The Schedule
There is so much happening at the Indoor Climbing Expo.
All sessions are at the Chattanooga Convention Center unless otherwise indicated.
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2025 SCHEDULE
Monday 3.17
8:00am-4:00pm
Bridging the Gap Day 1
with Cody Grodzki
at High Point Cleveland
If you are an experienced routesetter seeking a clearer understanding of high-level bouldering routesetting, this workshop is for you! Full day of experiential learning, one-on-one instruction, and constructive feedback through mock rounds of competition setting. Pre-reqs: USAC Level 3+ or Assistant Routesetter at 5 USAC Championship events. Must register for both days together so total cost is $500
($250- register here)
8:00am-4:30am
CWA Level 1 Work at Height
with Garnet Moore
at High Point Riverside
The new CWA WAH Level 1 course certifies candidates as authorized workers in a climbing facility. This course has online course work and one 8-hour in-person day. All necessary equipment provided.
($500/$650 - register here)
12:00pm-5:00pm
Gym Start-Up Bootcamp
with Gavin Heverly & Pete Ward
of Rise Above Consulting
at The Chattanoogan Conference Room
In this hands-on and collaborative half-day workshop you will get assistance fleshing out your business plan, the key drivers of your financial model and your pitch. This workshop is for anyone looking to open their first gym, refine their business plan, or seeking funding and planning expertise for scaling. Together, we will define your brand, the opportunity, your business model and give you tangible tools to execute. In addition you will get time with leading consultants and industry experts as well as collaborative time with other aspiring gym owners. Hosted By Rise Above Consulting: Gavin Heverly & Pete Ward, with a combined 50+ years of executive level experience launching, operating and scaling climbing businesses.
($300 - register here)
Tuesday 3.18
8:00am-4:00pm
Bridging the Gap Day 2
with Cody Grodzki
at High Point Cleveland
If you are an experienced routesetter seeking a clearer understanding of high-level bouldering routesetting, this workshop is for you! Full day of experiential learning, one-on-one instruction, and constructive feedback through mock rounds of competition setting. Pre-reqs: USAC Level 3+ or Assistant Routesetter at 5 USAC Championship events. Must register for both days together so total cost is $500
($250- register here)
8:00am-4:30am
Professional Routesetting Direct Entry
with Garnet Moore
at High Point Riverside
A non-course option for experienced Routesetters only. You may be eligible for direct entry into an assessment. There will be no instruction and candidates should exceed certification prerequisites. If you are interested in Direct Entry you can apply here. There is a $50 application fee. Candidates whose applications are not accepted may apply their application fee to a full course.
($200/$400 - register here)
9:00am-12:00pm & 1:00pm-4:00pm
How to Coach Falling without Trauma or Injury
with Arno Ilgner & Sevve Stember
at High Point Downtown
The Mental Training for Climbing Professionals Course takes gym employees through an experiential curriculum to develop resilience in their careers and learn to share the basics of mental training with others. This session teaches gym employees proper falling technique, coaching principles for youth teams and adult programming, how to define yes fall zones, a risk assessment protocol, and more. Participants in this clinic can expect to leave the session having more skills in their tool belt to utilize in their individual roles to make a greater impact on gym members.
($200 - register here)
12:00-5:00pm
Running a Climbing Gym Bootcamp
with Gavin Heverly & Pete Ward
of Rise Above Consulting
at The Chattanoogan Conference Room
In this hands-on and collaborative half-day workshop we will do a long form deep dive on climbing gym operations to help you and your managers develop best practices for running a successful gym. This session is designed for gym owners as well as any team leaders or managers. You’ll walk away with tangible action items to drive High Performance Culture, operationalize your values, as well as best practices for taking strategic control of your revenue and managing risk.
Hosted By Rise Above Consulting: Gavin Heverly & Pete Ward, with a combined 50+ years of executive level experience launching, operating and scaling climbing businesses.
($300 - register here)
Wednesday 3.19
8:00am-9:00am
Breakfast
Sponsored by TBD
at TBD
Get your day started with a hearty breakfast provided by...
($TBD - register here)
10:00am-3:00pm
The Madrock Climbing Day
sponsored by Madrock & Rock Gym Pro
at Stone Fort
On the board and off. People will need to come to the clinic with a project and we’ll analyze movement and give them an actionable plan for success.
(Free with expo day pass or full event pass)
4:00pm-10:00pm
Expo Hall
4:00pm-8:00pm
Free T-shirts
in Expo Hall booth B434
Live screen printing with Burlaep. Grab a free one of a kind t-shirt for free. After t-shirts can be purchased for $10.
