If you’re a person living with a physical or cognitive disability, illness, or condition that affects the way you move (or don’t move!) your body and live your day to day life - yes, absolutely!

Climbers in the adaptive community include amputees, wheelchair users, people with visual and hearing impairments, people with multiple schlerosis, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, cerebral palsy, and more.

Nope! Strength is not required to get in to climbing, though it will definitely build, the more you climb with us!

Partially! For the first hour of our climb, we have a room reserved for our group that is closed to the public and gym members, and participants can stay in there if they prefer privacy, or climb in the rest of the gym if they choose.

For the second hour of the climb, Rise Above has the gym completely to ourselves!

Of course! Our host gym, The Junction Climbing Centre, is open to the public. Please see their website for their hours.

Please keep in mind that Junction staff do not have the same experience that our volunteers have in regards to working with the adaptive community, and there are often not extra staff on hand for climbers who need extra assistance.

If you are unable to make it out to RAAC nights, but would still like to climb with Junction staff assistance, the gym offers guided climbs. Email Junction for a quote for a private booking.

Amazing! R.A.A.C has a few members who would be happy to talk to you about how to get involved with competitive paraclimbing. Contact us, and we can find a time to chat!

RAAC is fully run by volunteers, most of whom have regular jobs and hobbies they love to pursue (like climbing!)

As much as we’d love to accommodate your group, asking them to take time off from those jobs outside of our monthly climbs just isn’t feasible.

However! Our host gym, The Junction, has staff that are trained to work with the disabled population, and offer guided group climbs. We encourage you to reach out to them to make a booking!

Details for group bookings here

The majority of the gym is ground level, including the front door, with a ramp to access climbing mats that are apprx. 8 inches higher than the floor.

The front door has a push button on the left hand side.

One bathroom is fully accessible, with ample space for a chair to turn around in, an adjustable mirror above the pedestal sink, and emergency alarm. It has affixed grab bars above and to the side of the toilet, but no flip up bar.

The bouldering area is above a set of apprx. 10 stairs, and there is no elevator.

No. Participants are expected to make their own ride arrangements.