BIPOC Affiliation Climbing Nights are back!

About the Club:

If climbing, community, and advocacy work is important to you, come meet potential new climbing partners! Climb with us twice a month and find a supportive and inclusive community for like minded folks. Our goal is to bring climbers of color together and build a safe space while promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion!

We welcome all levels of climbing and invite folks of different backgrounds to join us. This is a safe space for climbers and people of color. We have a zero tolerance policy against any and all discrimination.

When We Meet:

The 2nd Friday of Each Month from 6:30 - 8:30 PM

What to Expect:

6:30 PM - Introductions & Connections

  • Meet in the classroom (we’ll make an announcement)

  • Names, Pronouns, Climbing Experience, Etc.

6:45PM - Let’s Get Climbing!

  • Find a partner or two, or three or……head out and climb!

  • Go Boulder, Top Rope, or Lead with old friends and new connections (ALL PE Belay Policies Apply)

About Our Organizers

Layla Scott (she/her)

Layla Scott is from East Oakland, CA and started her climbing journey here at Pacific Edge Climbing Gym. Introduced to the sport she quickly learned new skills and techniques as a climber. Layla is an Engineer at the University of California, Santa Cruz currently researching Non-Potable Water Systems. An advocate for the environment in her work and for BIPOC communities to access outdoor sports in Climbing, Mountain biking and Sailing. Layla’s favorite climbing memory is a friend's trip to Castle Rock and climbing outside for the first time! Layla enjoys cooking, spending time with family and is a huge fan of Star Wars. Thank you for reading and welcome to the gym … Climb On!!

 

meg kan (they/she/any pronouns)

I’m Meg (they, she, any pronouns)! I love poetry, printmaking, practicing yoga, taking long walks and bike rides with a groovy playlist, reading and learning — always looking for book/podcast recommendations! Being relatively new to Santa Cruz, I’ve found so much connection and friendship through climbing. Through BIPOC climb night, I hope we can keep building community, work to make the climbing scene accessible and inclusive for BIPOC and QTBIPOC folks, and have some fun!


Community and Inclusion at PE:

Pacific Edge is committed to creating a safe and welcoming community environment for all of our members and guests. We expect all members of our community to act with the utmost respect, sensitivity, and consideration, towards each other, at all times.

Pacific Edge recently signed on to the Outdoor Diversity Pledge and we are committed to doing our part in helping diversify the outdoor industry.