Magna® Traverse Wall: Outdoor Chattanooga (Chattanooga, TN)

Visitors to the new Outdoor Chattanooga center enjoy the 8' x 40' Magna Traverse Wall (pictured with a Challenge Course). By promoting outdoor recreation as a signature lifestyle, Outdoor Chattanooga strives to increase tourism, bring new residents to the community, protect our natural resources, and enhance the health and well-being of citizens and visitors alike. An indoor climbing wall is a natural fit for promoting fitness and fun at the center.

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Standard Traverse Wall®: Sierra Vista Junior High School Fitness Center (Canyon Country, CA)

George Velarde, Sierra Vista’s Physical Education Department Chair, incorporated a 10' x 40' Standard Traverse Wall that features several overhanging panels when his school built its new Fitness Center. He knew that this climbing wall would help to achieve the vision and goals of their “New Physical Education” program. This program emphasizes inclusion and personal fitness. Student scores on state fitness tests have documented the program’s success. “Over the last five years, our fitness scores have improved in every category of the state fitness scores,” Velarde said. “More importantly, our fitness scores are higher than the state average.” Sierra Vista Junior High School was recently recognized by the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and the President’s Challenge as a Physical Activity and Fitness Demonstration Center.

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Relief-Feature Combi Wall: St. Louis Park Junior High School (St. Louis Park, MN)

This school wanted a climbing wall that would engage and challenge students of diverse fitness levels. Their Combi Wall combines horizontal and vertical climbing with an 8' x 40' Traverse Wall and a 20' x 26' Top Rope Wall. Students traverse, or climb horizontally, on the Traverse Wall portion of the project. When ready for additional challenges and the development of trust, positive risk taking and advanced problem solving, students move onto the Top Rope Climbing Wall. It is constructed with Relief-Feature panels that have rock-like characteristics. These features can be used along with the handholds to climb the wall, providing additional differentiation.

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Superior Rock Traverse Wall®: St. Leo the Great Catholic School (Fairfax, VA)

Scott Allen, the physical educator for this school, wanted a climbing wall that resembled real rock. Everlast Climbing Industries’ Superior Rock panel offers that natural look since the climbing wall panels are molded from rock along the north shore of Lake Superior. The 8'x 40' Traverse Wall includes custom-color mats and our patent-pending Mat Locking System to prevent unsupervised climbing. Mr. Allen says, “Our climbing wall is the most enjoyable piece of equipment the students have used and there has a been a noticeable increase in their fitness levels. The kids are having a blast!”

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Magna® Relief-Feature Traverse Wall®: Buffalo Community Middle School (Buffalo, MN)

Bringing climbing challenges and cross-curricular opportunities together in one climbing wall was the goal for this project. It was achieved through innovative wall panels and the addition of an overhanging feature. This school’s climbing wall not only includes rock-like features on its surface that can be used for climbing, but also has an overhanging portion that offers an advanced climbing challenge. The magnet-accepting surface enables students to place magnetic numbers and letters while participating in math, language arts or other cross-curricular activities.

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Magna® Top Rope Climbing Wall: The Boys and Girls Club of the Northland (Duluth, MN)

The showpiece of the new facility is a 20’ x 28’ Sculpted Magna® Tope Rope Climbing Wall. It features seven top-rope stations, allowing for 21 participants at one time—seven climbers and 14 belayers.

A variety of engaging games and learning activities can be hosted on the wall’s patented magna surface which accepts magnetic numbers and letters that are included with the wall package. The roof and overhanging features differentiate the wall surface and provide additional challenges for advanced climbers.

In addition to their positive acclaim about the wall, the Boys and Girls Club staff also reported that they benefited greatly from the educational on-site training that accompanied their purchase.

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Standard Traverse Wall®: Woodlawn Elementary School (Schenectady, NY)

As the result of school wide and community efforts, Woodlawn Elementary School raised $11,350 for a new 57 foot climbing wall which will be used for physical education classes and the recess program. The traverse climbing wall is named in memory of Alphonso Hilton Jr., a Schenectady School supporter, outdoorsman and rock collector.

The project, spearheaded by Woodlawn physical education teacher, Teresa Brown, is the result of many fundraisers, grant applications and fierce determination. The students sold candy, held a fundraiser dance and a garage sale. MVP donated $2,000 for the new wall and Wal-Mart donated $1,000. Other donations came from family and friends including Bertha and Alphonso Hilton who had seven children who attended Schenectady Schools and currently have twin grandsons attending Woodlawn. The wall is dedicated in memory of the Hilton's son, Alphonso Hilton Jr.

"The benefits of the wall are endless," said Ms. Brown. “They include fitness, strength-building, confidence- building, balance, coordination, trust, teamwork, cooperation, problem-solving, risk-taking, communication, courage-building, patience-building, endurance-building, and leadership just to name a few.”

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