Carly is a high-level climber and holds the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) Certificate, the Performance Climbing Coach (PCC) Certificate, and the American Mountain Guide Association AMGA- RGA Certification.
Guiding and personal climbing have taken her all over the world, from rock to ice to snow, and she enjoys all these various facets of climbing. Carly has been climbing since 2007 and is based in Fort Collins, Colorado. She did her Undergraduate studies in Boulder, Colorado, where she finished her degree between working trips to India and Nepal.
The last expedition she guided was on Denali, in Alaska, in 2018. Not long after this trip, she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. She threw herself back into rock climbing and found she needed more specific guidance on how to train herself, not only with the disease progression but also as she has naturally aged since the last time she was climbing at a high level.
Training for climbing has since impacted her life tremendously, both as an athlete and as someone with Multiple Sclerosis. Climb Strong has given her the opportunity to keep learning, to keep growing, as a coach and a climber. Her own success with training has influenced her to share Climb Strong’s training with others, and to encourage people: no matter what their body’s limitations are – there is always a way forward.
Contact her at https://www.climbstrongcoach.com/about/#our-team
