Competition fans have known about the Training Center for quite some time, but only vaguely. When USA Climbing announced last year that it was relocating from Boulder, Colorado, to Salt Lake City, the first public mention of the facility’s plans was made: “Once established, we look to create a National Training Center, where our National Team athletes can regularly train to compete at the highest levels internationally,” read a USA Climbing press release at the time. But as collective focus quickly turned to USA Climbing’s various national championships in 2019, updates about the supposed facility were hard to come by. Then, perfectly timed with the kickoff of the Olympic hype and the release of the Olympics’ qualification schedule, images suddenly started to appear of Americans training at the facility. Seemingly out of nowhere, the national team had an exclusive, state-of-the-art gym for the first time in the history of American competition climbing. … [Read more...] about An Inside Look at USA Climbing’s National Team Training Center
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