Rock Climbing Background<\/h1>\n
GySgt Garcia and Maj Compton attended the American Mountain Guide Association<\/a> Top Rope Site Managers Course in 2002 and were certified as instructors.\u00a0 A course syllabus was developed which began the first semester with basic knot tying, equipment, basic rock climbing techniques, belay techniques, rappeling and self and buddy rescue.\u00a0 Cadets were required to complete a knots test and physical fitness testing prior to being allowed to climb.\u00a0 During the second semester the course went into more advanced climbing techniques and included anchor systems, mechnical advantage, ascending.\u00a0 During 2005 both GySgt Garcia and Maj Compton upgraded their certification to AMGA Single Pitch Instructor.<\/p>\n Check out some of the rock climbing photos at http:\/\/12.19.27.30\/news\/SchlYear0809\/rockClimbingApr\/index.htm<\/a><\/p>\n To learn more about the Marine Military Academy visit our website at http:\/\/www.mma-tx.org<\/a> or request information at http:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/MMA\/admissions\/admissions_form2.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Marine Military Academy Rock Climbing Maj Harold Compton Rock Climbing Background Rock climbing began as an activity at the Marine Military Academy in 1999 under the supervision of GySgt Raul Garcia,\u00a0 a lifelong climber.\u00a0 The original rock climbing wall was installed on the north side wall of the Academy tower and was a flat 30′ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[70],"class_list":["post-785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-climbing"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12685,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785\/revisions\/12685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"rock](\"http:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/climbing.jpg\" "\\"climbing\\"")
<\/a>Rock climbing<\/b> began as an activity at the Marine Military Academy in 1999 under the supervision of GySgt Raul Garcia,\u00a0 a lifelong climber.\u00a0 The original rock climbing<\/i> wall was installed on the north side wall of the Academy tower and was a flat 30′ X 12′ climbing surface.\u00a0 Over the next several years the tower had rock climbing<\/u> walls added to the east and west walls and an overhang added to the north wall which was increased to 30′ X 24′.\u00a0\u00a0 Maj Harold Compton began working as an assistant to GySgt Garcia and the Rock Climbing activity grew to an average of 12-14 cadets each year.\u00a0 Maj. Compton took over the program in 2009 and has coached the program ever since.\u00a0 During 2010 the north wall of the tower was removed and a new rock climbing wall installed.\u00a0 Plans are for the remaining walls to be replaced over the next few years.<\/p>\nRock Climbing Syllabus<\/h2>\n
Rock Climbing Events<\/h3>\n
<\/a>During the course of the year cadets were taken on rock climbing trips to such locations as Enchanted Rock State Park, Reimers Ranch State Park and Continental Ranch.\u00a0\u00a0 These were normally weekend trips which included camping out at the parks.\u00a0 Cadets also were taken to the University of Texas, Pan American where they enjoyed climbing on their 35′ indoor climbing wall.\u00a0 The university also invited cadets to participate in several climbing competitions held at their indoor facility and the Academy cadets did very well against\u00a0 college age climbers, taking home many awards.<\/p>\nRock Climbing Photos<\/h3>\n