Do you suffer from the inability to high step, stem, heel hook or maybe
even touching your toes is a faraway dream? Are cross-throughs hard for
you, or lock offs just too far? Does your low back hurt after a day at the
crag? Or your shoulder ache in the night?
This clinic will go through the fundamentals of maintaining and gaining
strength, flexibility and balance through technique and exercise.

Rock climbing drills to improve movement efficiency

Importance of building strength and flexibility cohesively and the
methodologies to do so through

Climbing specific exercises for movement on rock

BIO: Katie Lambert is a professional rock climber based out of Bishop, CA. Originally from Louisiana, she found climbing at the age of 15 and for the last 29 years, she has centered her life around making rock climbing and time spent outdoors a priority. Katie has traveled extensively for climbing not just in the US but throughout Europe, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, and Turkey. Her knowledge of the rock extends from bouldering, to sport climbing, to trad climbing and big walls; she has made several first ascents in Yosemite, the Eastern Sierra, the Cirque of the Unclimbables and abroad. Katie is the COO of a Yosemite and Eastern Sierra based non-profit called Sacred Rok (
http://www.SacredRok.org); an organization dedicated to getting underserved youth, primarily from California’s Central Valley, into nature to experience it for themselves. She received her Masters in Nutrition in 2016 and with knowledge on eating for health and performance she works as a Nutritional Therapist with her business (
https://www.highsierranutritionalwellness.com). She also owns and runs a small co-working space (www.bishopcowork.com) with her husband and adventure photographer, Ben Ditto. With almost 3 decades of climbing under her belt, her desire and passion for the “sport” only grows deeper with each year. 

“Getting up is optional, getting down in mandatory.” Often in climbing the focus is on ascending a route but in the course we will focus on different scenarios and techniques for getting down as safely as possible! This course will cover techniques for both single pitch and multi-pitch scenarios. The focus will be on descending from fixed anchors (bolted) in a single pitch setting but will briefly cover multi pitch scenarios & temporary anchors like slung horns and trees as they are commonly found in the alpine.

Goals: For students to have a clear understanding of how to rappel from a 2 bolt anchor commonly found at Enchanted rock using best practices.

Gear Needed:

Helmet

Harness

Approach shoes (or closed toed tennis shoes, hiking boots or similar)

Tube style rappel device (Black Diamond ATC, Petzl Reverso, etc..)

3 pear shaped locking carabiners (HMS)

Third hand (Hollow block or similar, can be made with cord)

Tether or double length shoulder sling ( can be a double/triple/quad length sling or dedicated tether like Petzl adjust connect or Metolius PAS)

Anchor material (quad length sling, cordelette, or similar)

Instructors:

Erin Wackerla – Erin has been climbing for 10+ yrs, she is a certified AMGA Single Pitch Instructor and has climbed all over Texas and the western United States. Erin is an instructor for Outpost Wilderness and the program director for the Phoenix, she is also the board chair for the Austin Chapter of the American Alpine Club. Recently she has been pursuing long rock routes at Red Rocks in prep for advanced level AMGA courses.

Ginny Belanger – Ginny was raised in Austin, and recently moved back after 10 years in Atlanta and the Catskills of New York. She has been climbing for 15 years, and recently began working towards her SPI under the tutelage of her two favorite local guides. 

 A certified Single Pitch Instructor will be teaching an anchor building and cleaning clinic. We will be going over the principles of how to build a sport anchor and the steps to clean the anchor for retrieval of gear, in a single pitch setting.

This clinic will be done with a ground school session including a lecture, demo, and practice. 

The instructor will provide the gear that is needed. 

Prerequisite: Must be able to lead climb. 

Things to bring: 

-note taking supplies, and or phone for pictures.

-harness

-tube style belay device (atc) 

-any gear you have and would like to use  

The clinic will teach participants how to take over a belay if it is unweighted or weighted. Additionally, participants will learn how to ascend a rope to rescue an individual stuck up on the wall.

Instructor Bio: Randy was born in Illinois and soon realized he needed to move to the mountains to climb, ski, and whitewater kayak. So he packed his pack and moved to Arizona where he attended Prescott College and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Outdoor Education. The Southwest and West are where he cut his teeth climbing at Granite Mountain, Joshua Tree National Park, Yosemite, and many other places. After graduation, he traveled to Scotland and Europe to climb ice in Scotland and ski in Europe.

Once he returned from Europe, he received a job with a school in California where he started a nationally recognized Outdoor Leadership program for sixth to twelfth-grade students. While at the school, he pursued his certification to become an American Mountain Guide Association (AMGA) Rock Guide certification and an ACA Level 5 Whitewater Kayak instructor. For many years he would travel to climb rock, ice, and mountains as well as paddled in Canada, Peru, Mexico, Europe, and throughout the United States.

He has also pursued his certification to become a SOLO Wilderness First Responder and a Wilderness First Aid instructor;teaching classes to scout leaders, scouts, climbing guides, and all types of outdoor and indoor enthusiasts.

His teaching approach heavily favors hands-on, scenario-based practice taught in a wilderness setting. We pride ourselves on the dynamic delivery of course curriculum using innovative educational techniques and integrative scenarios. We strive to deliver professional courses that are rich in quality, consistency, and effectiveness while still having fun “in the classroom.”

Randy has sat as a Board Member for the Central Texas Climbing Committee which manages anchors, fixed protection, and new route development at Enchanted Rock State Park.

What he most enjoys doing is sharing his knowledge of all disciplines of climbing with his clients. In 2013, he moved to Austin with his wife and daughter so his wife could pursue her dream job and he started Austin Ascents.