{"id":63074,"date":"2025-10-27T09:59:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lnt.org\/?p=63074"},"modified":"2025-10-27T10:15:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T16:15:19","slug":"leveling-up-with-brown-girls-climb-and-access-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lnt.org\/leveling-up-with-brown-girls-climb-and-access-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Leveling Up with Brown Girls Climb and Access Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leave No Trace&#8217;s professional educators recently traveled to Utah&#8217;s Indian Creek, an internationally renowned rock-climbing destination, to teach an advanced Level 2 course for outdoor instructors. Participants included <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #00a6e9;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.browngirlsclimb.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brown Girls Climb<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> staff, local community members, and <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #00a6e9;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accessfund.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access Fund<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> staff. Altogether, the course brought together 12 folks committed to making a lasting impact on the environment and their communities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to generous support from <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #00a6e9;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teva.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teva<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the training was offered at no cost, making it accessible to educators who might not otherwise have the option of taking a comprehensive 4-day class. \u201cThis affinity course shows what\u2019s possible when community and brands like Teva invest in outdoor education. Together, we\u2019re equipping people to protect the land and create pathways for future educators of Leave No Trace,\u201d said Brittany Leavitt, the Executive Director of Brown Girls Climb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participants engaged in hands-on training focused on Leave No Trace practices and methods for effectively teaching them. The desert setting and jaw-dropping sandstone cliffs lent themselves to discussing strategies for reducing environmental and social impacts associated with rock climbing and bouldering. A morning climb at <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #00a6e9;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainproject.com\/route\/105717481\/supercrack-buttress-7481\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supercrack Buttress <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">provided a fun way to teach and apply the lessons at a spectacular crag.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Course members traveled from across the nation to participate, sharing different perspectives and experiences, including several insightful conversations about race and historically marginalized people in relation to Leave No Trace education. Participants also explored common Leave No Trace principles that climbers often overlook, as well as strategies for integrating them, which Leavitt described as particularly valuable because of the opportunity to share multiple experiences as outdoor educators.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone left with tools to support stewardship and education in their communities. Whether through guiding clients in rock-climbing destinations, leading events with Brown Girls Climb, or in their personal outdoor adventures, everyone attending the course felt better equipped to teach Leave No Trace, reduce their impact, and care for the places we all enjoy.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leave No Trace&#8217;s professional educators recently traveled to Utah&#8217;s Indian Creek, an internationally renowned rock-climbing destination, to teach an advanced Level 2 course for outdoor instructors. 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