Step 1

Co-operatives are a great way to i ntroduce boulder ing g yms into small towns that can’t support for-prof it g yms. Opening a successful co-operative requires a psyched community wil ling to volunteer time and money. As Tyson Braun of the Grandwall co-operative told me while I was harassing him for infor mation on how to make the kbc work and he said, “A co-op is a real chore, but if you set it up r ight, it wil l basica l ly r un itself.”