Bad Climbers Workshop Series
Learn the basics of climbing injury prevention and gear from Bad climbing guide and vet, Kinley Aitken!
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We're so excited to be restarting our education workshops for Bad Climbers club with a couple of highly requested topics from you!
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Let's keep you climbing and keep you strong!
Navigating personal sports-related injuries and setbacks for over 25 years, Kinley has learned not only how to come back from the sidelines but also has that hindsight 20/20 vision; an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. Yes, many injuries are due to bad luck but many can be avoided through an integrated approach to self-care and injury prevention. Simple habits create big results. We will cover topics such as how to warm up, nutrition, tactics while climbing and how to increase strength and mobility. This clinic will offer up concrete ways to prevent injury and bulletproof your body for years to come.
Where to begin?! We'll show you!
It can be easy to get lost in the details. Stepping into a gear shop sometimes feels like being a crow in a jewel shop, with shiny things everywhere! Kinley will explain the different styles of climbing and the gear that each uses, separating the 'need to know' from the 'does not matter'! From personal equipment; shoes, harnesses, and helmets, technical gear such as carabiners, ropes, belay devices, crash pads, trad gear, quickdraws and ... what's an "Ohm"? What does 'breaking' strength mean? How strong is this stuff? How to take care of and when to retire your gear? SO many questions and SO many answers. We'll get into it!
We're so excited to be restarting our education workshops for Bad Climbers club with a couple of highly requested topics from you!
Details:
Let's keep you climbing and keep you strong!
Navigating personal sports-related injuries and setbacks for over 25 years, Kinley has learned not only how to come back from the sidelines but also has that hindsight 20/20 vision; an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. Yes, many injuries are due to bad luck but many can be avoided through an integrated approach to self-care and injury prevention. Simple habits create big results. We will cover topics such as how to warm up, nutrition, tactics while climbing and how to increase strength and mobility. This clinic will offer up concrete ways to prevent injury and bulletproof your body for years to come.
Where to begin?! We'll show you!
It can be easy to get lost in the details. Stepping into a gear shop sometimes feels like being a crow in a jewel shop, with shiny things everywhere! Kinley will explain the different styles of climbing and the gear that each uses, separating the 'need to know' from the 'does not matter'! From personal equipment; shoes, harnesses, and helmets, technical gear such as carabiners, ropes, belay devices, crash pads, trad gear, quickdraws and ... what's an "Ohm"? What does 'breaking' strength mean? How strong is this stuff? How to take care of and when to retire your gear? SO many questions and SO many answers. We'll get into it!
Climbing and guiding in the outdoor industry for 20 over years, Kinley (she/her) has called Squamish home since the early 2000’s. One to rarely sit still, she has filled the shoes of many roles; an outdoor educator for youth, whitewater rafting guide, rope access technician, stunt performer and backcountry chef. Today, in addition to guiding private clients, Kinley is a lead instructor for Thompson Rivers University Adventure Studies Department and is an instructor and examiner for the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides, Training and Assessment Programs. Kinley has a penchant for moving in the mountains, trail running, mountain biking.. yes, skiing .. YES. Climbing.. YESSS! She has travelled around the world pursuing vertical adventures of all sorts in Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and throughout North America. Kinley has climbed 12+ trad and sport, the Nose in day, 14000 foot peaks, first ascents in B.C’s Waddington Range and mastered the elusive ‘crag nap’ while climbing around the American southwest with her young daughter and dog. Her climbing goals include always bringing a positive mindset and finding growth and learning in every climbing session. While guiding, instructing and coaching, Kinley loves to share her knowledge, experience and passion with her clients no matter where on their journey of climbing they are.