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'''First Avenue Rocks''' is an indoor rock-climbing facility located in a leased warehouse at 2417 [[1st Avenue South]]. The facility, owned by entrepreneur [[Joe Ortega]], features four 13-foot tall climbing structures, a yoga room, a screening room and art gallery at the facility. The development officially opened on [[August 1]], [[2009]].
'''First Avenue Rocks''' is an indoor rock-climbing facility located in a leased warehouse at 2417 [[1st Avenue South]]. The facility, owned by entrepreneur [[Joe Ortega]], features four 13-foot tall climbing structures, a yoga room, a screening room and art gallery at the facility. The development officially opened on [[August 1]], [[2009]].


Ortega hopes to open a second gym specializing in rope climbing somewhere else in the region.
The facility specializes in "bouldering", a low-altitude technique where the climber ascends the face of a boulder or small rock face and has a crash pad to land on if the climber loses grip or footing. In [[2011]], Ortega was scouting locations for a second gym specializing in technical, or rope, climbing in the [[Homewood]] area.  


==References==
==References==
* Cooper, Lauren B. (February 13, 2009) "Rock climbing gym coming to Birmingham." ''Birmingham Business Journal''
* Cooper, Lauren B. (February 13, 2009) "Rock climbing gym coming to Birmingham." ''Birmingham Business Journal''
* Diel, Stan (March 24, 2011) "City bouldering gym seeks to scale new summit." ''Birmingham News''


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 11:10, 10 April 2011

First Avenue Rocks is an indoor rock-climbing facility located in a leased warehouse at 2417 1st Avenue South. The facility, owned by entrepreneur Joe Ortega, features four 13-foot tall climbing structures, a yoga room, a screening room and art gallery at the facility. The development officially opened on August 1, 2009.

The facility specializes in "bouldering", a low-altitude technique where the climber ascends the face of a boulder or small rock face and has a crash pad to land on if the climber loses grip or footing. In 2011, Ortega was scouting locations for a second gym specializing in technical, or rope, climbing in the Homewood area.

References

  • Cooper, Lauren B. (February 13, 2009) "Rock climbing gym coming to Birmingham." Birmingham Business Journal
  • Diel, Stan (March 24, 2011) "City bouldering gym seeks to scale new summit." Birmingham News

External links