Free outdoor climbing with gym holds

I had a trip to Spain and the climbing community there is amazing. There's a lot of outdoor climbing areas with gym quality walls maintained by the community. I was so amazed that these were just built by the community for the community and not for profit. Now I'm wondering does something like this exist in the USA?

Just like everything else..... Because they do something in Europe doesn't mean we need it here in the USA.

We have a lot of rock in the USA, is climbing gym routes more fun?

WA has quite a few of them. Even here, at a lot of local parks, there's a bunch of bouldering areas being built. I'm all for it.

Teton Boulder Project in Jackson. Great for rest days or when the weather in the park is not cooperating 

Maple Bridge in Redmond, OR is an example, an 80-foot sport route in a city park. Dry in the rain and shade all day! A project like this is very expensive, and I would think the liability issues are more prohibitive in the US than in Europe. The Maple Bridge was already closed for a year or so due to an unrelated lawsuit from an incident in a Portland city park.

Kyle Davis wrote: I had a trip to Spain and the climbing community there is amazing. There's a lot of outdoor climbing areas with gym quality walls maintained by the community. I was so amazed that these were just built by the community for the community and not for profit. Now I'm wondering does something like this exist in the USA?

Because in Spain when you hurt yourself doing something dangerous you blame yourself and deal with it. In Murica you hurt yourself doing something dangerous you find someone to blame and sue them. 

Buena Vista, CO has a pretty large bouldering area on the river.
Pagosa Springs has a couple as well.

I recall a few in my experience: University of Washington campus has an excellent bouldering area, as does Winter Park, CO.  There's a couple routes painted over and hidden under the train bridge near the argo livery in Ann Arbor, MI as well.

Gym climping is so toats fun. I wish outdoor climbing was more like gym climping. 

Ben Pellerin wrote:

Because in Spain when you hurt yourself doing something dangerous you blame yourself and deal with it. In Murica you hurt yourself doing something dangerous you find someone to blame and sue them. 

Because in Spain when you hurt yourself doing something dangerous you blame yourself and go to the hospital to get fixed without getting a bill. 

In Murica you hurt yourself doing something dangerous you rack up massive bills even if you have insurance and then you (or the insurance company) have to sue a landowner because you don’t have $10K+ sitting around to pay the doctors and hospitals.

Wow, that's pretty neat, actually.  Sounds like liability and politics are the reason you don't see more "urban crags" like this.  Haters gonna hate, but I think it would be fun to climb sport routes on bridges and buildings for free.

I wish people would attach gym holds to difficult rock climbs to make them easier.

Ben Pellerin wrote:

Because in Spain when you hurt yourself doing something dangerous you blame yourself and deal with it. In Murica you hurt yourself doing something dangerous you find someone to blame and sue them. 

Good old American self-sufficiency and independence, am I right?