Swiss Daaaaaaaam Has Longest Artificial Climbing Route in the World

By Rocky Thompson on July 1st, 2008

The Luzzone Dam in Switzerland is has a 225m multi-pitch route that makes your $60-a-month climbing gym look like a little-person’s kids’ dollhouse. The 738-foot climb would be a lot more exciting if they would open sections of the dam at random intervals and blast people off the wall and into the ether. I bet there aren’t a lot of good hand-sized cracks up there.

via GetOutdoors

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4 Responses to “Swiss Daaaaaaaam Has Longest Artificial Climbing Route in the World”

1. Brad July 1st, 2008 at 2:52 pm

   Don’t you think hundreds of holes for holds running in a line up the dam would effect the dam’s integrity a little?

2. Milly July 1st, 2008 at 3:13 pm

   wow this is crazy. Well I would assume if there were good size cracks that the water blasting people off would be some quite possible.

3. whiskytango July 1st, 2008 at 8:23 pm

   This thing is over 100 feet thick at its base pretty sure a two inch whole isn’t going to do to much damage.

4. m July 4th, 2008 at 3:47 pm

   Shouldn’t there be a joke about the little Dutch boy in here somewhere?