Indoor Rock Climbing Gyms Rise in Region

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich

Published September 7, 2017 at 12:29 PM CDT

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Jason Groves executes a compliated bouldering maneuver inside his business, Ozark Climbing Gym in Springdale.

J. Froelich

Rock Climbing has become so popular, the sport has been approved for inclusion in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. We visit a local bouldering gymto measure growing interest in Northwest Arkansas, and report on a newly permitted climbing facility in Bentonville.