6:00pm-10:00pm
Soshin Bounty Boulders
in the Expo Hall
6:00pm-8:00pm
Lets Paint
with Hunter Damiani
in Expo Hall Lets Talk About it Space
Thursday 3.20
8:00am-4:00pm
Forerunning Fundamentals:
Elevating Ideas and Quality
with Sarah Filler & Pierre Despagne
at High Point Cleveland
This workshop is designed for newer routesetters looking to sharpen their forerunning skills and build confidence in testing boulders. Forerunning is not just a part of the setting process—it’s where the magic happens. It’s the bridge between the setter’s vision and the climber’s experience. Learn how to approach boulders systematically, focusing on what matters most during the initial evaluation. Gain insights into testing climbs that are beyond your physical ability while maintaining high quality. By mastering forerunning, you’ll not only refine the boulders you’re testing but also elevate the gym’s overall climbing experience.
($250 - register here)
9:00am-12:00PM
Revolutionize your Youth Programming!
with Hailey Caissie
at High Point Downtown
Games are a great way to learn new skills, build teamwork, and manage your youth group within the gym. Learn to teach climbing techniques through play with the author of 101 Climbing Games and Activities. We will go through each chapter and all three levels of difficulty to revolution the fun in your Summer Camps, Leagues, and Youth Teams.
($130 - register here)
10:00am-12:00pm
Climb Hard
with Zach Galla
at Synergy Climbing Gym
($150 - register here)
10:00am-11:30am
Hold / Volume Maintenance
with Alex Waterhouse
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
Alex Waterhouse will take the lead in explaining techniques to preserve and repair your holds and volumes.
($20 - register here)
10:00am-12:00pm
The Mental Edge
with Taylor Fragomeni
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
($20 - register here)
10:00am-11:30am
The Future Climbing Gym
with Chris Ryan
Sponsored by Maverick Climbing Walls
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
The future climbing gym won't be playing by the same rules as we have been for the last 10, 20 or 30 years. With the changes in economics of project development and business operations, client behavior, and competition from many different sources, it's simply not enough to open a location, mark your territory, and hope for the best. This means that we need to do better, if you want to thrive as a business. This is an opportunity to get more from every aspect of a project; from the business model and the building design to the execution and build-out, we can put projects together in ways that create genuine community around strong financials, in meaningful spaces that inspire our users. That's The Future Climbing Gym.
($5 - register here)
12:00pm-1:00pm
The State of Insurance for the Climbing Gym Industry
with PJ Hennessey
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
An overview of the state of the insurance in the past 12 months & what to expect in the coming year. Discussion will be provided on changes in the marketplace, rates, risk management best practices, 24-7/unstaffed operations, ancillary operations, & more. Following the initial discussion, a Q&A session will be provided.
($5 - register here)
12:00pm-1:00pm
Mental Training to Improve Your Coaching and Instruction
with Arno Ilgner & Sevve Stember
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
Today, there are more than 600 climbing gyms, over 10 million people participating in the sport of rock climbing throughout the United States, and 20,000+ climbing gyms worldwide. The popularity of climbing in mainstream pop culture, with movies such as Free Solo, has brought climbing from a fringe activity to a widely accepted sport for people of all ages. With these facts in mind, today, we’re confronted with a harsh reality: climbing gym staff are not fully equipped to help their members have transformative climbing experiences. Additionally, they’re also not equipped to teach proper falling technique and lead belay concepts to their members, leading to an increase in accidents. There’s another more widespread, insidious, and invisible experience climbing gym members are experiencing for which there is no data - mental trauma. What’s the end result? Eventually, people quit climbing. To this end, there’s an urgent need to change the culture around coaching and risk management. Gym staff need practical tools to guide risk-taking for members so members can accept more responsibility for the risk choices they make. In this session, we’ll cover the key mental training issues climbing gyms face today and how they can be proactively met with staff training, shared language around learning, and creating a gym-wide understanding of appropriate risk taking.
($5 - register here)
1:00pm-4:00pm
Building and Scaling a Coaching Program
with Marisa Romero & Taylor Fragomeni
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
TBD
($5 - register here)
1:00pm-2:00pm
What 26 Million Emails Taught
Us About Gym Marketing
with Ryan Henrich
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
Personalized marketing delivers better results because it makes your customers feel like you know and care about them. At Approach, we've seen gyms that use customized marketing campaigns are able to drive conversions and enrich their relationships. In this session, we'll share best practices for marketing personalization and real world examples of the successful workflows that are delivering tangible results for gyms.
