Michael Yee, right, of San Diego, climbs a route as his brother, Ryan Yee, of Madison, belays during a visit to Boulders Climbing Gym on the city’s East Side. The gym will close on Dec. 31 after nearly 30 years of business, but its other site Downtown will remain open.
Boulders Climbing Gym staff, from left, Claire McMillin, operations manager; Carly Dickson and JP Naputi-Werntz, both desk staff and coaches; and Elleanor Johnson, desk staff coordinator, reminisce about the climbing gym’s longtime presence on the East Side.
Max Beavan, CEO and president of Boulders Climbing Gym, shows one of the clay holds that was made by hand and fired in a kiln at the East Side gym in the mid-1990s, shortly after the facility opened.
Zeke Vredenbregt, an avid climber at Boulders Climbing Gym, is seen here in August at the company’s Downtown bouldering facility. Bouldering does not require high spaces or walls, uses no ropes or harness, has a padded floor and challenges climbers to complete progressively difficult routes.
Zeke Vredenbregt, an avid climber at Boulders Climbing Gym, is seen here in August at the company’s Downtown bouldering facility. Bouldering does not require high spaces or walls, uses no ropes or harness, has a padded floor and challenges climbers to complete progressively difficult routes.
Michael Yee, right, of San Diego, climbs a route as his brother, Ryan Yee, of Madison, belays during a visit to Boulders Climbing Gym on the city’s East Side. The gym will close on Dec. 31 after nearly 30 years of business, but its other site Downtown will remain open.
Boulders Climbing Gym staff, from left, Claire McMillin, operations manager; Carly Dickson and JP Naputi-Werntz, both desk staff and coaches; and Elleanor Johnson, desk staff coordinator, reminisce about the climbing gym’s longtime presence on the East Side.
Max Beavan, CEO and president of Boulders Climbing Gym, shows one of the clay holds that was made by hand and fired in a kiln at the East Side gym in the mid-1990s, shortly after the facility opened.
