{"id":243885,"date":"2021-09-21T10:47:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T14:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=243885"},"modified":"2021-09-21T10:47:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T14:47:01","slug":"rock-climbing-a-sport-that-in-havana-also-works-as-anti-covid-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/economy\/tourism-in-cuba\/rock-climbing-a-sport-that-in-havana-also-works-as-anti-covid-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock climbing, a sport that in Havana also works as anti-COVID therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"

A group of young people gathered in Havana found in the sport of rock climbing a way to overcome the psychological effects produced by the isolation imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the Chinese Xinhua news agency.<\/span><\/p>\n

The activity is made possible by \u201cSkalan2 en La Habana,\u201d an undertaking founded a year and a half ago by Daniel Paulovich and which carries out its activities in the Metropolitan Park of Havana, on an about eight-meter-high limestone rock formation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Alejandro Guirola, Skalan2 en La Habana Facebook profile.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cTaking into account that it is a sport that takes place outdoors, many people see it as a possibility to get a little out of the stress situation that this pandemic also causes,\u201d Paulovich told Xinhua.<\/span><\/p>\n

The young entrepreneur and his collaborators maintain the hygiene rules for the implements and don\u2019t use the masks only when they perform the maneuvers typical of the sport.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt all started as a hobby, but little by little we realized that there was a market niche that we could exploit and at the same time make more and more people know about this sport,\u201d he stressed.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a year and a half and thanks to \u201cSkalan2 en La Habana\u201d more than 4,000 people have practiced climbing in various parts of Havana and in the mogotes in the Vi\u00f1ales Valley, Pinar del R\u00edo.<\/span><\/p>\n

Little by little the business has grown and now in partnership with Cuban tourism companies, the group hopes to expand its offer as of November, when the Cuban government begins to reopen borders, according to the source.<\/span><\/p>\n