https://www.levitationclimbing.com/home daily 1.0 2023-01-31 https://www.levitationclimbing.com/about daily 0.75 2023-01-13 https://www.levitationclimbing.com/our-instructors daily 0.75 2023-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c81b22d6d7736e1a71ae/1640830769137-OKK6B0I584ZQHGYUW4U9/Shipp+at+the+Harbor.jpg Instructors - Ryan Shipp Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c81b22d6d7736e1a71ae/1667744807920-NNO97JS47IROJH9HDP2V/Cert+Logos.png Instructors Shipp’s Climbing Credentials: American Mountain Guides Association Climbing Wall Instructor Provider, AMGA Single Pitch Instructor Provider, AMGA Multi-Pitch Instructor, WMA Wilderness First Responder, Route Climbing accomplishments of 5.13 Sport and Traditional Routes, Bouldering accomplishments up to V11, USA Climbing Level 1 Coach, USA Climbing Level 1 Route Setter, Petzl Fixed Anchor Workshop trained, AIARE Avalanche L1 certified, Alpine/Mountaineering experience, Ice Climbing experience, Leave No Trace certified, Backcountry experience, competition climbing, climbing specific training, route setting, coaching, and climbing wall design/construction experience. Non-climbing specific certifications and guiding experience: ACA Swiftwater Rescue, ACA Whitewater Kayak L4, PSUPA Whitewater SUP L1, PSUPA Flatwater SUP L1, BICP/IMBA Mountain Biking L1, Canoeing, Rafting, Skiing, Snowboarding, Surfing, Skateboarding, and 20 years of teaching adventure/outdoor education. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c81b22d6d7736e1a71ae/1656087634667-GODJ0CVEBM1YCBBRKCK7/My+girl.JPG Instructors - Sarah Ballard Equanimity. Evenness. Engaged. Sarah Ballard has been personally strengthened by the practices of yoga, mindfulness, and meditation, so she can mentor, reach-out, teach and live by the values she cherishes. She teaches full-time at a private school and educates private clients, small groups, Teacher Trainings, and several classes at the private school. She believes in stepping into your best self every day no matter who you are or what the circumstances. Sarah inspires her students to reach their goals, create powerful and intentional priorities, and embody ease and freedom in the {sometimes} messiness that comes with transformation. How are you living your most awesome life?! Sarah completed her Masters of Arts in Teaching through the University of the Cumberlands and is a certified children's yoga teacher through Rainbow Kid's Yoga, ChildLight, and Cosmic Kids. Her 200-hr certification is through PranaFlow and she completed her 500-hr yoga certification with Create Karma. https://www.levitationclimbing.com/connect daily 0.75 2023-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c81b22d6d7736e1a71ae/1641154464046-LNP14T5FDTDW32IEWR71/Shipp+Big+Truckin.jpg Connect - Levitation Climbing Contact: Ryan Shipp Phone: 717.514.7856 Email: shipp@levitationclimbing.com Base Camp: Camp Hill, Pennsylvania Just as every person is unique, so are our experiences and we like to customize these services to meet your goals. It all starts with connection. https://www.levitationclimbing.com/classes daily 0.75 2024-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c81b22d6d7736e1a71ae/1642797910684-81TFXBJWOAKPHG5WY8QZ/IMG_0336.jpg Climbing - Climbing FUN-damentals Are you new to climbing? Are you just looking for a great day out with an experienced and certified guide? Are you looking for a “rope-gun” to set up harder climbs and get a lot of pitches in? Want someone to handle the systems, anchoring, and cleaning? Come out for some fun climbing on the rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c81b22d6d7736e1a71ae/1642796563025-IDAUW93I6QJJADX3JSSZ/CWI+Clipping.jpg Climbing - AMGA CWI Courses The American Mountain Guide Association Climbing Wall Instructor (CWI) Certification Course is designed for industry professionals. The 20 hour course takes place over 3 days and focuses on developing teaching and technical skills for the indoor/artificial climbing wall instructor. This is a great way to start your career as a professional and a great way to advance your teaching techniques as a veteran instructor. Join a scheduled course or contact us to Host a course at your facility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c81b22d6d7736e1a71ae/1662480405857-Z0P200FMCAM0BYIQH8TI/IMG_3644.jpg Climbing - Group Outings If you have a group and you’re looking for a great bonding experience, individual and group challenges, and time spent in the outdoors with your people, then this is for you. Schools, outing clubs, camps, businesses, sports teams, etc. We customomize rates according to the size of the group and location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c81b22d6d7736e1a71ae/1642794353864-E5GL5KFJZ4Q0U13I9NVW/Bell+and+Sean+in+Daks.jpg Climbing - Multi-Pitch Climbing Multi-Pitch Climbing is for those climbers that have experienced Single Pitch terrain and want to continue to take their skills up bigger walls. Whether you’re starting out as a newer traditional climber or wanting to advance your skills as an experienced climber, we’ll help guide you to that next pitch and level. These outings usually have a ratio of 1 instructor to 1/2 guests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c81b22d6d7736e1a71ae/1642961988188-KF4M8M02UZCWJBXL1NLL/IMG_4860.jpg Climbing - Instructor Trainings We offer trainings and workshops for our industry partners. This is focused on businesses and institutions that have a climbing wall/gym, outdoor education program, summer camp, and guide services seeking assistance with their staff development and trainings. These trainings and clinics help your program reach for the highest standards and prepare your staff for future certification courses such as the AMGA Single Pitch Instructor Course and Exam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c81b22d6d7736e1a71ae/eca4d742-3cee-4093-81ad-a7138a5df1da/IMG_8931.jpg