Beginning Climbing

Making A Climbing Wall-do It Yourself

Making A Climbing Wall-do It Yourself

At first thought, the idea of building your own climbing wall can seem pretty crazy. It might not be as tough as you think. Kids love to climb, but most climbing centers have age limits on those they consider old enough to climb. If you build a wall yourself, nobody can tell you you’re not […]

Climbing Business

Continued Industry Expansion Means New Job Opportunities

Continued Industry Expansion Means New Job Opportunities

No longer a niche activity, the development of climbing walls over the last twenty years has shown that this form of recreation can be a job generator. Along with names that have come to be known industry wide, the number of people employed in climbing centers has expanded to the point where this looks like […]

Beginning Climbing

Climb With Your Eyes! Tape Really Helps.

Climb With Your Eyes! Tape Really Helps.

New climbers are often given the advice “climb with your eyes”. This can have many nuances, but, in essence what this means is that visually planning a route all the way to the top of the wall is essential if you want to get to the peak. Good route setters know that using bright and […]

Climbing Business

Setting Routes With Tape? Don’t Forget The Floor

Setting Routes With Tape? Don’t Forget The Floor

Lots of climbing centers use cloth route setting tape for their walls. It’s durable, bright, easily applied and it leaves no tape residue when removed. What those centers don’t do (at least a lot of them) is use tape to mark their floors. I am talking about a vinyl tape product called “aisle marking tape” […]

Climbing Centers

It’s All About The Adhesive

It’s All About The Adhesive

There are lots of tapes that can be used for marking routes on climbing walls. We’ve seen duct tape, vinyl tape, paper tape and electrical tape used for that purpose. All of them are wrong! Duct tape leaves a sticky residue and has no “grippability”. Paper tape is not very durable and does not like […]

Beginning Climbing

Virtual Rock Climbing-Maybe Not As Safe As You Thought

Virtual Rock Climbing-Maybe Not As Safe As You Thought

Using virtual reality headsets has been promoted as a totally safe way for someone to learn and practice climbing with no risk. The “climber” is presented with a climbing environment through a headset screen and can move around in the virtual environment by gripping actual hand holds and moving through the climbing challenge presented there. […]
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