Student Rec Center gets new padded floor under climbing wall

Workers installed a new padded floor under the climbing wall in the Wade King Student Recreation Center on Friday, Oct. 23. The installation is an attempt to diminish injures from climbers falling onto inadequate padding. Photo by Michael Leese | WWU inte
Workers installed a new padded floor under the climbing wall in the Wade King Student Recreation Center on Friday, Oct. 23. The installation is an attempt to diminish injures from climbers falling onto inadequate padding. Photo by Jon Bergman | WWU intern
Workers installed a new padded floor under the climbing wall in the Wade King Student Recreation Center on Friday, Oct. 23. The installation is an attempt to diminish injures from climbers falling onto inadequate padding. Photo by Michael Leese | WWU inte
Workers installed a new padded floor under the climbing wall in the Wade King Student Recreation Center on Friday, Oct. 23. The installation is an attempt to diminish injures from climbers falling onto inadequate padding. Photo by Michael Leese | WWU inte
Workers roll out vinyl on top of a new padded floor under the rock wall Friday, Oct. 23, at the Wade King Student Recreation Center on campus. The original floor, which was installed in 2003, no longer provided adequate cushion for climbers. Photo by Jon