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How to Open a Climbing Gym: The ~24 Month Roadmap to Opening
This blog will present a top-level project timeline Rise Above uses with clients — 17 work streams across 5 phases. We've framed it the way we think about it: as a countdown. T-0 is the soft opening. Everything else is measured in months before that day.
15 hours ago9 min read


How Much Does It Cost to Open a Climbing Gym? (2026 Breakdown + Free Calculator Workbook)
Real numbers, line by line, of the cost to open a climbing gym — from Rise Above, who has helped open gyms across the globe.
Jul 75 min read


How to Talk to Investors When Opening Your First Climbing Gym - A practical guide to pitching friends, family. and early backers on a seven-figure dream
This guide will walk you through how to structure an equity raise, how to model the investment so it makes sense, and how to pitch it without it feeling awkward or amateur.
May 68 min read


You're Building Your Climbing Walls All Wrong - A conversation with Jason Thomas, Founder of Redpoint Studio
A new way to go about designing and building your climbing walls for your climbing gym.
Feb 241 min read
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