Boulder's New Gym

Boulder, CO will soon be home to a new climbing gym- Movement. This gym happens to be a block from my girlfriends home, so I went to check it out the other day. The building is progressing, steel is up, and the "skin" is being put on.

In a recent interview, Mike Moelter discussed the concept, construction, etc. He touted the environmentally friendly aspects of the building. From the site visit, it seems the building is being constructed with a R13 insulated exterior- which isn't that great. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume the walls will have interior insulation too.

The most interesting and innovative idea of the building is that they're building into the ground to make the climbing wall higher with out violating the Boulder building code height restrictions.