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moab: women's climbing clinic
KAVU athlete, Steph Davis shares her joy, knowledge and passion for climbing.....and a lot of laughs, with an amazing group
but...
.....people asked enough that I decided to try out adding another, totally different, clinic as a "women's only" option and, just see what happened. There ended up being a strong interest in both clinics so, it made it a fun and easy decision to offer them both! I looked at it as an opportunity to connect with more awesome people in a place I love to call home!
go with the flow
A funny change that just happened due to sun schedule (a big deal when organizing the climbing portions here since the conditions are so extreme), was that I switched the group intros to lunchtime after the first morning of climbing.
People knew each other a little already, and we were treated to some truly phenomenal life stories from this group, everything from a Peace Corp Officer, to a woman who left a soul-sucking Starbucks career to become an animal rights activist and yoga instructor, to a woman who followed a well known rock band as a groupie for 7 years until she ended up marrying the drummer, having 2 kids and becoming an engineer, to a crossfit coach who travels the world competing and training people!
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Both clinics are always different every time, because we base what we do on what the group wants to do. Gear, taping techniques, efficient movement and safety.... we try to learn as much as we can relative to what everyone wants to experience, try and practice.
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Generally, with the Women's Clinic we have a pretty even split of people who are fairly new climbers looking to transition outdoors from indoors, and people who have a lot of outdoor climbing experience.
And, we're extra lucky to be able to share time with our dog friends who wear themselves out each day supervising;-)
sharing time
On the first night of the clinic, when typically everyone splits up for dinner, I invited the group to a new local community space called the Helipad. It's a beautiful spot owned by a friend of mine: you can bring pets and your own beverages, and she also has a vegan food truck called the Moab Kitchen. Everyone loved the Sri Lankan curry from the truck and getting the insider beta to have an awesome locals experience together.
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One of my very favorite parts of the Women's Clinic and the Indian Creek clinic is all the time we spend together as a group
We've stepped up the infrastructure for the Indian Creek clinic camping portion at my land, thanks to Backcountry who provided us with a new Camp Chef stove and outdoor pizza oven. We also built an outdoor kitchen and a sink with gravity fed water, and brought in 4 truckloads of bonfire wood.
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We always have truly amazing people at these clinics..... and generally everyone leaves with new climbing partners and a lot of new friends.
I love how contagious the smiles are!
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