Australian Para Climbing Team Camp 2025 - Glen Todd
Paraclimbing is open to athletes with a physical or vision impairment in men’s and women’s individual competitions. 2 months ago, Brand Ambassador Glen Todd attended the first Australian Paraclimbing Team Camp and and his second just recently. He is now on his way to the IFSC Para-Climbing World Cup Salt Lake City 2025!
First Camp
- Top rope categories
- Sydney, March 15-16 2025
- Coaching and support, team building
- Athletes from Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland
- Each competition requires performance plans, tie performance goals to world cups
- They must be bulletproof with the why to get YES to compete
Day #1
- Introduction - Meetings, seminars, theory and forms
- Anti-doping test and Sport Integrity Australia training
Day #2
- CLIMBING!
- Breakfast together in cafe
- Approx. 15 athletes in a team
- Venue was Elevate Climbing in Villawood
- Low top rope
- Qualification and competiton simulations
- Mindset of competing
- World cup scenarios, warm up, ready time
- No isolation, isolation is for finals
- Warm-Up 1 hour, Climb 2 hours, Break, Climb 2 hours after that
- Coach reviews, did well and improvements after first climb
- 2x Qualifying routes
- 2x Starting lists
Highlights
- Meeting everyone and getting to know everyone
- Watching everyone climb
- Everyone was very encouraging when on the wall
- Owner of Elevate is a registered IFSC route setter
Second Camp
- Same location as Camp #1, May 3-4 2025
Day #1
- Breakfast and 1 hour brainstorming session with fellow teammates
- Went to the gym and CLIMBED!
- Qualification simulation
- Warm-up process, individual
- 2x Routes set at IFSC standards
Day #2
- Finals simulation
- Warm-up process, athletes and coach in group
- Same 2x routes as day before
- 1x Climb on 2nd day, hardest of the 2x qualification routes
Highlight
A highlight of the weekend was having Australian Paralympic athlete, Rheed McCracken, present to the team on his experiences as a 4-time Paralympian and what it takes to become a 6-time Paralympic medalist. Rheed was also on hand to present the athletes with their 2025 team uniform - a very special moment for the athletes (Australian Climbing Team, Instagram post 8/5/25)
Events
- May 21-22 - IFSC Para-Climbing World Cup, Salt Lake City, USA
- June 23-25 - IFSC Para-Climbing World Cup, Innsbruck, Austria
- September 20-26 - IFSC Para-Climbing World Championships, Seoul, Korea
- Oct 24-27 - IFSC Para-Climbing World Cup, Laval, France
- 3x Continents
Shoes
We are proud to fit Glenn Todd with a pair of La Sportiva Kubos and support his journey, he'll also be wearing a pair of La Sportiva Genius No Edges as well.
See our range of climbing gear, or have a look at previous Bogong Blogs.
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