Outdoor Climbing
2023 Summer Season
This summer, Roca is partnering with Big River Climbing Guides to take you into the Outdoors! Eric Barnard is the Owner and Lead Instructor-check out his guiding service for all of your trips this year! Since 2017, Big River Climbing Guides has been guiding throughout the Midwest specializing in professional rock and ice instruction and guided experiences.
Eric Barnard -Owner/Lead Instructor
Eric has been leading climbing experiences since 1997 in areas such as Joshua Tree, Kings Canyon, Arches, Canyonlands, and Sequoia National Parks as well as regional locations such as Devils Lake State Park, Horseshoe Canyon, and Red River Gorge. He is an Apprentice Rock Guide with the AMGA, an AMGA Single Pitch Instructor, and a lead instructor for NOLS Wilderness Medicine. He has made ascents of big walls in Yosemite and Zion, multiple in-a- day ascents of the Grand Teton, multiple Desert Towers throughout Utah, numerous alpine ascents in the Sierra Nevada, Alaska Range, North Cascades, Wind River range, Big Horn Mountains, and throughout Colorado, Idaho, and Montana.
Education:
B.S. Outdoor Education; Idaho State University
M.S. Education Leadership; Winona State University
Lead Instructor: NOLS Wilderness Medicine
NOLS Wilderness EMT
AMGA Apprentice Rock Guide
AMGA Single Pitch Instructor