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When it opened in December 2003, the centre was the largest indoor climbing arena in the world, but problems during construction increased the final cost to £22 million. [2] [6] In March 2004 the centre went into receivership due to a leaky roof, poor management, and a lack of money, leaving a number of contractors unpaid.
A major mountain activity centre, the Ice Factor, opened to the public in 2003. [19] It was formally opened by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip on 5 June 2005. [20] It includes the biggest indoor ice climbing wall in the world, [21] the UK's highest indoor articulated rock climbing wall and a competition bouldering wall voted the best in the UK.
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The first commercial wall in the UK, The Foundry Climbing Centre, was built in Sheffield in 1991, traditionally England's centre for climbing due to its proximity to the Peak District. [4] The first indoor climbing gym in the United States was established by Vertical World in Seattle in 1987. [5]
An indoor sports center, consisting of a competition hall with a 44 × 22 metre playground and 500 seats for various team sports, a training hall, a dojo, a dance studio, an exercise room and an entry-level climbing room. [23]
"It's the tallest indoor rock climbing wall in a 50-mile radius." At Ascend Erie climbing gym, employees Chelsea Huddleston, 26, top, and Wade Desai, 35, check routes on the 52-foot wall.
Most climbs in a climbing gym (known as "problems" in bouldering [3]) will have an approximate climbing grade [note 1] and a way of identifying the holds to be used. In some gyms, holds are identified by coloured tape placed next to each hold, but it is becoming more common for the holds of a given climb to all be the same or similar colour for easy identification.
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