Bouldering 101 (Entry Level)

Ozark Climbing Gym

• Requirements:

  • Climbing Shoes

• Recommended:

  • Chalk, Pads, & Stoke!

Interested in learning all the basics to take yourself outdoor bouldering? This informative clinic covers all the ABCs of your first VB-V3s! Jason from OCG will take you on your first well-explained outdoor bouldering trip, making sure you understand the "why" behind our favorite, weird, pebble wrestling hobby. This clinic is here to make sure all your questions have answers, and is the perfect starting spot to make sure your foundation is rock solid!

Warrior’s Way - Falling Clinic (Intermediate Level)

Earlier Start Time: 8:00AM - 12:00PM

Jon Richard, AMGA Rock Guide, SPI Provider - Vertical Voyages

• Requirements:

  • Lead certified in gym & Lead 5.8 Outdoors

  • Rope, Harness, Helmet, Climbing Shoes, & Chalk

This training addresses falling directly to help improve commitment. Students will do progressive falling practice, followed by movement, breathing, resting, and body/mind awareness exercises. Finally, students apply everything to a goal route. Students leave understanding how to take appropriate risks and how to commit to those risks.

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Top Managed Anchor & Belays (Intermediate Level)

Earlier Start Time: 8:00AM - 12:00PM

Al Wiberg, SPI & SCI Provider Trainer - Midwest Mountain Guides

• Requirements:

  • Knowledge or experience in constructing natural and artificial anchors

  • Harness, Manual Braking Device, Assisted Braking Device, Helmet, Shoes

This workshop introduces a range of techniques for building both natural and artificial anchors for top-managed belays. Participants will also learn how to belay from the top using both manual-braking and assisted-braking devices. Prior experience with constructing natural and artificial anchors is recommended.

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Rescue Skills (Intermediate Level)

Randy Judycki - AMGA Certified Rock Guide - Austin Ascents

• Requirements:

  • Can lead 5.8 Sport

  • Prussik, Gri Gri w/ carabiner, 120 cm sling

Learn to do a unweighted transfer, weighted transfer and ascend the rope to rescue a climber

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Intro to Outdoor Climbing (Beginner Level)

Blane McClellan – AMGA SPI – Frontier Climbing

• Requirements:

  • Gym climber looking to learn about outdoor climbing

The who, what, where, when, and why of outdoor rock climbing in Arkansas.  Topics covered in this course include etiquette at the crag, Leave No Trace principles, climbing seasons, AR crags, how to use guidebooks, gear, knots, anchors, and then we'll wrap it up with some top rope climbing as well if we have time.  

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How to be the BEST Belayer (Beginner Level)

Aubrey Miller, CWA Level 3 Instructor

• Requirements:

  • Must know how to top rope belay and climb 5.7

  • Harness, Shoes, Helmet

• Recommended:

  • Belay device, draws, rope, chalk

Learning that next step in taking your belaying skills from the gym to the outside and learning the principles of lead belaying.

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Adaptive Climbing (Beginner Level)

Nat Vorel, AMGA SPI - Trango

Trent Smothers, PCIA Top Managed Climbing Instructor - Assistant

• Requirements:

  • Harness, Shoes,

• Recommended:

  • Belay device, draws, rope, chalk

Designed for climbers with disabilities, head out for a day of climbing with adaptive guide, Nat Vorel. Learn skills and adaptations to apply to your climbing, and enjoy interacting with other adaptive climbers.

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Multi-Pitch Climbing (Beginner Level)

Bradley Dishman

• Requirements:

  • Must Climb 5.8

  • Harness, Shoes, Belay Device, Draws, Rope, Chalk, Helmet

Learn how to get started in Multi pitch climbing! Take your skills from single to multi-pitch, including belay techniques, rope management and descent options.

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Sport Climbing I (Beginner Level)

Mike Hoover & Taylor Weichman, PCIA CWI Provider, SCI Provider, SPI Provider – Midwest Mountain Guides

• Requirements:

  • Capable of comfortably climbing 5.6 – 5.7 terrain on top-rope

  • Capable of safety belaying with a manual (ATC) and assisted (Grigi) belay device

  • Harness, Shoes, Belay Device, Draws, Rope, Chalk, Helmet

This clinic is designed to introduce the basics of sport climbing for those who want to explore the world of lead climbing outdoors.  During this clinic, participants will focus on crag/route selection, route and hardware evaluation, clipping techniques/stance, belay techniques, and site management considerations when climbing outdoors.  This clinic will build on an afternoon Sport Climbing II clinic, but participants may choose to participate in either one or both depending on interests.

