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Planning for Expansion Without Disruption
Growth Should Feel Like Progress, Not Interruption A climbing gym that is doing well eventually faces a good problem: demand outgrows space. Membership increases. Peak hours stretch longer. Routes turn...
Planning for Expansion Without Disruption
Growth Should Feel Like Progress, Not Interruption A climbing gym that is doing well eventually faces a good problem: demand outgrows space. Membership increases. Peak hours stretch longer. Routes turn...
Building for Community Retention
Why Community Is a Design Problem Climbing gyms don’t fail because the routes aren’t good enough. They fail when people stop coming back. Retention isn’t driven solely by...
Building for Community Retention
Why Community Is a Design Problem Climbing gyms don’t fail because the routes aren’t good enough. They fail when people stop coming back. Retention isn’t driven solely by...
The Psychology of Wall Angles
Designing for the Mind, Not Just the Move When a climber walks into a gym, their first impression isn’t made by the routes—the angles make it. A gentle slab invites...
The Psychology of Wall Angles
Designing for the Mind, Not Just the Move When a climber walks into a gym, their first impression isn’t made by the routes—the angles make it. A gentle slab invites...
How to Design a Gym That Scales
Designing Beyond Opening Day A climbing gym isn’t static—it’s alive. Routes change, holds rotate, communities grow. The best facilities evolve with their climbers, expanding and reshaping to meet demand. Yet...
How to Design a Gym That Scales
Designing Beyond Opening Day A climbing gym isn’t static—it’s alive. Routes change, holds rotate, communities grow. The best facilities evolve with their climbers, expanding and reshaping to meet demand. Yet...
Designing a Climbing Wall for Your Gym
Climbing walls; they’re pieces of art, feats of engineering, incredible craftsmanship, and above all, they can be beautiful. From first sketches to the final bolt, designing a climbing wall for...
Designing a Climbing Wall for Your Gym
Climbing walls; they’re pieces of art, feats of engineering, incredible craftsmanship, and above all, they can be beautiful. From first sketches to the final bolt, designing a climbing wall for...
Creative Routesetting Ideas for Your Home Wall
Climbing walls at home are more than just wood panels and plastic holds—they’re living, breathing canvases for creativity, challenge, and joy. If you’ve already built your home climbing wall (or...
Creative Routesetting Ideas for Your Home Wall
Climbing walls at home are more than just wood panels and plastic holds—they’re living, breathing canvases for creativity, challenge, and joy. If you’ve already built your home climbing wall (or...
