After four months of effort Ian Watson of the Dallas/Ft. Worth area has made the coveted second top rope ascent of the Southwest's most challenging indoor crack climb at Summit Climbing Gym (www.summitrockgym.com) in Grapevine, Texas. The slightly overhanging, thin finger crack Waiting for a Friend (5.13a) was sculpted by Brian Clark of Eldorado Climbing Walls and first climbed, on lead, in March of 2002 by Marcus Garcia of Dallas, Texas. The challenging, artificial splitter still awaits a ground-up flash or onsight ascent.
About Summit Climbing Gym: Kyle Clinkscales and Stan Borodyansky are the new owners of Summit Climbing Gym. With over 25 years of combined experience in the climbing industry, and 7 years working together, the two aficionados jumped on the opportunity to not only own one of the best indoor climbing facilities in Dallas, but to make it the best climbing environment for first timers and seasoned veterans.