($5 - register here)
1:00pm-3:30pm
Movement Fundamentals with Ross Fulkerson
with Ross
at Synergy Climbing Gym
Experience the high-level coaching, setting, and learning environments necessary to reach the next level. This clinic is designed to teach the fundamental movement system of Space, Time, and Position. With purpose-set moves and a variety of progression holds, these clinics will be accessible to climbers around the V3+ range. We'll go over the underlying adjustments and mental habits that enable climbers to unlock not just specific moves, but the mechanics behind entire classes of movements. Participants will also have one-on-one time to learn about personal training recommendations, competition tactics, and injury prevention.
($150 - register here)
2:00pm-3:00pm
Routesetting Topic TBD
with Kasai
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
TBD
($5 - register here)
2:00pm-3:00pm
How Successful Gyms Are Training And Retaining Great Staff
with Weigh My Rack
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
After interviewing 100's of gyms, we’ll share 6 key characteristics that are common among the best training teams AND share tips on the most practical, actionable ways to reframe and reignite your training and onboarding processes to increase retention and improve culture along the way.
($5 - register here)
3:00pm-4:00pm
Crux
with Crux
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
TBD
($5 - register here)
3:00pm-4:00pm
Homewall Fundamentals
with TBD
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
TBD
($5 - register here)
4:00pm-7:30pm
Expo Hall
4:00pm-4:30pm
Athlete Signing
in Expo Hall booth B432
Meet pro athletes TBD
6:00pm-6:30pm
Top 10 Accounting Tips
with Allison Biek
in Expo Hall Lets Talk About it Space
Bookkeeping and Accounting are ancient skills developed to track the exchange of currency, goods and services. Abacus and Ink brings this timeless and necessary practice into the modern age with virtual services impacting climbing gym operations. We will be discussing common pain points for GMs and Gym Owners and offering real solutions so you can stop stressing about the numbers and focus on growth, your staff, your members and your gym guests!
(Free - register here)
8:00pm-10:00pm
Social Event
at TBD
Sponsored by TBD..
Details TBD
8:00pm-10:00pm
Dress-to-the-Nines Mixer for Coaches
at TBD
Sponsored by TBD..
Coaches gather for drinks and networking in a more formal setting, celebrating the community and fostering relationships beyond the gym environment.
(Free - get info at one of the Coaching Sessions)
Friday 3.21
8:00am-4:00pm
Set to Grow:
A Framework for Development
with Sarah Filler & Pierre Despagne
at Highpoint Cleveland
Routesetting is a constant balance of meeting gym needs and pursuing personal growth. In this workshop, we’ll introduce a powerful tool you can use in your everyday work to explore new ideas, take risks, and develop your skills as a setter—all while contributing to your team’s success. Through hands-on activities and collaborative discussions, you’ll learn how to create space for experimentation within the constraints of gym operations and use these moments to evolve both creatively and professionally. Whether you’re exploring new styles, testing concepts, or refining techniques, this workshop will empower you to take control of your growth as a setter.
($250 - register here)
9:00am-12:00pm
Spray Walls for Coaching
with Marisa Romero
at Synergy Climbing Gym
This session is for coaches and instructors and will focus on how to effectively use a spray wall. Spray walls are powerful tools and are especially beneficial for teams, offering versatility and opportunity for positive coaching moments. Participants will learn keys to coaching on a spray wall and will actively participate in hands-on drills to learn climbing movement.
($150 - register here)
10:00am-11:00am
Drive Success by Managing Your People
with Gavin Heverly
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
In order to maintain a healthy culture and workplace, we need to be transparent and consistent in how we approach performance management, including disciplinary action when needed. A good performance management policy helps drive a high performing culture, maintain employee engagement and satisfaction, and increase business results. In this session for anyone who manages people led by Rise Above Consulting, we will learn some performance management best practices and how to appropriately manage performance to build trust and achieve success.
