Kids’ Climbing Games

Kids Activities

Kids’ Climbing Games

Chris Voirol

Join Coach Chris from Rise Up Climbing for rock climbing games at the main stage. These games will challenge children’s creativity and tenacity, and difficulty will be scaled up or down depending on climbers present. We will have prizes for a few of our games and be available to answer your questions about indoor and outdoor climbing.

Teacher Bio:

Stephen Baker and Chris Voirol will alternate teaching sessions. Stephen: Stephen, an owner of Rise Up Climbing, has been rock climbing since 2009 and coaching climbing for nearly a decade. After spending most of his free time climbing various crags around the country (and meeting his wife in the process), he found his way back to Virginia where he found his niche at the rock gym. The transformative power of the sport of climbing and its community have inspired Stephen to make rock climbing more accessible and enjoyable for everyone. Chris: Shortly after moving to Lynchburg, a series of fortunate events led Chris to their first climbing session in 2019. Chris began coaching in 2020, and the supportive and encouraging climbing community here has made Lynchburg their home. Climbing has kept Chris' attention because at every skill level, the vast majority of time on the wall ends in falling, rather than completing the climb, which leads to a unique mental and emotional opportunity to develop fortitude , problem-solving skills, and deep community bonds. Chris now directs youth programs at the gym with a focus on building children's strength, technique, and mental resilience.