Nebraska Adventure Center Supports Exterior Climbing Wall

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(Photo by Tom Kessler/Kessler Photography)
(Photo by Tom Kessler/Kessler Photography)

"Everybody keeps pushing the edges on these buildings," says Al Oberlander, principal and COO at Des Moines, Iowa-based RDG Planning & Design.

"It's 'What can we do that will attract students to our building, and how can it tell a story about what goes on inside?' " The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Outdoor Adventures Center makes its purpose apparent with a 41-foot-tall exterior climbing wall intended to resemble western Nebraska's Chimney Rock National Historic Site. Open for bouldering at any time to a height of 10 feet, the wall is controlled during unsupervised times by removing handholds above the bouldering portion to about 20 feet high. To achieve full accessibility, lead-climbing staffers spend an hour restoring holds and installing three top-ropes or auto-belays on permanent belay bars. The bars are located along the edge of the building's generous eave, allowing the most audacious climbers to stand atop the spire.

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