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Rifle Climbing Center grand opening: a success

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The Rifle Climbing Center opened over the past weekend and many people have already contributed to the community chalkboard, available for attendees to express their excitement about the opening.
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John Marshall and Karissa Dunbar officially opened the Rifle Climbing Center this past weekend, with their grand opening lasting from Friday to Sunday. Food, drink and free physical therapy consults were available, along with balloon animals for kids and half day passes. Young children to adults had fun trying out the bouldering walls and workout equipment. Children were constantly climbing the wall to get to the slide and when they needed a break, there were spaces with toys for them to play while their parents got busy climbing.

A Rifle Climber Center grand opening attendee carries a bag of chalk on her belt up the yellow rock route on Saturday afternoon.
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Instead of tape, the Rifle Climbing Center has rocks with lights in them to indicate the path to take up. When looking at it on the ground, it can be difficult, but not for this climber on Saturday.
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Chalk marks already cover on the rocks of the tilted wall at the Rifle Climbing Center.
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Almost to the top! A climber has one more leap up to the top of the wall – which he accomplished a couple seconds after this moment at the Rifle Climbing Center on Saturday.
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She might need a more difficult climb after successfully reaching the top of this wall during the grand opening of the Rifle Climbing Center on Saturday – soon she’ll be climbing mountains all on her own.
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Balloon Animal Artist Matt Fuller kept kids entertained at the Rifle Climbing Center when they weren’t climbing, handing a balloon giraffe to one of the participants at the Center on Saturday.
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One of the quintessential climber poses, hanging by one rock at the top of the climbing wall on Saturday at the Rifle Climbing Center.
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The tilted wall at the Rifle Climbing Center was difficult for some, especially those who’d never done it before, so a kind climber who moved to Rifle from Wisconsin shows others how to do it.
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Race you to the top, but which one is easier? Green or red? Kids try it out at the grand opening of the Rifle Climbing Center on Saturday.
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