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Financial Times recently published a video coverage on "The Rise of Climbing" with a list of notable climbing professionals in the UK interviewed, including Ged MacDomhnaill who we were happy and honored to have as a speaker at WICS 2023. Here are some of the key takeaways from the video: 👉 About 75% of the climbing participants climb solely indoors 👉 According to Sport England, about 370 000 people climb at least twice a month in the UK 👉 After the Tokyo2020 Olympics, the climbing athletes saw tremendous rise in social media followers. Monitoring 3 days before and 3 days after the climbing event Alberto Ginés López's audience grew by 300%, shares Natalie Berry, former Team GB climber and UK Climbing editor 👉 Within 2 weeks from the Paris 2024 Games, The Climbing Hangar have seen 20% uplift in unique visitors. 👉 Paris 2024 climbing event had a 6000 live crowd. 👉 The "sport climbing" category of search terms on Google went up by roughly 1000% in the week after the Olympics. It's exciting times for the climbing industry and a great time to invest in a climbing facility.

The Rise of Climbing I FT Scoreboard

The Rise of Climbing I FT Scoreboard

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