Rise Up Climbing

Birthday Parties

• Class schedule: Sat and Sun 1 - 3 PM, 3 - 5 PM or other prearranged time to your liking • Pre-registration required
• Price: $18 members, $20 non-members

There are few thrills in life like reaching the top of a climbing wall under your own power. If a unique and adventurous birthday gift for your child is what you seek, schedule a birthday party with us. We guarantee the experience will be memorable! Our birthday instructors are trained to play interactive climbing games that mimic well known kids' activities such as capture the flag, and with a ratio of no more than four kids to one birthday instructor, everyone climbs as much as they want. Give your child a birthday memory that won't fade, register with us today!

What to expect from a Rise Up birthday party…

• Active. We guarantee no more than four kids per birthday instructor ensuring that all party participants get to climb as much as they want. By the end of our birthday parties you can expect the climbers to be tired but exhilarated by the experience.
• Fun. Our birthday instructors are encouraging and are trained to gauge the interest of your party in certain climbing activities. If the kids don’t like one thing, they’ll try another, and the party will evolve into what the participants make of it.
• Interesting. Climbing requires a birthday participant to think as well as act. Each climb is a puzzle to be solved through mental and physical exertion, and our birthday instructors are skilled in helping each child figure each climb out. Climbing is not simply entertainment; it teaches problem solving and decision making in a healthy, active environment.
• Healthy. Climbing requires physical exertion and has been shown to be a total body activity. A birthday participant will get some exercise out of the party and possibly ignite a longer term interest in activity.

Your birthday party will receive…

• 90 minutes of climbing with our trained and experienced birthday instructors. Again, we guarantee no more than four kids per birthday instructor ensuring that all party participants get to climb as much as they want.
• Exclusive use of our party room following the climbing session. Bring whatever food and drink you’d like – we have no restrictions. You can also choose to decorate the party room if you wish.
• Priority. Although we can’t guarantee that a particular climb will be available at any given moment during a birthday party, our instructors have priority and can usually arrange climbing anywhere on our roped walls. Tell us where you’d like your birthday party participants to climb, and we’ll do our best to make it happen.

Make your reservation today, it’ll be the birthday party that everyone will remember.

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Team Rise Up

• Class schedule:
  Beginner team: Tuesday or Wednesday 5 - 7 pm
  Advanced team: Tuesday and Thursday 5:30 - 7:30 pm • Pre-registration required
• Price:
  Beginner team: $15 added to monthly membership dues. Participants must be Rise Up members.
  Advanced team: $40 added to monthly membership dues. Participants must be Rise Up members.
  

Team Rise Up is on-going climbing instruction for youth, but that doesn’t begin to describe the essence of the program. Conceived to provide training and guidance to young climbers interested in pursuing climbing as a sport, the program provides basic to advanced instruction in a team oriented format. The Team is segmented into two groups: Beginner and Advanced depending on aptitude, interests, and experience.

Unlike most other sports where participation means beating an opponent, the nature of climbing allows it to be competitive with other climbers or simply with oneself. A child need not compete in sanctioned events to grow and advance, the climbing itself provides the motivation in the form of one against the wall. Although participating in USA Climbing’s youth competition series is encouraged and Advanced team practices emphasize the skills and training required to excel at competitions, non-competitive team members will still find that the training provided can be applied to improving recreational climbing. Team members can expect to see their climbing performance improve while learning teamwork and making new friends in a structured environment.

Our Beginner team focuses on climbing safety basics such as rope skills and foundational movement. Our primary goal is to provide fun, multi-dimensional activities designed to build confidence, coordination, and self-sufficiency in a climbing oriented environment. Beginners start out learning to put on a harness, belay, and how to use the holds effectively. Team building games are interspersed with climbing activities to keep the program fresh and the kids interested.

Prerequisites: None.
Schedule: One session per week on either Tuesday or Wednesday from 5 – 7 pm.

The Advanced team is Rise Up’s competitive level of instruction. Our goal is for each climber to pursue his or her potential in a supportive but demanding environment. Advanced climbers spend additional time and effort conditioning as well as learning to effectively participate in sanctioned regional competitions. The team travels to several regional venues twice per year to compete against climbers from other facilities. For those talented enough the series culminates in annual national championships!

Prerequisites: Must be able to redpoint 5.10b in an average of three attempts.
Schedule: Two sessions per week on Tuesday and Thursday from 5: 30 – 7:30 pm.