Rock Climbing Challenge

Overview:

Capacity: 25 students per period (up to 250 per day)

Grades: 2 - 12

Cost: $5 per student

Rock climbing is a terrific way to improve your muscular strength and endurance. When you scale a rock face you will get a full-body workout. You use your arms and hands to locate the next handhold and to pull yourself up; you need strong legs to push your body up; and you support your weight with your feet whether you’re climbing or resting in place. Since few other sports use your upper body as much, climbing is one of the best activities for strengthening your arms and shoulders.

Rock climbing also helps with flexibility — you’ll be pushing your limbs to the limit as you reach for handholds and footholds. Just don’t forget to relax. You can sap your strength by tensing more muscles than the climb requires.

Finally, rock climbing builds discipline and teamwork skills. It’s intellectually challenging, because you have to strategically plan each move and because no two climbs are the same.

Instruction is given on the proper way to put on a harness. We will go over safety procedures and climbing techniques.

 To heighten teamwork demands, we can add complexity and excitement by adding relay races, climbing blindfolded or one-handed. For Language Arts and Math, we incorporate innovative “puzzles” into the climb.

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