Aquatic Climbing Walls Becoming a Popular Pool Amenity

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Prairie Athletic Club calls itself the largest health club in Wisconsin, and few casual observers would question that claim. After all, how many clubs in these northern climes can boast their own outdoor water park?

Prairie Athletic Club calls itself the largest health club in Wisconsin, and few casual observers would question that claim. After all, how many clubs in these northern climes can boast their own outdoor water park?

Even Dolphins Cove, as the park located adjacent to the Sun Prairie club is called, is expanding. On July 1, Adventure Lagoon opened with a new 3,474-square-foot pool, including 550 square feet of pool surface and a 12-foot-deep landing zone serving a 16-foot-tall climbing wall. Situated between drop slides and basketball hoops, and opposite zip lines plunging into an area that alternatively serves lap swimmers, the tower of clear panels with evenly spaced handholds reaching 13 feet above the water surface embodies Prairie Athletic Club's atypical nexus of physical fitness and aquatic recreation.

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