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Project title: Arranging of the climbing (mountain climbing) wall in the multifunctional sports hall of the rural territory of Priekule. Aim: Diversify free time spending options by arranging climbing (mountain climbing) wall in the multifunctional sports hall of the rural territory of Priekule. Implementer of the project: municipality of the rural territory of Priekule Address: 1 A Aizputes Street, Priekule, rural territory of Priekule, LV-3434 Contacts: multifunctional sports hall of Priekule, phone: 63461688, Head of the sports activities of the rural territory of Priekule Mārtiņš Mikāls Total costs of the project: 15950 EUR Public funding: 11766.45 EUR About the submitter of the project in a nutshell: Municipality of the rural territory of Priekule were established in 2009 within the frameworks of the administrative territorial reform when the town of Priekule were joint with the rural municipalities of Bunka, Gramzda, Kalēti, Priekule and Virga; it is located in the former district of Liepāja. Main directions of the activities of municipality: provision of educational options for inhabitants, including, managerial and financial help for the extracurricular educational and upbringing institutions, as well as educational support institutions, provision of the accessibility of health care and promotion of the healthy lifestyle and availability of sports activities to the locals; promotion of economical activities in the respective administrative territory. Project description: benefits for the inhabitants. Biggest height of the artificial mountain climbing wall is 8.75 meters, total space that can be used for the climbing including side planes is 91.67m2; wall consists of six separate climbing paths with upper safety anchor points, as well as bouldering walls where it is possible to climb without the safety equipment. Biggest expansion of the overhang (overhang) is in the upper part from the wall of the hall – 1.25m, in the lower part maximum indent from the existing wall is 615 mm. Climbing wall was designed and set up accordingly to the Latvian standard LVS EN 12572-1:2007. When the climbing wall was launched tests lead by the independent expert were performed accordingly to the standard. All documentation is received, technical project, route scheme, compliance declaration and wall passport. Also the wall is marked with the plate of the manufacturer. After implementation of the project every inhabitant of the rural territory of Priekule and visitor of the multifunctional sports hall of Priekule gets the chance to spend their free time while using the climbing wall (with various degrees of complexity) and the purchased alpinism equipment. A possibility is made to develop alpinism