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Educational Clinics

Adventure Pursuits offers a variety of educational clinics during the fall and spring semesters. Clinics are open to all TU students, faculty and staff with a valid TU OneCard.

Kayaking

Come one come all to test your paddling abilities in the water! No kayaking experience necessary, learn basic to advanced kayaking skills such as wet water exits and rolls from highly skilled kayakers in the Burdick Swimming Pool. All you need is your OneCard, bathing suit, a towel and health insurance. Participants will be required to pass a basic swim test. No registration is necessary but there are limited spots so arrive early.

Clinics are held Wednesdays from 8-10 p.m. starting Feb. 6, 2013, and running through May 8, 2013. There will be no clinic during spring break.

Top Rope Belay

This free clinic is for climbers who want to learn how to belay and expand their climbing knowledge. No experience is necessary but we do require your TU OneCard and health insurance. Clinics will be held Feb. 5, 2013, through May 8, 2013.

Alternating Mondays and Tuesdays, 7-8:30 p.m.
Wednesdays, 3:30-5 p.m.
Register in the Climbing Gym located in the Fitness Center in Burdick Hall.

Lead Climbing

Want to improve your technique, foot work, and mental strength? The Lead Clinic will prepare individuals for the Lead Test by teaching clipping, lead belaying, and the procedures of lead climbing. This free clinic will introduce climbers to a whole new realm of climbing and will ease the transition from inside to outside techniques.

Spring 2013 clinics will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Feb. 27, March 27, April 24, and May 8.

Movement Clinic

If you want to improve your climbing technique, then this is the clinic for you! Topics include balance, movement, and positioning yourself to further improve your climbing. You WILL leave this clinic as a smarter climber.

Spring 2013 clinics will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Feb. 7, March 7, April 4, and May 2.

Gym to Crag Series

The purpose of the From Gym to Cragseries is to instruct individuals on the techniques used in an outdoor environment for top rope set-ups. This will include knots, natural anchors, and techniques. In an effort to broaden Towson University's climbing community, the From Gym to Cragseries will allow climbers to have firsthand instruction from experienced instructors and climbers involved with Adventure Pursuits.

The clinic will be broken up into three components that will be taught independently of one another.

During Clinic One (Knots), different types of knots will be examined and discussed. In Spring 2013, this clinic will take place in the Climbing Gym from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Feb. 13, Feb. 19, and April 25.

During Clinic Two (Anchors), types of anchors will be examined and discussed, as well as the EARNEST principle of anchor building. In Spring 2013, this clinic will take place in the Climbing Gym from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on March 6, March 12, and April 3.

During Clinic Three, the skills learned in the first two clinics will be utilized in an outdoor setting to set up a top rope system. This clinic will take place at Great Falls National Park in Great Falls, Va., on May 11, 2013. The cost of this clinic is $30. Click here for more information.

Clients must attend the first two clinics before attending Clinic Three.

Each clinic can be attended separately, but it is strongly recommended that clients attend all three.

Students who have completed Clinics One and Two must take a short written assessment to demonstrate knowledge of skills learned before participating in Clinic Three.

Students need to receive a score of 80% in order to pass.
Students are allowed two test attempts.
Study materials will be provided.