Raleigh North Carolina Based Rock Climbing Guiding, Climbing Trips, Climbing Classes and Instruction » sport climbing http://www.ascentadventure.com Website of North Carolina rock climbing guides and team building facilitators Ascent Adventure Consultants. We are the preferred guide service in the southeast United States, offering climbing trips (day and weekend trips) on the best routes and areas in NC, outdoor climbing instruction, and team building and leadership development programs. Make Ascent your guide service for 2009. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:30:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Training for Your Climbing Preference http://www.ascentadventure.com/2009/11/training-for-your-climbing-preference/ http://www.ascentadventure.com/2009/11/training-for-your-climbing-preference/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:05:23 +0000 brandon http://www.ascentadventure.com/?p=1960 When I’m not out actually climbing, I spend a lot of time training for climbing, and talking to others about training for climbing. I love helping others excel in this amazing sport. One thing that I often run into is that sometimes people don’t understand that training needs to be specific to the climbing discipline that you wish to excel at. For example, if you are a boulderer, you don’t need to train in stamina, but rather focus on maximum strength and power. Sport climbers need to focus on maximum strength and power, and also some anaerobic endurance, to help them avoid that flash-pump common to short powerful routes. Trad climbers need to focus on all 3 areas, stamina being the most important. Without a solid foundation of stamina, long multi pitch routes will result in fatigue and possibly failure. So take a moment to consider how you train for climbing performance? Are you being specific to your goals?

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]]> http://www.ascentadventure.com/2009/07/triangle-rock-club-2/feed/ 0 Red River Gorge Rock Climbing Weekend http://www.ascentadventure.com/2009/03/red-river-gorge-rock-climbing-weekend/ http://www.ascentadventure.com/2009/03/red-river-gorge-rock-climbing-weekend/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:49:05 +0000 brandon http://www.ascentadventure.com/?p=825 The canyon system of the Red River gorge is stacked high with beautiful sandstone cliffs, waterfalls, and arches. The unique quality of the rock, and the superb location of the Red River Gorge have caused this area to become one of the top climbing destinations in the world.

It is a privilege to be able to guide our clients in a world-wide climbing destination. This is definitely a trip that you do not want to miss. There are climbs here for everyone, whether beginner or advanced. Sport climbing (i.e. bolted climbing) abounds, making it a great location to be introduced to lead climbing as well!

Travel Information:

Clients will meet on Friday Evening at 6:00PM at Miguel’s Pizza (world-famous among climbers!) to set up camp. The weekend will be spent climbing at Red River Gorge. The trip will conclude at 5:00PM Sunday evening.

To sign up for the trip, or for more information, please fill out the following form

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