The Longmont Climbing Collective is back open with new roofing this week after hurricane-force winds damaged the building earlier this month.
Mack Maier, co-owner of the collective, said climbers were present when the roof peeled off.
“We just awoke to call, frantic calls from our front desk staff,” he said, “[Climbers] were literally right up next to the roof, and they just heard the metal flapping up and down, and then they went outside to see the roof peeled over on itself.”
When Maier arrived, not only was the roof bent, but he says insulation had blown everywhere. So Maier called his insurance…