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Rock climbing and ice climbing in Monument.

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Contributed by: Clay McGann on 12/5/2006

THE ROCK Climbing Center hosted the first High School Climbing Series competition on Saturday, December 2, 2006. A total of 43 students participated, representing eleven schools and one home school.

Ben Schmitt, a senior at Palmer High School, provided the impetus to start the event by contacting the staff at THE ROCK Climbing Center. Schmitt says, "I've always wanted to have a climbing team at Palmer. If we get this high school series going, I will consider it my most important contribution to the climbing community."

This was the first competition in a series of five that will take place at THE ROCK Climbing Center and Rock'n and Jam'n 2 in Centennial. High school teams will qualify for the finals in May based on their top three finishes at the series competitions.

The ROCK Climbing Center is hosting another cool event on December 14, 2006. The night will focus on ice climbing. Ice climber and author Jack Roberts will be presenting a slide show at 6:00pm. Petzl and Black Diamond reps will demo their latest ice climbing gear from 7:00-8:00pm. You can then try out the gear on THE ROCKs' climbing wall using special ice climbing holds that simulate todays cutting edge mixed climbs.

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