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Ice Skating, 2/27, 12-3pm

Valentina Minak

Let’s go ice skating at the Ice Park, before it gets warm: Sunday, 2/27 12-3PM Meet at Lambeth at 11:45AM, and we can drive over together. I live in building 465, in apartment 3 (second floor). If 10 or more people sign up, we will get the group discount: $4.50 including the skate rental. (Compare this to the usual price …

Peak for Aarash’s Birthday!!

Marc Schwartz

Help me celebrate the 32nd birthday of our amazing head climbing instructor, Aarash! Show your appreciation for all the work he has done to teach and support the climbers in our club by helping to give him a memorable birthday!! Peak Experiences Climbing Gym is located outside of Richmond, VA and is one of the best indoor climbing gyms around. …

Indoor Climbing at Peak Experiences

Marc Schwartz

Peak Experiences Climbing Gym is located outside of Richmond, VA and is one of the best indoor climbing gyms around. There is a 2 for 1 deal on Thursdays for students, so we’ll get in at half price: $5.50 (make sure you bring your student ID). You must pass a belay test at peak to be allowed to belay there, …

Intermediate Climbing at Peak

Rick Evans

Peak Experiences is the best climbing gym in the world- ever. In fact, most expert climbers frequently prefer Peak instead of El Cap, the Eiger, or Cerro Torre, when asked thier favorite place to climb. After hitting up the world class routes at Peak, there is an optional after party at MarK’s house. Although not really a party at all, …

Indoor Climbing at Peak Experiences

Marc Schwartz

Peak Experiences Climbing Gym is located outside of Richmond, VA and is one of the best indoor climbing gyms around. There is a 2 for 1 deal on Thursdays for students, so we’ll get in at half price: $5.50 (make sure you bring your student ID). You must pass a belay test at peak to be allowed to belay there, …

Rocky Top, Again…

Rick Evans

In case you missed the other two trips to Rocky Top this week- here is yet another chance. Rocky Top is a fun place with something for everybody- regardless of their level of experience. On this trip, you can learn how to belay, tie into a harness, and learn the basic elements of climbing communication.

Indoor Climbing at the Peak

Aarash Sofla

If you are around here let’s go and do the club first climbing trip of the year. Peak is a nice gym in Richmond with several beginner and advanced routes. if you don’t know how to belay go ahead and sign up, there should be enough certified people to belay you, if not then I may need to ask you …

“Buy One Get One Free” Climbing at the Peak

Aarash Sofla

Thursday night is “buy one get one free” at the peak experience gym at Richmond. so we can climb half price (5.50$) http://www.peakexperiences.com/overview.htm The gym is a good one and is much bigger than Charlottesville gyms. so if you want to challenge some 70 ft routes, join. to belay there everybody must pass a belay test once. If you are …

Marjan’s Bday Party at Peak!

Marc Schwartz

Come help me celebrate Marjan’s birthday (actually on Friday) this Thursday evening at Peak Experiences Climbing Gym in Richmond! We’ll head down there around 6 and try to be back by 11 PM at the latest. *If you can’t leave at that time, sign up and tell me what time you can leave, I’ll do my best to work it …

Fun Climbing and Fine Dining

Marc Schwartz

It’s that time of the week again: we’ll head to the gym around 7, climb until 9 when it closes, then go to IHOP for the college night half off deal! This has been lots of fun the past couple weeks and participation has been growing, so come on out and meet some great people. Beginners are welcome! Rocky Top …

Climbing at Peak

Andrew Jesaitis

Peak Experiences is one of the finest climbing gyms in Virginia, and is only an hour away. There’s a belay test that first timers to the gym have to take to be able to belay. So you should know how to belay if you are signing up. We’ll meet at Echols before we leave to get gear. Please be prompt …

Climb at Peak While It Rains!

Katrina Salmons

In lieu of climbing at Summersville tomorrow (80% prediction for t-storms) I’m setting up a trip to climb at Peak Experiences climbing gym in Richmond. Sophie’s setting up a trip to the New for Sat night – Sun night. Peak’s a huge climbing gym with bouldering, top rope and sport routes. Anyone who know’s how to belay and tie in …

Rocky Top After Thursday Class

Andrew Olesen

I’d like to head out to Rocky Top (in C-ville) for another midweek climb, so I figured I’d open it up to everyone else. The limit is 5, but I may add one or two more depending on drivers. You really only need to bring money ($7 to use the rock gym). My goal is to be at the gym …

Indoor Climbing

Thiago Ize

We will be toproping and sport climbing at Peak Experiences climbing gym near Richmond. Peak Experiences is a really nice BIG gym with high quality routes. The only requirement is that you already know how to belay. If you don’t want to wait in line there too long, go ahead and complete their waiver now: http://www.peakexperiences.com/images/kjt-waiver.pdf Outdoors at UVa provides: …

