Rock Climbing & Guiding

  • Richard Lin on Gunsight to South Peak Direct, Seneca Rocks, West Virginia
  • Baboquivari Peak via the Forbes-Montoya West Route, Arizona
  • High Exposure, Gunks, New York. Photo: Chad Silva
  • Asher Kirchbaum on First Flatiron Direct, Colorado

I’ve been climbing since 2010. I teach indoor rock climbing courses in American Sign Language at Movement Crystal City & Rockville, and instruct/guide outdoors in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia for Sportrock Climbing Guides. Contact me directly if you’re interested in indoor instruction or outdoor guiding.

I’m also a co-founder of Climb Deaf DC and a co-author of the Rakkup guidebook for Carderock, MD with a print guidebook planned for release in mid-2024.

Taken from “Today’s nominees for the Worst Toprope Anchor Ever,” posted Oct 25, 2014 on dumbanchors.blogspot.com. Photo: John Gregory

Dumb Anchors

My new life goal is to not get featured on this blog.

What I bring most of the time for top-roping. Sometimes I will also bring hand and finger-sized cams.

Gear for Outdoor Climbing at Carderock or Great Falls

When I started climbing outdoors, I’d just finished Earth Treks’ Top Rope Systems I course. I was excited and wanted to start climbing outdoors right away. I…

Our rakkup Carderock guidebook!

Brian Florence and I wrote a Carderock guidebook on rakkup as a labor of love. The rakkup app works on iPhones and Android. The app is free on the Google and…