Construction Update #11

We're in the home stretch now. Eldorado has just over a week left, and the non-climbing construction is just about done as well. Here are the latest updates:

The locker rooms are nearing completion,
with just a few finishing touches remaining.

The reception desk is in place.

The tile is going down; here is a view of the party area.

Dustin had a bunch of boulder problems up
a week and a half ago, but this is the first roped route.

This is the view from under the stalactite,
looking up, taken before all the wood was in place.

This thing is seriously cool,
and larger than I had expected!

So things are still on track, though we keep thinking of a million more things we have to get done before we open. It's an exciting time.

Construction Update #10

I'm off site this week (attending a few Olympic events in Vancouver, including yesterday's impressive gold medal victory by our women's hockey team), so this week's construction update is courtesy of our first guest blogger: Skylar Pais, crew chief of the Eldorado Climbing Walls gang.


The last shape was hung on the stalactite today. That feature just took this gym to another level. We also climbed on the boulder for the first time tonight. Great shape, great setting, and really new holds. I lost some skin!