Be a COVID19 Minimizing Climber

The first rule of being a CV19 climber is to be deliberate about the changes you make to your day to day as restrictions relax and we step through the stages.

Expand your bubble slowly

Don’t rush back to doing everything you used to do. Be deliberate about what places and activities you add to your life.

• Are you a member of a bowling club and Crag X? Maybe pick one to add at first.

• When you add Crag X to your bubble, add it slowly. Come once a week at first. Stick to one climbing partner, resist the urge to hug and handshake, be extra diligent about hand-washing and always do a quick self-check for CV19 symptoms before you come.

• Maintain physical distance inside Crag X

• Since time and closeness are the two biggest factors that effect transmission, be efficient when you visit. Arrive already changed and ready to go!

Protect your bigger bubble

Adding to your bubble is increasing the number of people you need to protect with your good behaviour. It’s also increasing the number of people you are depending on to protect you! Now that you are back to Crag X, maybe wear a mask at the grocery store to balance out the increase of risk in one area with a decrease of risk in another.Be aware of incidence of CV19 in other parts of your bubble and take it on yourself to do a ‘personal shutdown’ so that you don’t bring danger to the rest of your bubble. Staff and fellow climbers are counting on you!

Keep the climbing holds clean

We can’t clean the climbing holds between climbers, so instead we focus our effort on keeping them clean.

• Wearing a face covering keeps droplets off the holds and off each other.

• Washing your hands when you arrive at the gym and when they get dirty at the gym means clean hands touch the holds.

• Using high-alcohol liquid chalk as your main means of chalking up adds another layer of cleanliness, so keep your chalk-bag for mid-route chalk-ups.

• Keeping your hands from touching your face means that any CV19 on the holds doesn’t get into you.

Protect our Community

Don’t forget to wash your hands before you leave, and take proper care of your face covering and equipment so that they don’t become vectors of transmission.