An old brewery has been re-developed to house Uprising, the southern hemisphere’s biggest climbing venue in the New Zealand South Island city of Christchurch.
Uprising is in the suburb of Waltham offers a large bouldering area, yoga studio, fitness gym, a dedicated children's area and café.
Challenges include geometric angles and curved walls, sculptural free-standing boulders and safety mats that slope up with the wall angle to allow for climbs of up to 10m.
The new 1,250sq.m location replaces the company’s older and much smaller venue in Woolston.
Uprising co-owner, Sefton Priestley told Australasian Leisure Management: “When we started up the first gym in Woolston we had a feeling it might be popular due to the large climbing and bouldering community already in Christchurch.
“The support of this fantastic base of members has given us the confidence to go all in and build our dream climbing wall.”