($5 - register here)
11:00am-12:00pm
Creating a Genuine Sales Culture without being Pushy
with Matt Ha
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
In this engaging speech session, tailored for Managers and Leaders in the climbing industry, participants are invited to explore the art of creating an authentic sales culture within their climbing gyms. Recognizing the pivotal role staff members play in influencing customers' choices, the session sheds light on the importance of providing a hassle-free and comfortable environment for consumers. Attendees will gain insights into the complexities of consumer decision-making, emphasizing the need for staff to act as supportive guides rather than pushy salespeople. The session's core objectives revolve around empowering attendees with practical tools and knowledge to enhance their staff training programs: Staff Expertise and Retail Sales
($5 - register here)
1:00pm-2:00pm
Simple, Practical Training to Improve Your Mental Game
with Arno Ilgner & Sevve Stember
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
Many climbers experience performance plateaus or experience a loss in motivation. They don’t need to get stronger; they need mental training. A fear of falling can decrease your commitment to and motivation for climbing. Gaining comfort and experience with falling changes everything. This session will help you understand fundamental aspects of mental training. You’ll learn a simple structure for guiding it so you can make continual progress in your mental game. Learn how you can empower yourself through mental training with simple, practical tools.
($5 - register here)
2:00pm-4:00pm
The Future of Youth Career Coaches
with Mario Stanley, Marisa Romero, Jacob Bach & Taylor Fragomeni
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
A deeper dive with a lineup of experts sharing insights into coaching challenges, solutions, and innovations. And a bold look at the next few years of youth coaching for climbing.
($5 - register here)
3:00pm-4:00pm
Has Modern Routesetting Killed Projecting?
with Foxman
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
Indoor climbing has changed a lot in the last 15-20 years. Holds are larger, densities are lower, grades are softer (at some gyms), rotation speeds have increased leaving less time to project, movement is more complex/coordinated. What does all this mean for the routesetters who are trying to stay ‘relevant’? What does this mean for the climbers of both the new and old generation? Join us in a discussion…
($5 - register here)
3:00pm-4:00pm
How to Get an SBA Loan
with Eric Hires
at Convention Center Meeting Rooms
In this presentation and discussion we'll discuss why you want to start a climbing gym, make sure you have a vision, and then dive into the nuts and bolts of the SBA loan process.
($5 - register here)
4:00pm-10:00pm
Expo Hall
4:00pm-4:30pm
Athlete Signing
in Expo Hall booth B432
Meet pro athletes TBD
6:00pm-10:00pm
Pro Board Comp
on the Expo Floor
at the Kilter Board
Big names like Maya Madere, Paul Robinson, Allison Vest, Ravioli Biceps, Sierra Blair-Coyle, and more will compete for a shot at the $10K+ cash purse. All athletes will also be doing signings on the expo floor.
(free with attendee badge)
Saturday 3.22
10:00am-12:00pm
Expo Hall
12:00-2:00pm
Routesetter Brunch
with TBD
at The Chattanoogan Conference Room
Includes a discusion on the state of Routesetting and some typical brunch offerings.
($75 - register here)
2023 SCHEDULE
Tuesday 12/12
8:00am-4:00pm
Bridging the Gap
with Cody Grodzki & Moé Corbett
at High Point Cleveland
If you are an experienced routesetter seeking a clearer understanding of high-level bouldering routesetting, this workshop is for you! Full day of experiential learning, one-on-one instruction, and constructive feedback through mock rounds of competition setting. Pre-reqs: USAC Level 3+ or Assistant Routesetter at 5 USAC Championship events.
($250 - register here)
8:00am-12:00pm
Climb Harder
with Daniel Woods
at Synergy
($200 - register here)
8:00am-12:00pm
Training Clinic for Advanced Climbers (V6+)
with Paul Robinson
at Crux Conditioning
Working on things outside of climbing to get you further in the sport. Using the training areas of a gym to their full potential.
($200 - register here)
8:00am-12:00pm
Training Beginner Clinic
with Sierra Blair-Coyle
at High Point Downtown
This clinic will focus on teaching climbers how to train and improve their climbing abilities by examining various techniques, how to structure a climbing workout, and climbing specific exercises (both on and off the wall).
($200 - register here)
8:00am-4:30am
CWA Level 1 Work at Height
with Garnet Moore
at High Point Riverside
The new CWA WAH Level 1 course certifies candidates as authorized workers in a climbing facility. This course has online course work and one 8-hour in-person day. All necessary equipment provided.
($1000/$750 - register here)
Thursday 12/14
8:00am-4:00pm
Building Better Rounds Clinic (Routesetting)
with Ally Cruz & Blake Green
at High Point Cleveland
How do we fairly challenge competitors with widely ranging levels of ability? -What round concepts transfer from boulder comps to rope comps? -How do we create a round where the movement of the climbers on the wall is the visual focal point? This clinic will be a mixture of classroom discussion of concepts as well as setting draft ideas in small teams for a hypothetical round. We'll conclude with a debrief and Q&A.
