Arc Teryx Climbing Academy Will Offer Adaptive Climbing Clinic In Squamish Bc Men S Journal
In 1989 Mark Wellman became the first paraplegic to climb El Capitan. He did so with fixed ropes and essentially pull-upped his way to the top. A huge feat for the time when “adaptive climbing” wasn’t common, nor were climbing gyms. But that has changed with the new landscape of “adaptive climbing” that is giving opportunity for anyone who wants to climb regardless of their impairments. One clinic offered during this year’s Arc’teryx Climbing Academy (which is an annual climbing festival that features clinics, talks, parties and more, July 19-22) in Squamish, British Columbia, will be focused on adaptive climbing....