It’s now a non-negotiable safety standard at most climbing gyms, but it had to start somewhere. Back in the late ’80s, when indoor climbing was still a wild experiment, one visionary climber wasn’t just building walls—he was building a system.
From teaching thousands of kids to climb, to failing elite climbers on their first belay test, Peter Mayfield’s vision marked the birth of the modern indoor climbing gym—paving the way for the thousands of gyms we have today, including CityROCK.
Click here to read the full story of the belay test and how one man’s dream changed indoor climbing forever.
