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When they're not hitting the books, most college kids like to hang out. Now some of them are hanging out by hanging on -- to rocks. On a growing number of campuses from Berkeley to Princeton, the latest sport craze is indoor climbing walls, structures of concrete and stone that replicate sheer mountain faces. Fans say that climbing the walls, armed with no special equipment, offers a new high in concentration, exertion (and sheer terror) that leaves jogging and aerobic dance flat-footed...
Popularized in France in the mid-1980s, the indoor version of the sport is catching on in the U.S., both on campus and off. Climbing walls at health clubs in Atlanta and Fort Collins, Colo., are doing landslide business. Seattle's Vertical Club, the U.S.'s first rock gym, built in 1987, now has some 400 members who pay $225 a year to scale its heights. The reason for success, according to Chris Grover, president of Entre Prises, the U.S. affiliate of a French wall manufacturer, is the result of removing real climbing's dangers. "Indoor cliffs appeal...
Forget the third. I doubt you would ever guess it was the name of the university that ran, sprinted, jumped, hurdled, pole vaulted and stomped all over the competition at the 69th annual men's IC4A Indoor Championships this weekend at Gordon Indoor Track. In the process, the defending champion GMU Patriots set an IC4A indoor meet record with 101 points...
...Hoyas were edged by Penn State in the last event of the day, the pole vault, and ended up in third place, while 'Nova, which has won the most IC4A indoor meets with 20, finished sixth...
...spring brings hope for the men's team when the squad is traditionally stronger. Rahe pointed out that the men took ninth-place in the indoor Heps last year but then placed fifth in the spring. He hopes the return of Mee and strong performances from promising freshmen and sophomores should give the team the shot in the legs for the spring season...