Join the Long Island Climbing Community to give back locally!
Free Day Passes, Arc'Teryx Swag, Friction Labs Swag, & Flux Coffee for volunteers!
Meet at Island Rock Climbing Gym (only .6 mi away from the trailhead!)
Limited parking is available! Please plan to carpool when possible.
Supplies: -A limited number of clean up tools and buckets will be available on a first-come-first-serve basis. If you have any of your own, bring 'um!
-Garbage bags, landscaping gloves, sunscreen, bug spray, and refreshments including Flux Coffee and Water will be available for volunteers! - Remember to hydrate!
-Rubbish will be removed and transported back at Island Rock for disposal in our private dumpster
90 Minute Program on the First Tuesday of Every Month starting at 10 AM
Island Rock Staff Members will lead participants around the facility and curate a list of climbs that are the appropriate challenge for each individual regardless of their skill level or abilities.
Staff will take care of all safety equipment, harnessing, ropework, and belaying!
As participants continue to attend the program they will be able to advance their skills/abilities and unlock new terrain in the facility. The program curriculum will grow and evolve to suit the participants abilities and needs.
Get Involved: Sign up HERE and join us as a participant or reach out to us about volunteering!
Benefits of Climbing: -Climbing has been to be effective therapy for those living with Parkinson’s Disease. -Physical Advantages: Strength, endurance, mobility, and balance -Mental Benefits: Route planning, focus, resilience, and support from peers
Resources and Research: -Climbing Out of Parkinson's - a video about the benefits of rock climbing for people living with Parkinsons, by Xiao Sylvia Bao 'Over the past four years, a unique tribe has formed within the larger climbing community at Sportrock Climbing Center. They laugh together, they joke together and they support each other. They were connected by Parkinson's Disease at first. But at the end of the day, it is the love of climbing that unites them, Parkinson's or not.'
-A randomised controlled trial on effectiveness and feasibility of sport climbing in Parkinson’s disease Langer, A., Hasenauer, S., Flotz, A. et al. A randomised controlled trial on effectiveness and feasibility of sport climbing in Parkinson’s disease. npj Parkinsons Dis. 7, 49 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41531-021-00193-8
-Climb up! Head up! Climbing improves posture in Parkinson’s disease. A secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial *Langer, Agnes et al. “Climb up! Head up! Climbing improves posture in Parkinson's disease. A secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial.” Clinical rehabilitation vol. 37,11 (2023): 1492-1500. doi:10.1177/02692155231174990 *
-Therapeutic climbing in Parkinson’s disease: Differences in self-reported health and well-being, feasibility and clinical changes *Gassner, L. et al. (2022) ‘Therapeutic climbing in Parkinson’s disease: Differences in self-reported health and well-being, feasibility and clinical changes’, Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 39(6), pp. 1163–1177. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2022.2036279. *
