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There’s nothing more exciting to those of us that love rock climbing than the fact that it’s going to be in the next Summer Games!

Unfortunately, the pandemic delayed the games for a year. In anticipation of the Olympic Games this summer, why not infuse a little Summer Games of your own into your climbing program? Here are two competitive climbing activities that have been modified for a Traverse Wall®

It’s a good idea to move the location of your hand-holds periodically to keep the climbing wall interesting and challenging for climbers over time. In doing so, you can create specific climbing routes, of varying difficulty levels, for climbers to try.

What Is a Climbing Route?
A climbing route is a specific path the climber must follow to reach the top, or end, of a climb.

How Are Climbing Routes Marked?
Routes can be marked with tape next to holds that are on the route. Or the same color hand-hold can be used throughout a route. Many climbing walls include color-coded hand-holds which makes it easier to set routes by color. Each color corresponds to a certain difficulty level enabling route setters to set climbing routes of varying degrees of challenge.