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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!

CWA December Survey Kicks-Off 2021 with High Hopes

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HWOW 40 – Epic Multi-Wall Setup in Illinois

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New Gym Has an Environmentally Conscious Mission

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Climbing Insider News Weekly: January 15

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HWOW 39 – A Father’s Homewall in the Shed

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Launching New Phoenix Gym Took a ‘Leap of Faith’

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Strati Climbing: Utilitarian Masterpieces

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Climbing Insider News Weekly: January 8

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HWOW 38 – Colorful Comp Training Wall

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Triangle Rock Club Appoints New Leadership PRESS RELEASE

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New Gym Coming to Florida Is a 12-Year Dream in the Making

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Climbing Insider News Weekly: January 2

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CWA Cancels 2021 Summit

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HWOW 37 – A Busy Father’s Barn Wall

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New Gym Offers “Socially-Distant Physical and Mental Exercise”

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Climbing Insider News Weekly: December 26

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HWOW 36 – A Nice Spray Wall in Germany

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OnSite Charges onto Climbing Gym Design Scene

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New Elev8 Climbing + Fitness Gym Coming to the “Big Mitten” State

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Climbing Insider News Weekly: December 18

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HWOW 35: Standard Family Garage Homewall

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Head Rush is Moving PRESS RELEASE

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New Washington Gym Plans for Winter Opening

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Climbing Insider News Weekly: December 11

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HWOW 34: Backyard Boulder With Infinite Traverse

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Climbing Gyms and COVID-19: Délire Climbing Walls Creates “a Perfect Gym”

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ASCL Opens Registration for 2021 Shortened Season

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Climbing Insider News Weekly: December 4

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HWOW 33: Garage Homewall With Many Angles

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Climbing Insider News Weekly: November 27

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USA Climbing Announces Auto Belay Partnership with TRUBLUE

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HWOW 32: A Colorful Adjustable Backyard Board in Idaho

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Most Recent COVID-19 Wave Results in Gym Closures

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CWA Seeking Data to Influence Reopening Policies

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Climbing Insider News Weekly: November 20

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HWOW 31: Carport Homewall For Southeast Rain Days

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Announcing TRUBLUE and USA Climbing Partnership PRESS RELEASE

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Digital Halls & Walls 2020 Focuses on Data and Optimism

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USA Climbing Hires New Finance Director

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Climbing Insider News Weekly: November 13

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HWOW 30: Decked Out Family Garage Homewall

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How Climbing Centers Are Navigating Tiered Reopening in California

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Climbing Insider News Weekly: November 6

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HWOW 29: Recycled Upstairs Bouldering Room

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CWA Is Looking for a Marketing Coordinator

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Stone Gardens Joins Edgeworks Climbing + Fitness

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Kumiki’s EverActive Wall Makes Nature of the North an Indoor Climbing Destination

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Climbing Insider News Weekly: October 30

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HWOW 28: Clean, Simple Office Woodie in CT

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Blue Swan Boulders Opens in Orlando as Part of Creative Redevelopment

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HWOW27 – A Shared Backyard Homewall in Ontario

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USA Climbing CEO Will Host Live Q&A

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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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