Chris Pascual
Member since 2008
How did you start climbing?
Chris: Back in 2004, I started doing Parkour and I became interested in finding more ways to challenge my ability to move. After a high school reunion in 2005, it came up in conversation with an old friend that they did rock climbing at Edgeworks and I immediately asked them to take me and the rest is history.
Why do you climb at Edgeworks?
Chris: I love the community at the gym. When I first entered the climbing community, what struck me the most is how easy going, accepting and welcoming the people are. There’s a very “it takes a village” feel where it seems like everyone is supporting everyone else either explicitly through advice or more passively through encouragement.
Where is your favorite place to climb outside?
Chris: Sadly, I’m not all that experienced in climbing outside. I’ve done some limited bouldering and scrambling at parks in the Puget Sound, but I think I would like to actually get outside at least once this year to climb. So my favorite place will be the next place I go!
What do you do when you’re not climbing?
Chris: If I’m not climbing but focused on using my body, I’m practicing or teaching martial arts or Parkour. If I’m focused on using my mind, I play tabletop board games and card games or watch movies with friends. Of course I also need to eat to keep my body and mind fueled, so I enjoy cooking quite a bit and love trying new recipes and refining old ones.
What are some interesting facts you’d like to share with the Edgeworks community?
Chris: I enjoy studying foreign languages. I took Japanese in high school and college and still try to keep studying it now. I’m also working on learning at least a little bit of Filipino, the language of my parents. Watching a decent number of Hong Kong movies over the years also has me interested in learning Cantonese as well. And speaking of foreign films, I’m very excited that the Seattle International Film Festival is coming up soon. I’ve attended at least one movie each year at the festival for around the last 13 years.
3535 | posted at May 31st, 2016 in Member Spotlight, Uncategorized
Earn your peaks!
February 1 – April 30, 2016
Earn your peaks and get a FREE t-shirt with our members only 90-day challenge!
CHALLENGE TOTALS:
180 participants | 6,505 points | 121 t-shirts | 196 peaks
(3,541 pieces of trash!)
Challenge Met! (80+ points):
| 1. Riley Hume: 102 |
14. Josh Bennett: 85 |
| 2. Jimmy Grant: 95 |
15. Tod Bloxham: 85 |
| 3. Brette Hume: 93 |
16. Kevin Cheng: 83 |
| 4. Cecil Groetken: 91 |
17. Elizabeth Hume: 83 |
| 5. Samitha Hendrickson: 91 |
18. Karen Hume: 83 |
| 6. Jeni Margules: 91 |
19. Amy Leondard: 83 |
| 7. Cassie Marohl: 91 |
20. Veronica Whetstine: 83 |
| 8. Jordan Robinson: 89 |
21. Scott Everatt: 82 |
| 9. Erin Edwards: 88 |
22. Jennifer Wheeler: 82 |
| 10. William Hoyt: 87 |
23. Sage Pintler: 81 |
| 11. Abbie Madlem: 87 |
24. Emily Branch: 80 |
| 12. Matt Madlem: 86 |
25. Ben McMullen: 80 |
| 13. Braden Adame: 85 |
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The Objective:
Use your Edgeworks membership to its fullest potential and earn points to fill in the peaks on your FREE Edgeworks Challenge t-shirt; and also have FUN!
The List:
Challenge lists can be found here or at the front desk. We’ll also provide a place for you to store your list for safe keeping and easy access when you’re here.
The Shirts:
The popularity of the challenge and participation interest has exceeded our expectations!
T-shirts will be distributed upon achievement of your first peak and based on the weekly updates of the Challenge Board in the front lobby. This is the best way for us to ensure everyone who is actively participating in the challenge (and there are many of you!) receive a well deserved free t-shirt!
Note: Feel free to wear and wash your shirt during the challenge but please don’t use an fabric softener until after your peaks have been added.
Earning/Adding Peaks:
First Peak: 25 points | Second Peak: 50 points | Third Peak: 80 points
Bring your shirts to the monthly Climbers Socials (in March, April, and May) when our staff will add the peaks to your shirt based on the points you’ve earned.
Progress:
You’re responsible for tracking your progress and checking the boxes as they are complete. To entice those of us with an extra competitive spirit, staff will also check the sheets every week and update a Challenge Board in the lobby with everyone’s individual points.
Flash Challenges:
As a way for people to earn extra points, we will offer 3 monthly Flash Challenges which we will make available for only 2-weeks. Meet these challenges in full and receive extra points towards your next peak. If you have suggestions for Flash Challenge ideas, please feel free to drop a note in the suggestion box!
3403 | posted at May 2nd, 2016 in Events, Uncategorized
Julie Mangrum
Edgeworks Member since 2004.
One of 7 current members who have been with us since the very beginning – almost 12 years!
How did you start climbing?
Julie: As a kid I liked watching the show “American Gladiators.” One of the events the contestants had to go through was climbing a wall before a Gladiator could yank them off. I always wanted to try that for myself (minus the Gladiator) and I got my chance to as a student at the University of Puget Sound. There’s a climbing wall in the fitness facility that had been constructed in a racquetball court. That’s basically where I learned how to climb.
Why do you climb at Edgeworks?
Julie: I climb at Edgeworks because I love climbing and it is only 1.8 miles from my house! I have never been into sports or fitness, but to me, climbing is about how to physically solve puzzles. It’s super fun and it doesn’t seem like exercise to me.
Where is your favorite place to climb outside?
