OverHang climbing centre holding open house today

Kids of all ages and families of any size and shape can try out rock climbing today at OverHang.

The city’s climbing gym located at the Prince George Golf & Curling Club is holding an open house to celebrate their fifth year in operation. Admission is $5 for anyone to give the indoor rocks and ropes a try.

“We’ve had a huge learning curve,” said proprietor Lauren Phillips. “The first couple of years we hardly got any sleep, but we started to smooth things out, and now we in a place where we have a strong staff, we are doing things to improve the climbing culture of Prince George, and we have a community built up around us.”

OverHang was an extension of the outdoor/wilderness safety courses Phillips ran with partner Dean Price. They still do, and support critical not-for-profit organizations like Search & Rescue in the process.

About a year ago this collection of interests grew to include occupational safety and first aid when they acquired PriMed Emergency Training Services as well, adding another link in the safety education chain.

OverHang is where all these themes meet in the middle for fun. To come enjoy the climbing complex and try your hand at some of the activities, come down between 11:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. and enjoy cupcakes, face painting, games and more.