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Read about gym projects here, whether you’re thinking of opening a gym, looking to expand, or interested in learning about indoor climbing developments!

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Recently Opened Bay Area Gym Focuses on “Quality over Quantity”

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New Dallas Gym Opens in “Eco-Friendly Shopping Center”

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Movement Opens a Second Large Gym in the Heart of Chicago

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New Gym Leads the Way for 24-Hour Access in Western Colorado

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90s Canadian Gym Plans Big Extension

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New Gym Will Complement Outdoor Guiding to Legendary Bouldering Area

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New Canadian Gym Is “Scaled for Kids”

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New Facility Is More Than a Gym—It’s an Indoor and Outdoor “Event Venue”

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Scientists Open a New Climbing Gym in Nebraska

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New Gym Opening Next to Iconic Chicago Ballpark

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New Gym Opens Over Iconic New York City Bridge

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Beach Climbing Comes to Quebec for the Summer

John Burgman

New Open-Air Gym in San Diego Will Be “100% Outdoors”

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New Colorado Gym Plans to “Connect the Indoors with the Outside”

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Arizona Gym Working to Help Reduce Poverty in South Africa

John Burgman

A Family’s Vision Gives Rise to New Southern Gym

John Burgman

Inflation Hits the Climbing Industry

John Burgman

Historic Textile Mill Will Become an Indoor Climbing Haven

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New Brooklyn Boulders Gym Coming to Heart of D.C.

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Well-Known College Town to Get a New Gym

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Walltopia Stories: Their First Climbing Gym in the USA

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New “Boutique-Style” Gym Has a Local Focus

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New Florida Gym Introduces Many First-Timers to Climbing

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The Cliffs Adds Large Bouldering Gym in Harlem

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Spotlight on the 90s: Pacific Edge

John Burgman

Vertical Solutions and Project Financing

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New Pittsburgh Gym Mixes Hometown Appreciation and European Flair

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The Spot Acquires EVO Gyms in Colorado

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New Canada Gym Expands Bouldering in Greater Toronto

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Michigan Gym Expansion a Bright Spot in COVID-19

John Burgman

Mesa Rim and EP: Partnerships Move Us Forward

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Texas Gym Expanding with a Repackaged Outdoor Space

John Burgman

Gyms and Trends 2020

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Longtime Florida Gym to be “Reborn” this Year

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Gravity Vault to Unveil Its First Bouldering-Focused Gym

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New Gym Has an Environmentally Conscious Mission

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Launching New Phoenix Gym Took a ‘Leap of Faith’

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

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

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

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New Washington Gym Plans for Winter Opening

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Blue Swan Boulders Opens in Orlando as Part of Creative Redevelopment

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New Atlanta Gym to Focus on Community and Cultural Diversity

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

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

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

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

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

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Family Members Join Forces for Upcoming Alta Climbing Gym in Arizona

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Crux Opens Its Second Gym in Austin

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New Gym in California Will Be a Highway Spectacle

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Learning, Adapting, Growing in Australia: Behind the Desk with Jack Masel

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

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

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A Modern Vision for Scholastic Climbing Gym Design with Futurist

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New Climbing Gym Coming to Honolulu

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Grand Openings in a Pandemic Age: A Roundup of New Gyms

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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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What It’s Like to Open a New Gym During a Pandemic

John Burgman

New South Dakota Gym Opens After Pandemic Shakes Things Up

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Interior Design Trends in Climbing Gyms: Walltopia’s Top Picks

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The Business of Intelligent and Independent Climbing Gym Design with Futurist

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Georgia Climbing Gyms Given Permission to Reopen

John Burgman

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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“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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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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Triangle Rock Club Completes Richmond Expansion

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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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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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Holiday Gifts for Your Gym Staff

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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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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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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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Gyms Form New Parent Company

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Waterloo Gym Breaks Ground

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Popular Florida Gym Closes, But Future Looks Promising

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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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Gripstone Climbing Coming to Olympic City

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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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New Indiana Gym Blends Bouldering with Coffee

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Broomfield’s Climbing Gym Is Under Construction

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Denver Gets Its Spot

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Olathe To Get Its Climbing Gym

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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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Summit Just Opened Large Gym In Plano

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Gym Roundup: NC, TX

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Southern Climbing Reaches It’s High Point

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Gyms and Trends 2018

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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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Oregon Bouldering Gym At Stake

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New Corp Identity for Ohio Gym

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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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Brooklyn Boulder’s New Concept

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New Planet Granite in So-Cal and Texas

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Builders View of The New Front

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Video: Greatest Climbing Gym In The World?

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Movement RiNO: Intentional Design by Entre-Prises

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Indy To Get New Bouldering Gym

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Gravity Vault Moves Into Jersey Shore

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Cliffs Brings Brand to Brooklyn

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Vital Going Big In New York

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Bouldering Gym Coming to Silicon Valley

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Indiana Gym Takes Climbing To Church

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Philly Is So Hot!

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Planet Granite Revamp Plans For Chicago

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Madison Gets Downtown Bouldering Gym

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First U.S. Climbing Gym Turns 30

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High Point Does It Again In Alabama

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The Circuit To Build In Bend

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Triangle To Open Fifth Location

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The Spot Makes Moves To Denver

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Central Rock Part of Historic Buffalo Development

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Jorgeson Hopes To Build In Santa Rosa

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New Owner for New Paltz

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Up The Bloc Buys Joe Rockhead

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Summit Plans Plano Gym

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Gyms and Trends of 2017

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Florida Gym Puts the Rock in Rock Gym

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The Small Survive

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Movement Joins Forces in Denver

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Central To Build In Manhattan

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Video: Why We Open Gyms

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London’s Women Only Climbing Club

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The Cliffs Expand Into Philly

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Boise Gym Comes Together to Pay for Reel Rock

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Earth Treks and Planet Granite Merge

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BKB Looking To Expand In NYC

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Climb Nashville Expands Brand

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Visit Magnus Midtbø’s Gym

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Momentum Moves Into Seattle

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Squamish Co-Op On The Edge

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The Shifting UK Gym Scene

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New Gym Making Moves In Cleveland

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New Gyms For Touchstone and Central Rock

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Earth Treks Brings Bouldering To Baltimore

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Triangle Crosses State Lines Into Virginia

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“The Valley” Plants Flag in S. Denver

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Earth Treks To Build US’s Largest Gym

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The Front Could Nab Prime Spokane Location

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Coffee And Climbing: Perfect Partners

John Burgman

New Gyms Spring Round-Up

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Expansion Proximity

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The Long Road To Pittsburgh

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What It took To Make UK’s Fastest Growing Climbing Gym

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Gyms and Trends of 2016

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Peak Experiences On The Move To Richmond

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Korea’s Bouldering Boom

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Open Doors: Fall Round Up

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New Gym Planned for Tulsa

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Popping The Top

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Get Ready For the Summit

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Vertical Endeavors Plans Bouldering Gym

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Shopping Centers Eye Climbing

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From Silos to Suburbs

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A Lifestyle Climbing Gym

Joe Robinson

Palestine’s First Climbing Gym

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Gravity Vault Goes Big in 2016

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Gyms and Trends of 2015

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Earth Treks Moves Closer To DC

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Gym Architecture the Italian Way

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Stop, Collaborate and Listen

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Rock Candy Adds Bouldering Gym to Family

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Climbing Gyms are Flocking to Kansas

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New Orleans Gets a Bouldering Gym

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The Evolution of Evo Rock

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Owners Perspective: Movement Climbing

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Stuntwerk and the Moving Riddle

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How To Smartly Expand Your Business

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New Interactive Climbing Gym Map on CBJ

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