CHALKLINE

Three weeks out

Classes

From a first-ever session to lead certification. Every one has a hard cap, because a coach watching sixteen people is a coach watching nobody.

Book a class

Pick the class and the date you want. The desk confirms by email, usually the same day.

Only needed for Kids Climb Club, which is ages 6 to 12.

Chalkline is a demo. Nothing you submit is stored or sent.

Every class

What each one is, who runs it, how many get in, and what it costs if you're paying at the desk. Members with class credits spend those instead.

Class · New to it

Intro to Bouldering

Shoes, chalk, how to fall, and forty minutes actually climbing. No experience, no gear, no rope.

When
Mon, Wed 6:30pm · Sat 11:00am
Coach
Tessa Boyd
Length
60 min
Cap
12 people
Costs
1 credit or $22
Course · New to it

Learn to Belay

Top-rope belay certification. Knots, commands, catching a fall, and the test at the end. Pass it and the ropes open up.

When
Tue, Thu 6:00pm
Coach
Marisol Vega
Length
90 min
Cap
8 people
Costs
2 credits or $45
Course · Been at it

Lead Climbing Clinic

Clipping, back-clipping, taking a real lead fall on purpose. Six people, two hours, one rope each.

When
Wed 7:00pm
Coach
Marisol Vega
Length
120 min
Cap
6 people
Costs
2 credits or $60
Before you can
Belay certification
Class · Any level

Movement Lab

Footwork, body tension, and the drills that fix them. Lunchtime, so you can climb badly and still make your 2pm.

When
Tue 12:00pm
Coach
Dev Ranganathan
Length
75 min
Cap
10 people
Costs
1 credit or $28
Class · Any level

Strength for Climbers

Pulling, pressing, and the antagonist work nobody does until their elbow hurts. Before work.

When
Mon, Fri 7:00am
Coach
Amara Okonkwo
Length
60 min
Cap
10 people
Costs
1 credit or $24
Class · Any level

Yoga for Climbers

Hips, shoulders, and the parts of you that got short. Mats provided. The Sunday one is the slower of the two.

When
Wed 7:00am · Sun 10:00am
Coach
Jo Ferrell
Length
60 min
Cap
16 people
Costs
1 credit or $18
Youth · Ages 6 to 12

Kids Climb Club

Saturday mornings. Games, ropes, and a lot of chalk on the floor.

When
Sat 9:30am
Coach
Tessa Boyd
Length
60 min
Cap
14 people
Costs
1 credit or $25
Ages
6 to 12
Youth · Team only

Youth Team Practice

Team only. Tryouts run twice a year and the roster is set for the season.

When
Tue, Thu 4:00pm
Coach
Marisol Vega
Length
90 min
Cap
20 people
Ages
9 to 17
Social · Any level

Women's Climb Night

Thursday nights. Free with any membership, and there's always someone happy to spot you.

When
Thu 7:00pm
Coach
Jo Ferrell
Length
120 min
Cap
24 people
Costs
Free to members, $22 otherwise
Social · Any level

Adaptive Climbing

Sunday afternoons, free to everyone, adaptive equipment and trained belayers on hand. Tell us what you need when you book.

When
Sun 1:00pm
Coach
Amara Okonkwo
Length
90 min
Cap
8 people
Costs
Free
Social · Any level

Friday Night Send

Fresh set every Friday, scorecards on the desk, and pizza at nine. Free with any membership.

When
Fri 6:00pm
Coach
Tessa Boyd
Length
180 min
Cap
40 people
Costs
Free to members, $15 otherwise

Who's coaching

Marisol Vega

Head coach and setter

Sets most of what you climb here and runs the belay and lead courses. Thinks technique beats trying harder, and is usually right.

Tessa Boyd

Intro and youth coach

Takes almost every first-timer through their first session. Good at making a wall look shorter than it is.

Dev Ranganathan

Movement coach

Runs the movement lab. Will film you falling off the same problem six times and then explain exactly why.

Amara Okonkwo

Strength and adaptive coach

Strength work for climbers, and the adaptive session on Sundays. Trained as a physio before she trained anyone else.

Jo Ferrell

Yoga and community

Yoga on Wednesday mornings and Sunday mornings, and the person who started Thursday climb night.