Students are finding indoor and outdoor climbing spots across the region. Appalachian Outdoors stocks climbing gear and other outdoor sporting goods. Rock climbing should always be done with the proper equipment and with an experienced person to ensure safety, added Brugler, who has been climbing for 25 years. If outdoor rock climbing seems too much of a risk, there are a number of area climbing walls. The State College YMCA has an indoor climbing wall that can be used on Friday nights and Sunday mornings.
Indoor walls are good for beginners, lessons and practice, and are safer than climbing outdoors.