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Eye on the Wall

Climbers warm up to boulder at the Climb So iLL gym in St. Louis. David Chancellor and Daniel Chancellor, who began making climbing holds in their parents’ De Soto basement ten years ago, created the gym in 2012 to give back to the climbing community. The gym celebrated its first year of operation March 23, 2013.


Scarce Skating

Preston Greff, of Marion, performs a trick off a half-pipe at Cannon Park in Carterville, Ill. Greff and his friends agreed this is one of the area’s better skate parks. “We don’t have a lot of options when looking for a place to skate,” Greff said. “Maybe they’ll open up a park again in Carbondale some day.”