Presented by Arc’teryx
Flash Foxy Education courses are only open to women and genderqueer climbers. All courses will be taught by women and genderqueer instructors.
Dates: Saturday 06/22 - Sunday 06/23
Location: Shawangunk Ridge (aka the Gunks) in New Paltz, NY.
Cost: We are thrilled to be able to offer a sliding scale of $50-$400 for our two-day clinics thanks to Arc’teryx, our Education Partner. If $50 is cost prohibitive, you are invited to apply for a full scholarship by clicking here. You can also register directly for a scholarship ticket for $0-$50 through this page for all courses taking place at Minnewaska State Park.
How does sliding-scale pricing work? How much should I pay?
It’s up to you how much you pay, but here are some things you can keep in mind when deciding what price is best for you. The average cost of a 2-day guided course is about $350. All the tuition payments go right back into this program so that we can run more courses and provided more full scholarships!
Here’s a loose guideline to help you decide where you might fall on the sliding-scale:
- It can be hard to pay rent and cover other basic necessities > Apply for a scholarship!
- I can pay for basic necessities, but I do not have extra income for things like a climbing gym membership > Apply for a scholarship!
- I can pay for basic necessities and some luxury items like a climbing gym membership > $50-$100
- I am able to afford or save up for occasional weekend trips and the costs associated with that (rental car, park fees, owning gear, etc) > $100-$200
- I can afford regular weekend trips and the costs associated with that (rental car, park fees, owning gear, etc) > $200-$300
- I am financially comfortable and able to help support scholarships for future course participants > $300-$400
*Please also consider that income is not the same as wealth. Income is the amount of money you make. Wealth is passed down from generation to generation and usually takes the form of inheritances, land ownership, and/or earning power. We ask that you take into account not only your income but also your wealth when choosing your price point within our sliding scale.
Climber Requirements: Participants have top-roped a minimum of ten climbs on at least three separate occasions outdoors. Some experience placing and cleaning trad gear - for example, in Flash Foxy’s Intro to Trad course - is required. Some experience with leading sport (indoors or outdoors), and/or following trad climbs is helpful, but not required.
Course Description: Flash Foxy’s Trad Anchors + Rescue Skills course covers essential anchoring and rescue skills for a successful outing at your favorite sport or trad climbing crag. This course gives you all the tools you need to support the act of climbing itself. We’ll cover setting and cleaning anchors, be it on bolts, with traditional protection such as stoppers and cams, or by using a static line with terrain features like boulders and trees. Additionally, we’ll cover solutions to common mishaps at the crag, be it getting hair caught in a belay device, a rope being too short for a route, ascending a rope to help a climber, or hauling a climber through a crux as the belayer.
This is a skills-intensive course, and we’ll focus on learning fundamentals on the ground, then practicing those skills in a low-risk vertical setting with review and feedback from our instructors. Most of our course time will be spent working on skills with very little rock climbing, so come prepared to spend time hanging in your harness!
Learning Outcomes:
- Have a working knowledge of key equipment, including climbing shoes, harnesses, helmets, chalk, dynamic climbing rope, static lines, slings/cordelette, carabiners, quickdraws and alpine draws, cams, and stoppers, assisted and non-assisted belay/rappel devices, and friction cords.
- Practice building common single-pitch anchors on bolts and with traditional protection.
- Practice building not-so-common single-pitch anchors with terrain features.
- How to safely manage a crag that’s accessed from the top.
- Be proficient in cleaning anchors via lowering + rappelling, including at least two variations for each, and improvised rappel skills, including using two ropes for long single-pitch routes.
- Practice basic rescue skills, including belay takeovers, ascending (including improvised tools), hauling, and lowering with another climber in the system.
- Be knowledgeable about anchoring (“rigging”) and rescue jargon.
- Connect with other climbers interested in single-pitch climbing.
Instructors: Alexis Krauss (she/her) + Marian Perez (they/she)
Guide Service Partner: Rise Outside
For more information on our refund policy, please check our Education FAQs.
