A life-long athlete, Jess is no stranger to training and coaching. She started dancing at 3 years old, competed throughout high school, and took it all the way to the NBA in 2011. She then took her athletic curiosity and competitive personality to the pavement and took up distance running, completing multiple marathons.
In 2015, she and her husband Miles took up climbing, and before long it became their full-time focus. She prefers short, powerful climbs on bad holds but doesn’t mind a technical crimpy route or a sketchy heel hook now and then. Her first climbing goal was to climb V7 within three years and she is now working toward climbing V10. A former Collegiate Nationals competitor, her favorite destinations are Yosemite, Horse Pens, and the Holy Boulders, though she also hopes to eventually visit at least one gym in every state!
Jess earned her Master’s in Sport and Exercise Science in 2016, is a NASM CPT, and continues to study how best to apply her extensive knowledge to climbing.
Contact her at https://www.powercompanyclimbing.com/about
