Cover photo courtesy of Donnie Kissick Wild Walls Climbing Gym will mark its 30th anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 11, with a day of free-entry climbing, the free Dirty Thirty climbing competition and a party that evening. The anniversary bash from 4 to 8 p.m. will be co-hosted by the Bower Climbing Coalition (BCC)—also celebrating its […]
Cover photo courtesy of Angus Meredith Looking for a summer adventure that gets kids off screens and climbing someone else’s walls? Wild Walls Climbing Gym in Spokane offers week-long kids’ climbing camps from June 23 to Aug. 21. Kids aged 7 to 14 will learn the fundamentals of climbing, safety techniques and teamwork, all while
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Cover photo courtesy of Todd Mires Wild Walls was the passion project of climbing buddies and outdoors enthusiasts Timon Behan and Bill Lockwood. At a time with few indoor climbing gyms, the two worked with experts in the climbing industry and builders in the community to construct two main pillars from 60,000 pounds of steel,
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9 Active Things to Do Inside This Winter Cover photo by Angus Meredith courtesy of Coeur Climbing By Alana Livingston We’re all about the outdoors, but we admit that there are some pretty cool indoors-y things going on that can promote wellness and cross-training during the darkest, coldest, and wettest months in our region. From
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The small city of Post Falls, situated on the Spokane River just east of the state line, has added another recreation amenity, furthering its growing reputation as an outdoor recreation and active lifestyle town. Last summer the grand opening of the Coeur Climbing Company indoor climbing gym attracted a swarm of climbers from across the
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On April 15, 2018, I hit a wall. Literally and figuratively. Let’s rewind and talk about who I was at that point. My name is Logan Siegford and I was 18 years old—finally free from my parents’ watch and going 200 miles an hour. I was always on the move. Frequently, I dirt biked in
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The Coeur Climbing Company scheduled a grand opening for the most advanced climbing gym in the Northwest on July 9, 2023. The gym has been years in the making, says Daniel Shaw, the primary driver of the project. This indoor climbing facility aims to become the hub for the North Idaho climbing community. Definitely visit
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Ethan “Buddy” Anderson, 16, from Spokane, Wash., qualified for USA Climbing Nationals, happening July 2022.
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North Idaho climbers will have new indoor walls to scale before year’s end if all goes as planned with the October 2020 target date for the Coeur Climbing Company to open its doors. The gym has been years in the making, says Daniel Shaw, the primary driver of the 13,900 square foot project. “We are
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Ask most kids what they like best about playgrounds, and they’ll say it’s swinging on bars, jumping off high things, and going over obstacles—in reality, practicing some of the basic moves of parkour. As a sport, parkour is defined as “the act of moving from point ‘a’ to point ‘b’ using the obstacles in your path
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