PANELIST • LA SPORTIVA

Ady is a returning Bronx native who started climbing 11 years ago indoors. In that time she’s competed, coached youth teams, written training plans for adults, route set commercially and for competitions, taught route setting clinics, and taught at outdoor festivals. She’s gained sponsorship from La Sportiva, Tension Climbing, The North Face, Gunks Apps, and Beta Labs. She’s a board member of New York City Climbing Collective and focuses her community work on diversifying the climbing industry. Her favorite styles of climbing are bouldering, slab, body positioning, and technique based.

PANELIST • LA SPORTIVA

Brittany is a self-proclaimed 'Professional Dirtbag': part elite trad, crack, and big wall free climbing athlete, part scrappy dumpster diving, parking lot living, bone collecting artist, writer, gamer, and human racoon. Regardless of the pursuit, her life mission is to chase the most audacious dreams she can imagine in pursuit of her ultimate potential, and through her relentless efforts inspire others to believe in the same.  

PANELIST • FLASH FOXY PROGRAM MANAGER

Lou grew up here and there across North America and after spending six years in Brooklyn, decided to move into their car to focus on playing outside. They joined the Flash Foxy team in Fall of 2021 just after our mission statement expanded to include folks of all non-dominant genders and now he plans our festivals and education programs!

Before joining Flash Foxy, Lou managed a recreational gymnastics program where they worked to create a gender inclusive environment in a highly binary sport. His work creating affinity spaces in gymnastics led them to seek out affinity spaces in other sports they love - like climbing.

Lou is an AMGA certified Single Pitch Instructor and has a Bachelor’s degree in Photography. When Lou isn’t climbing you can find him petting dogs, practicing handstands, and picking out the perfect monochrome outfit.

PANELIST • ACCESS FUND STEWARDSHIP MANAGER

Andrea is a Lebanese-American climber, environmental steward/educator, and non-profit programmer. She currently serves as the Access Fund Stewardship & Education Director, overseeing on the ground efforts to reduce impacts in climbing areas for sustainable, resilient, and thriving landscapes, and Board President of WeClimb, a mentorship program for BIPOC youth that uses climbing as a tool for growth. At her core, she is a femme forward trad zaddy with a passion for big adventures, and subsequently, even bigger lessons. Her ambitions have led her from "oh sh**" to "oh yasss" moments...and everything in between. During this time she has learned how to balance calculated risk with community investment and individual reward as well as the difference between courage and stupidity (sometimes). She currently resides on the homelands of the Cherokee in present day Chattanooga, TN, but can be found snooping around cracks and crags across the U.S.

MODERATOR • FLASH FOXY PROGRAM ASISTANT

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FEATURING KATIE LAMB

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Saturday evening

FEATURING JAMIE LOGAN

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Saturday evening

FEATURING LOU BANK + MARIAN PEREZ

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Friday evening