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Make it to Your Anchors NO MATTER WHAT: Sorcery to Survive Any Pitch (Intermediate Level)

Jeremy Collins – Horseshoe Hell

• Requirements:

  • Ideally confident/capable single pitch leader

  • Harness, Shoes, Belay Device, Rope, Draws, Helmet, Chalk

Aid tricks for free climbers, free tricks for aid climbers.

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Rappelling Fundamentals (Beginner Level)

Raul Escobar, WFA – Climb Bentonville

• Requirements:

  • Capable of belaying top-rope

  • Harness, Helmet

• Recommended:

  • ATC or tube-style belay device, Other Belay Devices, Slings or PAS Material, Draws, Rope

What goes up must come down. Learn how to get down, to the ground, safely! An introductory clinic about properly rigging your decent for various situations.  Focusing on double rope rappelling with an ATC style device.

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ASCL / Youth Climbing (Beginner Level)

Katie Jo Meyers, Lane Alexander, Sharon Bennett – American Scholastic Climbing League

• Requirements:

  • No experience necessary, willingness and ability to make short/steep hike

• Recommended:

  • Personnel gear is preferred, but through ASCL we should have some gear available, if needed

This clinic is open to all middle and high school aged kids.  We will climb on TR, as well as practice skills such as tying in, belaying, and mock leading. (Parents/siblings are also welcome to tag along as they did last year).

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Women’s Clinic: 5.10 & Up! (Intermediate Level)

Elisha Gallegos

• Requirements:

  • 5 or more 5.10 routes red pointed in the past

  • Harness, Shoes, Chalk, Helmet, Belay Device, and growth mindset

• Recommended:

  • Rope (40 – 70m), Snacks, and Water

Women's climbing clinic will be a friendly and welcoming environment with climbing as our main focus. We will have a 5.10+ category in the morning. We can project and discuss goals for our climbing and then apply those goals to the climbs. We can discuss our likes and dislikes when it involves moral support such a beta given or not. Some climbers prefer gentle cheering, while others prefer a cheer squad.

Intro to Trad Placements (Beginner Level)

Sam Warren, AMGA SPI, SOLO WFR – Arkansas Rock Climbing Guides

• Requirements:

  • Should be familiar with outdoor rock climbing

  • Harness

This is the place to see, learn, and assess trad gear for the first time. We will cover the common uses of the most popular trad gear, what it was designed to do, and practice placing pieces.

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Intro to Trad Climbing (Beginner Level)

Judith Brown

• Requirements:

  • Must know how to lead sport routes up to 5.7

  • Harness, Helmet, Belay Device

• Recommended:

  • Standard rack of trad gear (e.g. BD 0.5 – 3 size cams), rope, draws

Starting steps in learning trad climbing with a seasoned trad climber!

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Trad Falls and Catches (Intermediate Level)

Carol Fittell, AMGA Apprentice Rock Guide

• Requirements:

  • Must be able to lead belay, lead climb, and have basic understanding of traditional gear placement and evaluation.

  • Harness, shoes, helmet, locking carabiners

• Recommended:

  • Belay device, trad gear, draws, rope, chalk

Know how to place gear but struggle to trust your evaluation? Let’s plug some nuts and cams to hang, bounce, and fall on with a top rope backup. Belayers will get to practice soft catches.

Stronger Sends, Fewer Setbacks – Performance & Injury Prevention (All Levels)

Dr. Nick Virden, Doctor of Physical Therapy; Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist; Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist – be.dynamic Physical Therapy

Join Dr. Nick Virden for a hands-on, performance-focused clinic designed to help climbers move better, stay injury-free, and unlock their strongest season yet. Throughout this session, you’ll learn the key movement patterns that support powerful, efficient climbing; how to train finger, shoulder, and core strength safely; and practical strategies to prevent common climbing injuries before they stop your momentum. Expect interactive training, take-home drills, and plenty of real-world applications built for climbers of all levels who want to send harder and feel better doing it.

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Wilderness First Aid (Entry Level)

Dave Thompson, EMT

• Requirements:

  • Climbing Day Pack

You and your partner are alone climbing and one of you gets hurt....What do you do? This class gives you the tools to make quick fixes for minor injuries and creative solutions for self-rescue.

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Big Objectives (Intermediate Level)

Dr. Cole Fennel, Doctor of Chiropractic, Certified Functional Medicine Clinician - Ozark Holistic Center

• Requirements:

  • Lead climbing experience

How to train for, prepare, and execute big walls and endurance climbing objectives while living in Arkansas.