Collins

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Does Your Climbing Gym Need Funding?

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Successful Climbing Leagues: Case Studies with Venga

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Please Support These North American Climbing Gyms During COVID-19

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CWA Cancels Its Upcoming Summit

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Futurist: Climb Iowa’s Key to Adding a Gym with Confidence

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Dallas-Fort Worth to Get Its Second Planet Granite

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Grip List 2020: Register Your Brand for New Exposure

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1Climb Brings Climbing to More Youth in Denver

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What Can My Climbing Gym Do About COVID-19?

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Duffy, Yip Round Out North American Roster for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

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“Small but Mighty” Bouldering Gym Opening in Pennsylvania

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Mesa Rim is Heading to Texas

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Popular East Coast Gym Franchise Heads West

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Gyms and Trends 2019

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2019 CBJ Gym List Awards

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CBJ Membership Has Benefits

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Fact-Checking Magnus Midtbø’s Auto Belay Claims

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USA Climbing Gains New Title Sponsor

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Legends Collaborate to Create “the Ultimate Bouldering Gym”

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Montreal’s North Shore to get its Biggest Bouldering Gym

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Rock Gym Pro Adds API for Gym Marketers

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Coming Soon: 14th Annual CWA Summit

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Triangle Rock Club Completes Richmond Expansion

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American Shoe Company Relaunches

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Former Church to Become a Bouldering Gym

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New Gym Planned in the Foothills of the Cascades

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IFSC Hires Its First General Director

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New Gym Breaks Ground in Pennsylvania’s Happy Valley

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Touchstone To Open Its Largest SoCal Gym

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Historic Building Gets New Life as a Bouldering Hub

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Sender One Unveils Plans for a Bouldering-Only Gym

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More Americans Qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

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For the People, by the People: Why Co-Ops Survive

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Utah Mainstay Introduces a Third Location

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Popular Virginia Gym Gets a ‘Sister Facility’

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Get Your Brand In Front Of Climbing Gyms

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Colorado Gym Offers Diverse Challenges for Kids

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Long Beach Landmark Gets a Gym Makeover

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Idaho To Get a New Gym With a View

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Using Data to Make Connections in Climbing Gyms with Klimbz

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Movement Joins the El Cap Family

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CBJ Gym Map Is Back (And You Can Win Free Holds)

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Oregon’s New Bad Weather Alternative

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New USA Climbing Hire to Oversee Collegiate and Paraclimbing Series

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Stop Use Issued For Some Perfect Descent Auto Belays

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Work In Climbing: Current Job Openings 10/20/19

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Gyms Form New Parent Company

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Waterloo Gym Breaks Ground

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We’re Hiring: Ground-Floor Opportunity At CBJ

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170 Gyms Participate in Groundbreaking Survey

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Popular Florida Gym Closes, But Future Looks Promising

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Standing Out In a City of Many Gyms: Behind the Desk with Michael Paukner

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USA Climbing Hires New Marketing VP

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“America’s Oldest Gym” Adds a New Location

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“Bigfoot” Arrives in North Carolina

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Popular Denver Chain To Add Third Gym

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New Gym’s Story Is Anything But “Common”

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2nd WICS of Walltopia Connects at Exciting Time for Climbing

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Gripstone Climbing Coming to Olympic City

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Incidents Down After Tube Belay Ban in Singapore

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Delire Climbing: Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds, Healthy World

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New Cincinnati Gym Expands Historic Chain

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Popular Bay Area Gym Makes a Comeback

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New Gym Coming to Orange County

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Momentum Millcreek to Expand

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New Bouldering “Garden” To Open In The Pacific Northwest

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“Dream Gym” Opens in Puerto Rico

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Evolv Gets New Ownership

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Two North Americans Qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympics

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CBJ Job Board: Matching Top Candidates and Positions

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New Indiana Gym Blends Bouldering with Coffee

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Futurist Climbing Flooring & Mats: A Long-Play Partnership

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Broomfield’s Climbing Gym Is Under Construction

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Denver Gets Its Spot

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First International Routesetter Survey

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New Certified Speed Hold Manufacturer

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CBJ Gets a Makeover – Core Values Remain

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Olathe To Get Its Climbing Gym

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Black Diamond Cuts Jobs

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CWA Survey & Meetings

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New Report Details Climbing’s Community and Impacts

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Newark Gets Its First Gym

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A Re-Opened Sanctuary for Climbing

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Austin Gym To Get Even Bigger

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New Louisiana Gym Has a Mission

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Sterling Rope Acquired by Arborist Company

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Summit Just Opened Large Gym In Plano

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Sport Climbing Provisionally In 2024 Olympics

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Competitions For Your Inspiration

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2019 Grip List Awards

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Routesetter Education Roundup

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Gym Roundup: NC, TX

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Exhibitor Roundup: 2019 CWA Summit

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MyClimb: Attract, Engage, Keep

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Aragon: Growing to Stay on Top

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Park City Gym To Go Full-Service

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Triangle to Expand in Richmond

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Evo Breaks Ground in Golden

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Impact: Feel the Difference

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Climb Hires New COO

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Climbing Proposed for 2024 Olympics

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Oregon Bouldering Gym At Stake

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RGP: Software Powering the Industry

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California Coast Gym Closes

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Eldo Moves Headquarters

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New Corp Identity for Ohio Gym

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Nationals Comes to Bend, Home of Entre-Prises

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USAC Signs Deal With ESPN

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99 Year Old Granny Climbs in UK

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Touchstone Announces Oakland Gym

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Fort Wayne To Get First Gym

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A Look Inside Triangle Rock Club

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Sport Keeper: Gym Software

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Video: Secrets of World Cup Setting

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Atlanta’s Oldest Gym Closes

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Video: Setter Showdown – Eugene

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Ottawa Gym Forced To Close

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Climbing mag: State of Climbing Gyms

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New Planet Granite in So-Cal and Texas

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Video: Climbing Designers: J Ho

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El Cap Appoints Leadership Team

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