Monday, May 25, 2015

The Smith Rock Climbing Guides Are The Mentors Of This Generation

By Tammie Caldwell


Arizona is home to some of the most beautiful cliffs on the planet, and they have become famous through Hollywood movies dating back. Nestled within this landscape is a school that was established in the early 1980s, and continues to take in students to this day. The most important personalities in this school are the Smith Rock climbing guides.

The American Mountain Guides Association has granted this school an official accreditation, and students are in love with their program. Nothing challenges a person quite like defying the natural laws of gravity, along with their own animal instinct which tells them to stay on the ground. The boost of confidence one receives when they challenge themselves up against a wall of rock can help treat most forms of depression, social anxiety, and drug addiction.

There are twelve individuals who are charged with the task of providing instruction to new students that come into their school. These men are experienced climbers, having travelled the world in order to be challenged upon new rocks and ledges. Steep slopes are their office, and they are limited only by the point where land meets sky.

The average guide comes from a family who liked to climb, and many of them have been on the rocks and the ski slopes from a very early age. Anyone who has gone to the gyms that specialize in climbs and repelling has probably seen small children. Young people lack the instinctive fear of heights, and there is nothing like seeing a three or four-year-old climb like a little spider monkey, in any direction as effortlessly as an adult walks up a flight of stairs.

It is never recommended that very small children attend a serious outdoor climb with their parents. However, once a child becomes an adolescent, they can become students of this organization along with their parents. Some of these kids are already half-way to becoming experienced enough to enjoy providing guidance and instruction to others in the years to come.

For neophytes, a fifteen minute climb can provide them with a workout equivalent to an hour of group fitness. Simply climbing a wall utilizes every muscle the body has, and the endorphins released help to sharpen the mind and strengthen the spirit. Attending class or visiting a climbers park weekly can help any lazy office-dweller stay fit, and it is an excellent team-building activity.

As a hobby, it can provide a person with the strength, stamina, and confidence they need to face any challenge. The guide can help the student learn to plan out a climb, and determine how much equipment should be carried. It challenges personal limitations while also sharpening the mind and strengthening the body.

Many people view these hobbies as being too dangerous to indulge themselves and their families in. The fact is, life is dangerous, and every time a family walks out there door, life provides no guarantees that everyone, or anyone, will return safely. However, when a person is willing to challenge their own threshold of fear and panic, they come out knowing that they have the ability to face whatever is to come.




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