TORONTO - Reach for the top has a new meaning these days at MacLachlan College.

The private school in Oakville, Ont., is home to a new high-performance sport climbing program, created by Canadian climbers Zach and Madison Richardson.

The program started with the school year in early September.

The school already had a climbing club, using a 24-foot (7.3-metre) climbing wall in its upper school gymnasium — a top-rope wall which has the climber attached to a rope with someone belaying the climber from the bottom.

Climbing was part of gym class. But looking to add climbing to its high-performance sports portfolio, the school reached out to the Richardsons, husband and wife who have both competed for Canada.

There are three tiers: the entry club level, a competitive team and high-performa

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