ClimbPHX supports Leave No Trace Principles of Outdoor Ethics. We support low-impact camping ethics by teaching techniques that include: waste disposal, minimizing fire impact, and protecting natural resources. We have worked extensively with implementing these ethics on our wilderness adventures and also take an active role in implementing these basics by teaching classes on wilderness application in a camping, exploration and rock climbing activities.
The Bigfoot Challenge‘s goal is to encourage simple acts of environmental activism and teach Leave No Trace principles. It’s easy. From teaching a kid the importance of not feeding wildlife to picking up trash on the trail, Bigfoot is asking you to complete and report a single Leave No Trace challenge from the list below. Challenges will rotate every month and you’ll have the opportunity to win great outdoor gear prizes every time you participate. Double your chances of winning by capturing your Bigfoot Challenge in a photo or story and sending it to: Bigfoot@LNT.org. By taking the challenge, you are not only joining a nationwide conservation movement, you are also Leaving No Trace where it matters most – the places you play.
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LEAVE NO TRACE ETHICS:
- Dispose of waste properly
- Leave what you find
- Minimize campfire impacts
- Respect Wildlife and Terrain
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Leave No Trace provides a framework for outdoor recreation decision making, which is summarized in the following 7 principles:
- Plan Ahead and Prepare: Poorly prepared people, when presented with unexpected situations, often resort to high-impact solutions that degrade the outdoors or put themselves at risk. Poor planning can result in improperly located campfires because groups failed to plan enough time to reach their intended destination, or improper campfires or excessive trash because of failure to plan meals or bring proper equipment.
- Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces:Damage to land occurs when surface vegetation or communities of organisms are trampled beyond repair. The resulting barren area leads to unusable trails, campsites and soil erosion.
- In high-use areas, Leave No Trace suggests that people concentrate activity, which makes further damage unlikely.
- In areas of very little or no use, Leave No Trace encourages people to spread out. Taking different paths when hiking off-trail will avoid creating new trails that cause erosion. Dispersing tents and equipment, and moving camp daily will avoid creating permanent-looking camp sites.
- Dispose of Waste Properly:Though most trash and litter in the back country is not significant in terms of the long term ecological health of an area, it does rank high as a problem in the minds of many back country visitors. Trash and litter are primarily social impacts which can greatly detract from the naturalness of an area. Thus, Leave No Trace recommends that trash and litter should be packed out. Further, backcountry users create body waste and waste water which requires proper disposal according to Leave No Trace.
- Waste water: Avoiding soap and dispersing dishwashing water away from natural water sources
- Human waste: Proper human waste disposal prevents spread of disease, exposure to others, and speeds decomposition. A hole dug 6 to 8 inches deep and 200 feet from water, is the most practical way to dispose of feces.
- Human waste: There are areas where all waste must be packed out. These tend to be at high elevation where cold temperatures prevent decay. Alternately, in some location, a portable toilet can be used so only nearly pathogen free urine is left behind.
- Leave What You Find: Leaving natural items and other objects as found will allow others a sense of discovery. Similarly, Leave No Trace directs people to minimize site alterations, such as digging tent trenches, hammering nails into trees, permanently clearing an area of rocks or twigs.
- Minimize Use and Impact of Fire: Leave No Trace encourages people to use a lightweight camp stove instead of fires, because the naturalness of many areas has been degraded by overuse of fires and the increasing demand for firewood. If a campfire is constructed, Leave No Trace suggests using an existing fire ring in a well-placed campsite or to use a fire pan. True Leave No Trace fires show no evidence of having ever been constructed.
- Respect Wildlife: If enough people approach or interfere with wildlife, it can be disruptive to animal populations.
- Be Considerate of Other Visitors: Following hiking etiquette and maintaining quiet allows visitors to go through the wilderness with minimal impact on other users.
FIRST AID / SAFETY INSTRUCTION
Rock Climbing is a potential dangerous sport that puts you in harms way. Knowing what to do in a situation where quick action and expertise are of necessity. Bruises, scrapes, sprains and breaks are all common issues that climbers are afflicted with and having a good knowledge of first aid is indispensable.
We offer courses quarterly that teach Basic First Aid and CPR. Instructed by the Tempe Fire Department, this class shows quickly how to assess a critical situation and then teaches you the introductory steps to stabilize a victim. A day long class, it is a great introduction to the basic steps surrounding an accident scenario.
We host classes with the Fire Department on the weekends, and you need a minimum
of 8 people to create a private class for your group. We host 3-4 classes yearly as well -
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