Welcome to Community Meeting

Brenda Hodges-Howell: Rock Climbing

• Guest Speakers?• Performance Studies

Spotlight?• 5th grade? • 7th grade Did-You-Know?• 8th grade Suggestion Box

or Ask an 8th grader? • Adult Announcements?• Student Announcements?

Why Should You Learn more about Rock

Climbing?• Stewards of Wild

Spaces

• Respect & Trust

• Fun Risks

Courage

History• 400 BCE: China

• 1300s: Anasazi

• 1786: Mont Blanc

• 1875: Yosemite National Park

• 1910: Gear Invented

• 1970s: Sport Climbing & Bouldering

Climbers I Admire

• Lynn Hill (born 1961)

• Famous for making the first free ascent of the Nose Route on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley

• Girl power!• Relaxation, acceptance, and keeping open mind are key. First

of all, peak performance isn’t possible if one is not relaxed, and if one is going to stay relaxed they must simply accept problems when they arise and decide to solve them.” --Lynn Hill

Ashima Shiraishi

Ashima's Ascent

Chris SharmaDeep Water Solo Climb

"The hardest thing is to do

something the first time. Someone

has to have that vision, [to say] 'Oh,

that's possible.' And once it's done,

then other people can see, 'Oh

yeah, it is possible.' And it becomes

way easier for other people to do it,

too."

Impacts

• Climbers as stewards versus simply “users” of the land

• Access Fund

• Adopt-a-Crag

TeamWorks Program

Thanks for Listening! Seattle Bouldering Project

Agenda• Guest Speakers?• Performance Studies

Spotlight?• 5th grade? • 7th grade Did-You-Know?• 8th grade Suggestion Box

or Ask an 8th grader? • Adult Announcements?• Student Announcements?

Rock On!