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How Speed Climbing Impacted Overall Scores at the 2020 Olympics
It’s been over a year now since Sport Climbing made its Olympic debut, unveiling the highly controversial combined scoring format that gave equal weight to lead climbing, bouldering, and the relatively unknown speed climbing, and saw thousands of Ondra fans around the world crying foul (more on ...
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Top 5 Climbing Games for Fun Climbs and FECs
A quick Google search is all it takes to see that there are hundreds of great climbing games to choose from. Unfortunately, once you start to go through those lists, you’ll quickly discover that most climbing games aren’t suitable for a Fun Climb or FEC environment.There are several factors ...
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An Interview with John Brosler: 6x Speed Climbing National Champion
TRUBLUE is excited to announce the newest member to our team: John Brosler! Not only is John a former US men’s national Speed Climbing record holder, he’s also a six-time National Speed Open Champion, a two-time Pan-American Champion, and a member of Team USA Climbing.I recently caught up with ...
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4 Ways TRUBLUE Simplifies Auto Belay Ownership for FECs
Running a successful Family Entertainment Center is anything but simple. Between staffing requirements, facility upkeep, customer service, concessions, continuous improvement efforts, and the litany of other activities that you have to manage on a daily basis, the last thing you want to do is ...
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What is No Delay Belay?
One of the most common complaints we hear about auto belays is how much downtime is required for annual service appointments.To be clear, an annual service appointment is mandatory for a device to stay in compliance with third-party safety standards like CE and ANSI. Since TRUBLUE Auto Belays are ...
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Why More FECs Trust TRUBLUE Auto Belays
Family Entertainment Centers have an unusual challenge when it comes to designing climbing walls. For one thing, their core user base is almost entirely made up of kids and early teens, many of whom have never climbed before. As an additional challenge, the sheer quantity of users wanting to get ...
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A Kid’s Guide to Gym Climbing (for Grown Ups)
For kids, learning to climb takes on a different meaning than it does for teens or adults. The benefits of climbing for child development are well documented. Climbing helps kids to improve their creative problem-solving skills, spatial awareness, coordination, strength, endurance, and ...
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ROI Considerations for Climbing Walls at FECs
As climbing continues to grow in popularity and prominence, the role of climbing walls in Family Entertainment Centers is also in a state of flux. For years, climbing has been thought of as a secondary attraction by many FEC managers. However, for a variety of reasons, that perception is beginning ...
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Pitfalls to Building Community in Commercial Climbing Gyms
Have you ever stopped to think about how incredibly talented you are at using a fork? Unless you’ve got a toddler at home, I’m guessing the answer is probably no. After years of practice, each stab, swoop, jab, and scoop comes so naturally that you don’t even have to think about it ...
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5 Features Every Modern Climbing Gym Should Have
This cathedral for all things climbing is located fifteen minutes outside of Barcelona. The facility spans over 50,000 square feet and includes a colossal lead wall, two competition-ready speed walls, a one-of-a-kind bottomless bouldering area, and a 50ft auto belay mezzanine set up with 20 ...
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