Climbing - AMGA SPI Courses The American Mountain Guides Association Single Pitch Instructor (SPI) Program teaches climbing instructors to proficiently facilitate and instruct the sport of rock climbing in a single pitch setting. The SPI is the only internationally recognized single pitch climbing instructor certification program in the United States. This is designed for industry professionals looking to advance their skills as instructors and potentially further their education in more AMGA Rock programs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c81b22d6d7736e1a71ae/1642796122776-CF72YFK54AITC97UXH49/Moc+Lead+at+SH.jpg Climbing - Sport Climbing If you’ve top-rope climbed before and are looking to do your first lead climb, looking to take your indoor lead climbing skills to the outdoors, want to improve your mental game on leads, want to learn how to set and clean fixed anchors, and/or if you are an advanced climber that is looking to improve your tactics for sending that next number grade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c81b22d6d7736e1a71ae/b8ffbcd0-7e5c-4d4b-984b-3da244895439/Screen+Shot+2023-07-15+at+12.43.35+PM.png Climbing - Rope Gun for a Day Whether you’re looking just get a lot of pitches in and want someone else to get the rope up or if you’re motivated to push through the grades to continue improving, we’ve got you covered. We offer coaching on quality movement, tactics for projecting your next route, and coaching on how to get you to that next level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c81b22d6d7736e1a71ae/1642795315472-V7CCX1PX8GGI1DKY1MR3/IMG_2672.jpg Climbing - Self-Rescue Techniques Learn how to avoid the need for a rescue and handle a self rescue if you’re ever faced with a situation. Work with our instructors to develop your self rescue techniques. We’ll start with the fundamentals and continue to build on skills to give you the confidence to perform a self rescue while out climbing independently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c81b22d6d7736e1a71ae/1642796841473-VUM1GJ1KDK2ROKT7374B/Dustin+Racking+Rope.jpg Climbing - Traditional Climbing This is for folks that have top-roped before and want to learn how to build strong natural and gear anchors, lead traditional climbs, gain more knowledge about traditional climbing protection, rappelling techniques, and/or want to build the confidence as well as tactics to push your grades higher on traditional leads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c81b22d6d7736e1a71ae/2d36a1be-3803-49a7-b48b-dcef103341c8/Screen+Shot+2024-03-11+at+1.12.00+PM.png Climbing - Adaptive Climbing We believe that our crags and gyms should be accessible to everyone. Whether it’s your first time climbing or if you’re looking for instructor trainings to support adaptive climbing programs in your gym or program, we can support your goals. We also partner up with our friends at Paradox Sports with the Adaptive Climbing Initiative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c81b22d6d7736e1a71ae/1642798205118-CAQSP0UX3PCG8ENPUX27/image-asset.jpeg Climbing - Bouldering If you’re a fan of staying closer to the ground starting out, want to learn more about where to go bouldering, want to learn how to manage the risks, want to improve your movement skills, learn about projecting tactics, or maybe even learn some basic rope work to try those first ascents or really tall lines, then this is for you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c81b22d6d7736e1a71ae/1642800995345-9NVYHPVWQL7ZCVR2FZSM/Arrow.jpg Climbing - Coaching and Training We offer coaching and training for those looking to send that next letter grade or number grade, we work on your mental game, we provide route climbing tactics for success, we provide feedback on techniques as well as improving strengths/weaknesses, and coaching on climbing specific training to meet your goals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c81b22d6d7736e1a71ae/6e232fb8-4cc8-45aa-b091-07784d673dea/Route+Setting.jpg Climbing - Route Setting Route setting and wall maintenance are at the foundation of providing a great experience at your facility. We offer route setting clinics for your staff to work safely at heights. We also provide professional route setting for your facility and special events or competitions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c81b22d6d7736e1a71ae/987e4dc0-251e-4c96-90fd-3587dfa945f1/YBEC+Wall.jpg Climbing - Climbing Wall Consulting Are you looking to open a facility or build a wall at your home or business? Do you want an experienced climber and designer to work with the engineers and builders to ensure you’re getting a quality facility? Are you looking for advice on facility and risk management? We have been all over the country to see what many of the gyms have done and have built several smaller walls ourselves. Reach out for assistance. https://www.levitationclimbing.com/services-3 daily 0.75 2023-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c81b22d6d7736e1a71ae/1643032894617-NDCNCF5H2VRIFQFK8S25/Sarah+Teambuilding.jpg Experiences - Team Building Whether you have a large corporation, a small business, a school, a class, a club, or a small group that you’d like to bring together more, we’ve got some tools in our kit to assist in building your team up to higher standards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff3c81b22d6d7736e1a71ae/1643033529777-QQ5KDZFS7A9V03KTPWMI/2c75b6b8-b7cb-416f-bc9a-31275ce3ca77.jpg Experiences - Yoga and Mindfulness Yoga and Mindfulness experiences are built on the foundation of being present in one’s life. Whether it’s taking a movement class, setting time aside to relax and restore, or taking a walk, it all comes back to being present. 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