Julie: Either Thailand or New Zealand. Just kidding, I’ve never been to either of those places. Even though I’ve been climbing for so many years, I don’t have a ton of experience outside. Climbing anywhere outside is great to me.
What do you do when you’re not climbing?
Julie: When I’m not climbing I am probably doing something fun with my family (my husband and 2 kids), reading a book, or walking at Snake Lake or Chambers Bay. I also work part-time as the director of children’s ministries at a local church.
What are some interesting facts you’d like to share with the Edgeworks community?
Julie: Lake Malawai is sometimes called the Calendar Lake because it is 365 miles from top to bottom and 52 miles at it’s widest point. A mantis shrimp can swing its claws so fast it boils the water around it and creates a flash of light.
3483 | posted at April 30th, 2016 in Member Spotlight
Jeni Margules
Member since 2015
How did you start climbing?
Jeni: My fiance got me hooked back when we lived in Texas. While we were apart for several months after I moved up here, I discovered Edgeworks and it felt like home. I love that it’s an awesome workout but you have to think critically about every problem.
Why do you climb at Edgeworks?
Jeni: The atmosphere is welcoming and always striving for improvement. Everyone who walks in those doors is trying to do something just out of reach and the establishment itself is always looking for new things to try and creative ways to reach out to the community. It’s too much fun to quit!
Where is your favorite place to climb outside?
Jeni: I actually haven’t yet… suggestions welcome 🙂
What do you do when you’re not climbing?
Jeni: I watch really bad Netflix movies, I’m an indiscriminant reader and I just tried out Zumba for the first time. I also spend an inordinate amount of time annoying my cats.
What are some interesting facts you’d like to share with the Edgeworks community?
Jeni: 1) I’m getting married in August. 2) I’ve delivered a baby without supervision. 3) I am on my way to becoming a beer snob. 4) I’m from Texas, I miss the rodeo and if you wear a cowboy hat I will think you are cute. Even if you’re 80. 5) My sister is visiting this month and she doesn’t know that I’m bringing her here and already bought her a harness. 6) Also, my fiance said I had to include this, but my cousin is Eric Stoltz.
3464 | posted at March 31st, 2016 in Member Spotlight
Want to learn what it takes to be a route setter?
Here’s your chance! Join USAC Level 1 certified route setter, Ben McMullen, for an evening of pure route setting joy Sunday, March 6th, 5pm – 9pm.
This is a beginner clinic designed to introduce experienced climbers to the trade of route setting. You will have the opportunity to set boulder problems and get professional feedback.
We will cover the following topics:
– Route setting tools
– Route planning
– Hold selection
– Labeling
– Safety considerations
– Forerunning
– Grading
Details:
$50/members; $75/non-members
No experience necessary.
Minimum ability to redpoint V2/5.10 required.
1216 | posted at March 6th, 2016 in Climbing, Events
Veronica Whetstine
Member since 2015
How did you start climbing?
Veronica: My first experience with rock climbing was when I was 13 years old. I attended a summer camp in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho called Lutherhaven and as part of their program they have a rock wall for kids to climb. I was super afraid of heights, but loved climbing so I pushed through. My love of climbing grew as I returned to camp each summer. When I got to college, I started climbing regularly at the rec center’s climbing wall and then moved to Tacoma and found Edgeworks.
Why do you climb at Edgeworks?
Veronica: I love the community at Edgeworks. It’s great to see so many people from different walks of life and different ages enjoying climbing in the same place. I enjoy talking with different people and getting to know the great staff that work here. Climbing at Edgeworks isn’t just a workout, it’s a hang out that is focused around an activity that people love to do.
Where is your favorite place to climb outside?
Veronica: I’m not much of an outdoor climber, but there is a wall that I have special memories of climbing. It’s located at Shoshone Base Camp up the north fork of the Coeur d’ Alene River. I hope that in the coming years I’ll get the opportunity to climb some of the amazing outdoor rocks of the Pacific Northwest.
What do you do when you’re not climbing?
Veronica: When I’m not climbing, I enjoy participating in other activities. I love to run and bike and swim and hike. I’m a woman on the go. I like to go out adventuring in the mountains with my friends on weekends and go camping in the summer.
What are some interesting facts you’d like to share with the Edgeworks community?
Veronica: I love numbers and tracking things that other people may not care to pay attention to. For example in the month of January, I ran 60.5 miles, weight lifted 6 times, and checked in for 13 climbing sessions. Also, I really love to organize and clean spaces, the messier they start out, the better.
3428 | posted at February 29th, 2016 in Member Spotlight
2 for 1 registrations for ALL Indoor Climbing School courses, all month long!
Plus, receive 15% OFF Intro Gear with 101: Intro to Climbing Course
ALL MONTH – February 2016!
Sign up for ANY Indoor Climbing School course and receive a 2nd registration for the same class at no additional cost. Trust us when we say it will make for the perfect date night/afternoon with your Valentine!
3437 | posted at February 29th, 2016 in Sales, Uncategorized
Free Day Pass with 101: Intro to Climbing Course
January 1 – 31, 2016
Sign up for one of our 101: Intro to Climbing courses during the month of January 2016 and receive a FREE DAY PASS to come back and put your newly learned skills to work on the wall or share with a friend.
If there is only one thing you do right while climbing, tying in and belaying is it! The skills learned in this class are essential to climbing safely and the Edgeworks 101: Intro To Climbing class is the best way to learn it! This class is limited to students age 14 or older.
Offer valid Jan 1-31, 2016. Restriction apply. Free day pass expires 02/29/2016.
3339 | posted at January 31st, 2016 in Climbing, Sales