Climbing Indoors

Thiago Ize

We will be climbing indoors at one of the nicest climbing gyms in VA. This trip is suitable for complete beginners as well as the most advanced climber — they have a 5.14a 🙂 We’ll bring one of our nice clean lead ropes for those who know how to sport climb and want to try some of the sport routes …

Rock Climbing indoors

Thiago Ize

We will be climbing indoors at one of the nicest climbing gyms in VA. This trip is suitable for anyone who already knows how to belay. The gym offers sport routes, in addition to troprope, for those interested. I put down 7pm as the end time, but if people want to climb longer or less we can have groups of …

Rock Climbing indoors

Thiago Ize

We will be climbing indoors at one of the nicest climbing gyms in VA. This trip is suitable for anyone including beginers. The gym offers sport routes, in addition to troprope, for those interested. I put down 7pm as the end time, but if people want to climb longer or less we can have groups of people leave at different …

Rock Climbing indoors

Thiago Ize

We will be climbing indoors at one of the nicest climbing gyms in VA. This trip is suitable for anyone including beginers. The gym offers sport routes, in addition to troprope, for those interested. I put down 8pm as the end time, but if people want to climb longer or less we can have groups of people leave at different …

Thursday Climbing

James Eaton

rock climbing at peak experiences in richmond Outdoors at UVa provides: climbing gear You must bring: climbing skill, i will not due the work for you

Peak Climbing

James Eaton

rock climbing for experienced climbers Outdoors at UVa provides: climbing gear, transporation You must bring: themselves

Climbing at Peak Experiences

Dave Clark

We’ll be spending the day near Richmond at Peak experiences, one of the nicest climbing gyms in VA. This trip is suitable for all levels. If you’ve never climbed (I know of a couple people going who haven’t), we’ll spend some time before we leave going over the basics, for you’ll have to take a short and easy belay test …

Indoor Rock Climbing – Peak Experiences

Dave Clark

Peak Experiences is one of the finest climbing gyms in Virginia, and is only an hour away. There’s a belay test that first timers to the gym have to take to be able to belay. Don’t worry first timers, we can over how to belay before we get there. Besides, if you fail the test you can still climb, just …

Indoor Climbing

Aarash Sofla

sunday may be rainy so let’s go to the peak experience gym to pratice climbing! if you are a beginner and don’t know how belay,to no worries. we meet at the locker at 10:30 to practice belaying and will head to richmond at 11. bring, lunch and snaks,9$ for climbing fee club provides all climbing gear and money for gas.

JMU Climbing Competition

Daniel Bowring

The “Reach Out Climb” is an annual climbing competiton held to benefit climbing access in Western Virginia. It’s open to all skill levels. If it’s anything like the other competitions I’ve been to, it should be a pretty laid-back event. And of course, interesting climbing is always worth the trip. For more information, check out the following link: http://www.jmu.edu/recreation/adventure/roc.shtml P.S. …

Saturday Climbing In Richmond

James Eaton

This trip is for people who have climbed before and know how to belay. Please bring $9.00 (or $11.00 depending on group size) and a snack.

Beginner Climbing: Indoors

Aarash Sofla

if you haven’t ever climbed or don’t know how to belay this trip is for you. We meet here and you will learn how to wear harness, tie in and belay. Then we head to richmond to the peak experience gym to meet the other group there. You will need to pass the test, we will practice for the test …

Advanced Climbing In Richmond This Saturday

James Eaton

If you have climbed before, please join me in going to richmond climbing gym. This Saturday from 1045 am to 4 pm. The cost will be $9 or $11 (depending on group size). Please bring a snack for you and me 😉

Climbing At Richmond Gym

James Eaton

If you know how to belay, please escape the winter cold at the Richmond indoor climbing gym. Things to bring: $11 fee for climbing and maybe a snack

Indoor Climbing

Aarash Sofla

This trip is for people who know how to belay. if you haven’t been in the peak you will need to pass a belay test to be able to belay others. it’s student night when climbing in the peak experience gym is half price if we are an even number.if not club pays for the extra person. bring 5.50$ club …

Indoor Climbing

Aarash Sofla

This trip is for people who have belayed before. If you haven’t been in the peak you will need to pass a belay test to be able to belay others. It’s student night when climbing in the peak experience gym is half price if we are an even number. If not the club pays for the extra person. You bring …

Peak Experiences

Steffi Kohl

We will go to the climbing gym ‘Peak Experiences’ in Richmond, one of the best ones at the east cost, to do some toprope climbing. We will leave in the afternoon and can stay there till the gym closes at 10:30 pm if you want. For it is still winterbreak, the club doesn’t provide gear but you can rent it …

Indoor Climbing, Peak Experiences

Aarash Sofla

this sat we will be climbing at peak experiences one of the nicest climbing gyms in the East cost. if you haven’t ever been there you would be required by gym to pass the belaying test. it’s easy. if you know how to belay or even don’t we will practice for the test here before leaving, so no worries. the …