Bouldering 101 is a 2.5-hour class that meets for 4 consecutive weeks. Students receive a 4-week membership during the duration of their class which includes all gear and Adventure Rock Membership perks.

Bouldering 101 class is geared toward educating novice climbers on a variety of topics about bouldering. Students will learn to navigate the Bouldering gym and area through the course. The learning objectives for the course are:

By the end of the course students will be able to:

• Comfortably navigate the Bouldering Gym/area and make conscientious decisions regarding when/where/why/how to fall
• Demonstrate understanding of how to use all the areas of the Facility and Bouldering area
• Demonstrate basic climbing movement techniques
• Understand and vast spectrum of progression
• Develop a basic outline for training for climbing.

Session outline:

Week 1 = Intro to Bouldering Gym, Etiquette, falling, board climbing, and warming up

Week 2 = Movement, route reading, and climbing tactics

Week 3 = Projecting and Bouldering progression

Week 4 = Training for Climbing topics: Why train? Limit bouldering, hangboarding, work capacity and muscular endurance, general fitness considerations