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performance rock climbing for youth and young adults
 
 
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performance rock climbing programs and mentorship for youth and young adults

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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trips, camps, and gap year courses to the best sport climbing, bouldering, and deep water solo destinations on earth

 
 
 
 
 
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summer trips & camps for ages 10-19

Our rock climbing trips are the ideal summer application for young athletes dedicated to gym training and competition during the school year.

coaching & travel consultation

We’re now offering personal coaching for youth and young adults. We also offer travel consultation to help you plan a small group or family trip to the best climbing destinations on earth!

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gap year courses for ages 18-23

Combine sport climbing & bouldering with travel & cultural immersion. Our 1-3 month courses are for young adults who are driven to succeed.

adult trips

In 2024 we’re launching the first of our series of performance climbing trips for adults, combining world-class rock, culture, beaches, history, and wine!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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our mission

to take motivated youth and young adult athletes to the best rock on earth

to give them the opportunity, resources, mentorship, and motivation to succeed and be safe

to teach them about our earth, its inhabitants, fragility, and finite nature

and to help with the task of developing impassioned, aware, and responsible adults

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Sadly, we’re not in Catalunya like we were a year ago 😢 But we will gladly return next year! If you’ll be 18-23 and want to up your skill and ability on the best sport climbs in the southern Pyrenees, start planning! Our Spring in Catal
Greece ‘24 Fall Gap Year Course is coming! Spend one month (or more) in the southern Peloponnesus like alpha mentor @olivia.harmanos did in 2019. Details on our website. Our one-of-a-kind performance rock climbing gap year programs combine wor
Summer 2024 Sport & Bouldering trips to Norway 🇳🇴! We have 2 spots remaining for each trip - Sport 👉 July 16 - August 2 in the Flatanger area Boulders 👉 July 16 - August 2 in the Lofoten Islands Ages 14+ Details at our website alphaclimbing
Summer 2024 Performance Rock Climbing Trips for Teen Athletes - spots are going fast for our international trips: June 17 - July 2 — Basque Country Sport July 2 - 16 — Cantabria/Asturias Sport July 16 - Aug. 2 — Norway Sport July 16
#letsgoclimbing, cause summer is coming and we’re going to the Bighorns, the Basque Country, northern Spain, Norway, and the Black Hills. Registration is open for most of our Summer ‘24 programs, although a few details are being finalized
#letsgoclimbing. We’ll be in nature. We’ll feel the warm sun on our back and the soft dirt under our feet. Let’s go climbing. We won’t need artificial intelligence. We can leave our phones behind. We’ll miss Black Frida
Registration is open for our first ever adult program: the Climbing Moms Wine Tour, May 4-12, 2024 in the Peloponnesus of Greece. Pictured here is the lovely village which will host the group for most of the tour. This trip is open to females 21+ who
We are beyond excited to announce our first-ever trip for adult women (ages 21+), the long awaited Climbing Mom’s Wine Tour, May 4-12, 2024. Our 8-day tour of the Peloponnesus of southern Greece will combine world-class sport climbing & men
 
 

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We usually have some sort of ongoing theme in our mentorship. It’s continually changing, adapting to trends, or simply addressing a need in the ever-expanding mentorship gap that exists between gym climbing and being in/with nature. For 2023 (and probably into 2024), our theme is, let’s go climbing.

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Do I Really Need This?
Do I Really Need This?

One of the purest aspects of climbing is that it is an activity that requires no equipment. However, in the discipline of sport climbing and bouldering, it is acceptable and encouraged to use specialized equipment to minimize the risk of injury and accident and increase performance.

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Cerro Agujerado by Quinn Taubman-Harper
Cerro Agujerado by Quinn Taubman-Harper

Upon our arrival I was both excited and nervous. Cerro Agujerado was larger and more intricate than I had visualized. Mark and Joel pointed out the existing routes. It was clear that there was room for more. This prospect of so many beautiful climbs still to be put up was something I had never experienced. I had never been involved with the inception of a world class crag.

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