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VERTICAL WORLD, AMERICA’S FIRST INDOOR CLIMBING GYM – EST. 1987 Vertical World – America’s First Climbing Gym® provides a unique training facility and specialized programs for youth and adults within our communities. We opened the very first rock climbing gym in America in 1987 on Elliott Ave in Seattle. The gym was no more than rocks glued to painted plywood panels. Today, with more advanced facilities, Vertical World not only...