| Katherine Schirrmacher is an experienced coach, instructor and successful climber in many aspects of the sport. Katherine loves climbing and has tried many different jobs and careers, finally choosing climbing as her way of life. It’s this energy and experience Katherine wants to share with you to help you learn, improve and find new climbing adventures. Its simple, Katherine's climbing coaching is not just about improving or learning new climbing skills, but about fun, enjoyment and hopefully inspiration. Without these factors it's hard to open your mind to new adventures and possibilities. |
Profile
- Sport climbed 8a, trad E7 and bouldered font 7c+ and over 15 years experience climbing all over the world in Yosemite, Arapiles, Dolomites and Fontainbleau to name just a few of her favorite places.
- Former-member of British Competition Climbing Team
- Coaching and instructing experience in the UK and abroad working with people of all ages, experiences and abilities, individually and in groups.
- British Junior Competition Team coach
- Holds Single Pitch, Mountain Leader and Mountain Instructor Awards
- Published articles in Summit, Climb, Replay magazines and for planetFear.com
- Sponsored by Moon, Wild Country, Infinity Ropes and Red Chili
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Here are some of the people I work with:
Steve McClure Most people who climb in Britain will have heard of Steve. Whilst he's most famous for his sport climbing feats, he's scaled plenty of rock faces in Greenland, USA and across the UK on many of our trad crags, not to mention the rest of Europe. He's a real all-rounder. Whilst he's got 9a+ and E11 under his belt you may wonder if he's 'just too good' to help the rest of us mortals with our climbing. But I can assure you he's down to earth and his coaching skills lie in his ability to relate to people, whatever their stage in climbing and immediately spot areas to improve. We've worked together for a number of years now running holidays to Kalymnos and now Turkey. If you would like to find out more about Steve you can visit his website>>. You can also see an interview with him on this site here>> |  | |
Corinne Théroux Corinne lives in Normandy, France and despite being far from many of the main climbing areas (although there is climbing close to home) she describes climbing as ‘a way of life’. She is best known for her competition successes on plastic in the bouldering event. In 2002 she won the prestigious Arco Rockmaster and was placed 3rd in the world and for 10 years was consistently in the world top 10. Outdoors she’s redpointed 8b and climbed font 7c+ boulder problems and travelled all over the world. On top of that she holds the French state coaching qualification (Moniteur d'escalade) and is a qualified international competition route setter She’s now a mum of two and coaches the French Junior competition team as well as other programmes for young people. You can read more about her on her website>> (if you can read French!!). |  |