The History of the Indoor Gyms

Vertical-Life has published their second issue of their Route setter magazine with several interesting articles. The first is Christian Popien's article about the history of the indoor scene. 1938 - Monitor Rock in Seattle but looked more like a castle 1969 - Concrete walls in Berlin and Munich 1974 - Dolomite huge boulders in Bolzano, still used 1985 - First detachable holds in France (Entre-Prises) 1987 - Public gyms in Seattle and Brussels 1992 - Bronx Rock in Cologne mainly top rope 2002 - First bouldering gym (Boulder - USA) (Also worth mentioning is that from the city centre of Amsterdam in 1996 you could reach eight big gyms within 45 minutes.)