Girlz Climb On
for Bay Area Girls in Grades 6-9

Have you ever been rock climbing? Inside or outside? Do you want to learn how to climb or do you want to improve your climbing skills? Here's your chance!

During this course, you will be paired with an adult female mentor once a week for ten weeks at an indoor climbing gym. Each session will focus on developing your technical climbing skills like tying a figure-8 knot, gym rules and safety, belaying, climbing techniques, smearing and edging. If you don't know what these terms are, don't worry! You'll soon learn. Each session will also focus on issues that connect rock climbing with a strength you may already have or would like to improve on like building relationships with friends, trust, leadership, self-expression, working as a group, communication and resolving conflicts.

We begin with a one-day ropes course experience and the course will also include one weekend outing to a local state park so you'll have a chance to climb both inside & outside!

 

Fall 2010

Mission Cliffs Gym - San Francisco

• Mondays: 4:30pm - 7:15pm (Mentors meet at 4:00pm)
• Oct 4 - Dec 14 (10 weeks, no program Oct 11 - Columbus Day)
• Sun, Oct 3 - Ropes Course Orientation Day, 8am - 5pm (pick up and drop off at Women's Building)
• Sun, Nov 14 - Outdoor Climb at Castle Rock State Park, 8am - 5pm (pick up and drop off at Women's Building)

Full and partial financial aid is available for this course / Admissions: information & application

Reunion Climbs

Several times a year we offer a chance for our alumnae (girls & mentors) to get back together - check out our Up Coming Reunions!

Mentor a girl

Special Thanks:

We are incredibly grateful for the generous support of the Touchstone Climbing Gyms and Planet Granite for partnering with us to make the Girlz Climb On program possible.