About us

Before it had a new name, before the renovations, before the lights went out and came back on again in 2026 …this place started with an idea. In 1999, Freddy Harth looked at a set of old grain silos in downtown Oklahoma City and saw something different. Not storage. Not history collecting dust. A place to climb. A place to build a community. So he got to work and built it. What started as an unconventional vision became a home for climbers across Oklahoma, with routes set into concrete and aspirations that pushed outside the walls.

A community formed, and grew, and people kept pushing themselves … and kept coming back. Over time, the downtown OKC climbing gym changed hands. New owners added their mark, including Aaron and Lisa Gibson, who helped carry it forward through different chapters, including Rocktown and Climb Up. But no matter who held the keys, the core of the place never changed. It was always about the climb and the people who showed up for it. Then, in December 2025, an announcement that OKC's climbing silos were closing for good hit the air and for a moment, it felt like the end of a long route. But the story wasn’t meant to end there.

Today, Freddy Harth is back, alongside his wife Dawn, and Aaron and Lisa Gibson with a renewed vision: to bring the silos back to life better than ever. This time, as High Plains Climbing. The same walls still stand, the same grit still resonates through every square inch … and now the people who are at the heart of everything that makes climbing at the downtown OKC silos the exceptional experience that it is ... are writing a new chapter built on everything that came before.

We’re not starting over. We’re picking back up - stronger, better, and ready for everything that comes next.