Climbing wall operation is complex and involves walking a
fine line between risk management and accessibility. Too often use of climbing walls in these facilities
languishes due to a lack of expertise in managing these factors. At Climbing Wall
Management, our primary goal is creating the right balance for your
specific needs. View list of recent clients
Climbing Wall Management LLC carries general and professional liability insurance
meeting the insurance standards for government and university contracts.
Climbing Wall Management, LLC was created by climbing entrepreneur Dan Hague and professional route setter Mike Helt to help multi-activity facilities such as university student centers, health clubs, and YMCA' s get the most out of their indoor climbing walls.
Dan Hague founded and led Sportrock Climbing Centers in the Washington D.C.
area for its first 11 years. In that time, Sportrock grew to become the
East Coast’s largest climbing company with three indoor
facilities, extensive indoor and outdoor instructional offerings, and a
reputation for excellence within the climbing industry.
Dan has been
climbing for over 35 years and teaching the sport for 13. He developed
and continually improved the operational standards by which Sportrock
ran. He has vast experience recruiting, hiring, training and managing
climbing gym staff. In addition, his coaching clients have included
many climbers in the junior divisions who have gone on to impressive
finishes in local, regional, and national competitions.
During his tenure at Sportrock Dan developed the
successful Fast Forward Progression, a series of classes that helped
thousands of Sportrock customers acquire climbing movement skills
quickly and effectively. Dan, along with co-author Doug Hunter, wrote The Self Coached Climber in which
he reveals the many principles, tips, and tricks which make his
instructional method so successful. Dan’s own climbing keeps
getting better as he ages having redpointed a number of New River Gorge
5.13s after turning forty.
Currently Dan is Chairmen of the
Climbing Wall Association's Operational Standards Committee
which oversees and revises the operational standards for the climbing
wall industry.
CV available upon request.
Mike Helt has been climbing and route setting for over 13 years. He
turned his first wrench in the Pacific Northwest and was soon setting
for local and state competitions. He has been chief course setter and forerunner for over
fifteen local and national competitions, including on-sight and
redpoint format routes for USA Climbing
and the American
Bouldering Series.
After gaining international experience
in the gyms and crags of Europe, he moved to the Washington, DC area to
become Director of Route Setting at Sportrock Climbing
Centers. Here he honed his setting skills on a few thousand routes and helped
developed a successful route setting management program.
As a professional route setter Mike has
gained the experience and talent to become one of the most sought after
route setters in the country. Over the past two years he
has developed a one of a kind program to teach new setters the art
and logistics of modern route setting. He is also founder and senior editor
at Routesetter.com,
a website devoted to the world wide community of route setters.
See Mike Helt's detailed profile
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