Paraclimbing Training Camp Scheduled

USA Climbing (USAC) is hosting the 2024 Paraclimbing Nationals Championships on March 9-10 at Sportrock Climbing Center Rio in Gaithersburg, Maryland. To prepare athletes for the competition, ParaCliffHangers, an adaptive climbing nonprofit, is partnering with Touchstone Climbing and USAC to hold a national training camp on Jan. 27-28 at Touchstone Berkeley Ironworks in Berkeley, California. The camp is free and open to climbers of all abilities who plan to compete. Meals will be provided to participants and athletes from outside the Bay Area will be offered accommodations by the local adaptive climbing community.

 

Group poses for photo at a climbing gym

USAC Paraclimbing Head Coach Emmett Cookson and Two-Time World Cup Gold Medalist Ben Mayforth will discuss climbing techniques and the competition mindset. There will also be an opportunity to participate in a simulated competition.

 

Athletes, volunteers and aides must register at http://www.paracliffhangers.org/training-camp. Registration closes on Jan. 19.

 

For questions, please contact ParaCliffHangers Program Director Christina Fleming at christina@paracliffhangers.org or USAC Paraclimbing and Collegiate Manager Madeleine Palmer at madeleine@usaclimbing.org.