1. Welcome to Community Meeting Welcome to Community Meeting Brenda Hodges-Howell: Rock Climbing Guest Speakers? Performance Studies Spotlight? 5 th grade? 7 th grade Did-You-Know? 8 th grade Suggestion Box or Ask an 8th grader? Adult Announcements? Student Announcements? Brenda Hodges-Howell: Rock Climbing Guest Speakers? Performance Studies Spotlight? 5 th grade? 7 th grade Did-You-Know? 8 th grade Suggestion Box or Ask an 8th grader? Adult Announcements? Student Announcements?

2. Why Should You Learn more about Rock Climbing? Stewards of Wild Spaces Respect & Trust Fun Risks

3. Courage

4. History 400 BCE: China 1300s: Anasazi 1786: Mont Blanc 1875: Yosemite National Park 1910: Gear Invented 1970s: Sport Climbing & Bouldering

5. Climbers I Admire Lynn Hill (born 1961) Famous for making the first free ascent of the Nose Route on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley Girl power! Relaxation, acceptance, and keeping open mind are key. First of all, peak performance isn’t possible if one is not relaxed, and if one is going to stay relaxed they must simply accept problems when they arise and decide to solve them.” --Lynn Hill

6. Ashima Shiraishi Ashima's Ascent

7. Chris Sharma Deep Water Solo Climb "The hardest thing is to do something the first time. Someone has to have that vision, [to say] 'Oh, that's possible.' And once it's done, then other people can see, 'Oh yeah, it is possible.' And it becomes way easier for other people to do it, too."

8. Impacts Climbers as stewards versus simply “users” of the land Access Fund Adopt-a-Crag

9. TeamWorks Program

10. Thanks for Listening! Seattle Bouldering Project

11. Agenda Guest Speakers? Performance Studies Spotlight? 5 th grade? 7 th grade Did-You-Know? 8 th grade Suggestion Box or Ask an 8th grader? Adult Announcements? Student Announcements?

12. Rock On!