Climbing is Mandatory for Brunico's 3,000 Pupils

Brunico in South Tyrol has some 20 000 inhabitants. In 2015, their 8.5 million gym paid by the municipality and run by Alpenverein Südtirol was open with one idea: to let all pupils climb as part of their gymnastic classes. Every sixth week, all students from 7 - 19 years old have two classes of climbing together with their teachers. We will follow up with how this works in practice. The wall to the left on the picture hides a 20 meter wide and 18 meter high outdoor wall. To make the story even more amazing. In total the gym is open 93.5 hours a week. In the closest city, Brixen with 25,000 people some 30 minutes away, there exist another 3 million Euro gym but climbing is not mandatory yet. Some 500,000 people live in in South Tyrol and 12 % are members of the Alpenverein!