Ice Climbing Training with Patrick Cooke

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Physically and Mentally Preparing for Ice Climbing Season

Thursday, September 28 - 12:00 ET

YOUR HOST

Patrick Cooke

Ice Climbing Coach

with Project Direct Coaching

Patrick Cooke

Ice Climbing Coach

with Project Direct Coaching

Patrick will cover:

Planning for ice season
Balancing rock and ice climbing goals
Self-assessment and key metrics for evaluation
Structuring your training plan
Beyond the physical, what goes into the mental preparation

We know it's primo rock season, but soon enough icy daggers and frozen waterfalls will be the name of the game. How can you start preparing today to hit the ground running come first ice?

Whether you are new to training or looking for insights to optimize your existing plan, Coach Patrick will be sharing tips, tricks, exercises, and mindset techniques developed from nearly 20 years of ice climbing.

We will start with a guided discussion during the hour-long chat, then open it up to Q&A. Get your questions ready!

Giveaway: Patrick is offering free 1-on-1 consultations to help you dial in your training. Stay tuned for details!

Registration:

Meet your host

Patrick Cooke has been ice climbing for nearly 20 years. In that time, he's sent most of the hard classics in New England, and has ticked several classics in the Canadian Rockies, Québec, Scotland, and Hyalite Canyon.

He's especially drawn to thin, technical routes, lines with interesting ice features to work through and, increasingly, more sport-style mixed climbing. After 12 years of teaching high school history, he's now a climbing coach with Project Direct Coaching and Central Rock Gym in Stoneham, MA.

Some of Patrick's proud sends include:

🧊 Le Mulot - WI6 - St Marguerite Headwall, Québec
🧊 Call of the Wild - WI6 - Lake Willoughby, VT
🧊 The Resistance - M10 (5 pitches) - Mount Washington, NH

Meet your host

Patrick Cooke has been ice climbing for nearly 20 years. In that time, he's sent most of the hard classics in New England, and has ticked several classics in the Canadian Rockies, Québec, Scotland, and Hyalite Canyon.

He's especially drawn to thin, technical routes, lines with interesting ice features to work through and, increasingly, more sport-style mixed climbing. After 12 years of teaching high school history, he's now a climbing coach with Project Direct Coaching and Central Rock Gym in Stoneham, MA.

YOUR HOST

Planning for ice season

Self-assessment and key metrics for evaluation

Structuring your training plan