scope:

This document specifies safety requirements for climbing walls for use in the water area of public swimming pools in addition to the general safety requirements of EN 13451-1 and should be read in conjunction with it. Requirements for the use, the operation and the maintenance are also specified. This standard is applicable to climbing walls in classified swimming pools as specified in EN 15288-1. This standard has limited application to pools which consist of segregated areas of rivers, lakes or the sea. The recommendations on safe design, working methods and supervision should be followed insofar as they are relevant. This standard is not applicable to artificial climbing structures according to EN 12572 and to inflatable climbing walls according to EN 15649-6. In the aspects which overlap with EN 13451-10 the requirements of this EN standard take precedence over the EN 13451-10.