($200 - register here)
8:00am-12:00pm
Strategy to Send Clinic
with Ravioli Biceps
at Crux Conditioning
On the board and off. People will need to come to the clinic with a project and we’ll analyze movement and give them an actionable plan for success.
($200 - register here)
8:30am-10:00am
Scale Your Business, Scale Your Team: Professional Development & Org Structure Planning (CBJ/RA seminar)
with Gavin Heverly
Whether you are opening your first gym or your tenth, an owner, manager or team member, Professional Development is the key to growth and increasing value in your culture. In this interactive session we will learn some tools to make org structure planning, career growth and professional development attainable and actionable.
(free with attendee badge)
10:00am-12:00pm
Hold Shaping Hands On
with Louie Anderson & Chris Neal
Learn for proven hold shapers in the industry. Chris Neal and Louie Anderson will talk about hold shaping and then let you create your own. You will be able to carve and create your own foam shapes in this hands on event.
($20)
10:00am-11:00am
Opening A Gym Roundtable
with Chris Ryan
Lets talk about opening a gym. The process? The problems? The final product? Let's dive into the questions and concerns most have, then open up the floor to a Q&A.
($5)
11:00am-12:00pm
Insurance Roundtable
with P.J. Hennessey
Lets talk about Insurance. Trends and state of the insurance marketplace, carrier changes, underwriting guidelines, recent lawsuits and settlements, risk management best practices, and Q&A.
($5)
12:00pm-5:00pm
Expo Hall
12:00pm-5:00pm
Free T-shirts
in Expo Hall booth B434
Live screen printing with Burlaep. Grab a free one of a kind t-shirt.
1:00pm
Visit A New Boulderfield with the Southeastern Climbers Coalition (V1-V10)
with SCC Chief Stoke Officer Caleb Timmerman at Walden's Ridge
Come tour Chattanooga's exciting new public park, Walden's Ridge. Learn how the partnership and collaboration of numerous land-trusts and conservation organizations helped create this incredible new park.
(free with donation suggested - register here)
3:30pm-4:00pm
Athlete Signing
in Expo Hall booth B432
Meet pro athletes Sierra Blair-Coyle and Daniel Woods!
6:00pm-10:00pm
Pro Board Comp
at Synergy Climbing & Ninja
Big names like Maya Madere, Paul Robinson, Allison Vest, Ravioli Biceps, Sierra Blair-Coyle, and more will compete for a shot at the $10K+ cash purse. All athletes will also be doing signings on the expo floor.
(free with attendee badge)
Saturday 12/16
10:00am-2:00pm
Expo Hall
1:00-1:30pm
Athlete Signing
in Expo Hall booth B432
Meet pro athlete Ravioli Biceps!
2:00pm-4:00pm
Meet A Non-Profit & Job Fair
6:00pm-10:00pm
Bounty Boulders
at High Point Downtown
Wednesday 12/13
8:00am-12:00pm
Training Clinic for Beginner Climbers (V2-V5)
with Paul Robinson
at Synergy
Working on technique, working on skills that get you to the next level in your climbing. Making sure that bad techniques and skills are not carried on in your climbing.
($200 - register here)
8:00am-12:00pm
Train Hard Clinic
with Allison Vest
at Crux Conditioning
($200 - register here)
8:00am-12:00pm
Training Intermediate/Advanced Clinic
with Sierra Blair-Coyle
at High Point Downtown
This clinic will focus on more advanced training techniques and will teach climbers how properly structure climbing workouts, to build strength through campusing, improve their onsighting abilities, and become more well-rounded in their climbing skillset.
($200 - register here)
8:30am-10:00am
Opening A Gym: Adjusting the Dials of Development (CBJ/RA seminar)
with Chris Ryan
Opening a climbing facility isn’t just about the business model, your budget, real estate, operations, cool climbing walls, or construction costs; because none of the pieces make complete sense on their own. Developing a project efficiently is about balancing all these parts from the beginning, because your project development investment is by far, the most expensive part of opening a climbing facility. This session is about helping you understand how we can balance these pieces, so that we can focus on opening an amazing climbing gym.
(free with attendee badge)
10:00am-12:00pm
Old Rope, New Life Hands On
with Shelby Treichler
Join Shelby Treichler from Cactus to Pine Goods to learn about the unique ways to upcycle retired climbing rope. Attendees will get hands-on experience and instruction to make a set of two coasters to take home.
