walls

after posting the other day about the crumbly wall in redmond it got me to thinking about wall design and what it was and what it will become.
the first artificial walls i climbed on where at the UW rock which is concrete with rocks molded into it. and then the cinder block walls at he original vertical club. then our panels and other variations of artificial walls have come around.
there are some pretty big gyms getting built in the US right now with some pretty spectacular walls, but they hold nothing to what europe has had for years. i have seen some pretty amazing walls in asia too. when will the US market wake up and make the realization that we need these things too. im hopin we will build something like this soon here in seattle. this the world cup wall at puurs.