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The dizzying rise of climbing gyms in Île-de-France

2022-05-06T04:10:55.072Z


Two to three million practitioners in France, including a probable third in the Paris region... The discipline has become more democratic with the explosion


To push the door of the brand new Climb Up climbing room in Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis) is to enter the great outdoors.

The arches evoke the cliffs of Étretat colored with synthetic grips for the hands and feet.

Enough to breathe in a life-size landscape... but 100% artificial.

“We started from an empty shell, we came up with a design and took advantage of the volume to play with,” explains Gaël Buaillon, who works for Walltopia.

The Bulgarian wall manufacturer is one of the two main leaders on the market, behind Entre-Prises, a French company which produced the equipment for the Tokyo Olympics.

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Source: leparis

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