($20)
10:00am-11:00am
USA Climbing Roundtable
with Roberta Osborne
Let’s talk about comps. Whether you have already hosted USA Climbing competitions or are looking to dip your toes in the water for the first time, you’re sure to learn something new. Learn best practices and insights from our panelists for hosting successful USAC events. Topics include; How to prepare for an event, What are the benefits and What are the costs? Our discussion partners are USAC L4 Routesetter Blake Green; climbing gym General Manager Libby Hatcher and USAC Youth Regional Coordinator Karen Judd. This is a casual discussion with time for Q&A, hosted by USAC National Coordinator, Roberta Osborne.
($5)
11:00am-12:00pm
Routesetting Roundtable
with Moé Corbett
Let's talk about Routesetting. Why is it important? What to think about when creating your team? Let's dive into the questions and concerns most have with routesetting, then open up the floor to a Q&A with Moé Corbett, Sydney McNair, Flannery Shay-Nemirow and Cody Grodzki.
($5)
12:00pm-5:00pm
Expo Hall
3:30pm-4:00pm
Athlete Signing
in Expo Hall booth B432
Meet pro athletes Paul Robinson and Allison Vest!
6:00pm-10:00pm
SCC Fundraiser Afterparty
at Wanderlinger Brewing Company
Friday 12/15
8:00am-4:00pm
Routesetting Refinement Clinic
with Sarah Filler & Pierre Despagne
at High Point Cleveland
During this workshop we will explore route setting from a different angle, studying decision making, hold selection, tweaks and how it impacts the quality of the boulders. Whether in a competition or commercial environment a lot of conscious and unconscious decisions are made, we will try to dissect and understand why and how we do what we do. This workshop is meant for advanced setters, looking to uncover a new depth.
($200 - register here)
8:00am-12:00pm
Comp Readiness Clinic
with Maya Madere
at Synergy
Level up your climbing and learn how to train like an elite competitor. Practice five techniques for climbing at your limit, run a competition-specific training drill, and discuss the details of modern competition climbing in an interactive small group setting. Open to competitive and recreational climbers from V3 to V8.
($200 - register here)
8:00am-12:00pm
Strategy to Send Clinic
with Ravioli Biceps
at Crux Conditioning
On the board and off. People will need to come to the clinic with a project and we’ll analyze movement and give them an actionable plan for success.
($200 - register here)
8:30am-10:00am
Has Modern Routesetting Killed Projecting? (CBJ/RA seminar)
with Foxman McCarthy-James & Justin Wright
Does it feel like your routesetting team and management team are constantly at odds? Join Justin Wright (Director of Routesetting, Edgeworks Climbing) and Foxman McCarthy-James (Head Routesetter, Alta Climbing and Alta Boulders) as they discuss strategies for navigating the oft-fraught relationship between gym management and routesetting teams. We will discuss methods for aligning seemingly disparate departmental needs, and provide space for a wide array of perspectives.
(free with attendee badge)
10:00am-12:00pm
Hold / Volume Maintenance Hands On
with Alex Waterhouse
All the way from the UK Alex Waterhouse will take the lead in explaining techniques to preserve and repair your holds and volumes.
($20)
10:00am-11:00am
Sustainability Roundtable
with Shelby Treichler
Repair, Reuse, Resell - How small businesses are giving second life to climbing gear. How it increases accessibility and lowers the environmental impact. And what more can the climbing community do? Panel consists of Shelby Treichler (she/her) Founder, Cactus to Pine Goods. Stephanie Chen (she/her), Co-Founder of V12 Resole. Jennie Bartoletti (she/her), Owner of Four Bridges Outfitters.
($5)
11:00am-12:00pm
Gym-to-Crag Roundtable
with Ruthie Rivers
Let’s talk outdoor programming! Many who get into gym climbing eventually want to experience climbing in a natural environment. How do you get a program up and running? What are the hurdles? What should your risk management plan look like? How we can best protect the environment while running these programs? Let’s discuss these questions and many more, with thoughts shared from varying perspectives on the topic. And make sure to bring your own questions for the audience Q&A!
($5)
12:00pm-5:00pm
Expo Hall
3:30pm-4:00pm
Athlete Signing
in Expo Hall booth B432
Meet pro athletes Maya Madere and Katie Jo Myers!
6:00pm-10:00pm
Grip Showcase
at Synergy Climbing & Ninja
Fans of routesetting and indoor climbing will celebrate the beautiful holds and creative movements that build the experience we love. Arguably every route on every wall is a piece of functional artwork.
Learn more here
(free with attendee badge)