Rock climbing is a very popular activity 

among those who are 

visually impaired or blind. 

And it's something 

that kids of all ages can do. 

It's something they can also do 

with their families 

in different rock 

climbing gyms or 

even out in the outdoors. 

Watch this rock climbing videos 

so you can learn how to pre teach, teach 

and get your kids up on the wall 

and down safely, 

but also to feel 

that sense of accomplishment. 

Hope you enjoy this video 

and how to teach kids 

visual impairments how to climb. 

First,I want to do a little tug test 

to make sure this thing is snug. 

I'll make sure all of 

our loops are secure.

OK, so we're on the back part. 

to make sure it's back 

on your waist good. Everything feels OK.

Yeah. 

Guys, I might not 

get all the way up there 

because I hurt my tailbone the other day. 

So OK, we we believe

we can achieve right? 

We can go up. All right. 

So what we're going to do 

is first thing we want to know 

is we have a balay person. 

We have our balay right here behind us.

Zach is our balay man. 

All right. 

Well, he's going to do 

is make sure you go up the wall. 

And if you stop at any point, 

he's going to keep you there. 

When it's time to come down, he's 

going to lower you down. OK. 

You're totally safe the entire time. 

All right. 

You feel comfortable with that. 

OK, now you can. 

You can you see out 

front of you right here these hand holds. 

All right. 

So will be very small 

and some will be very big. 

If you can't, you get to a spot 

where you're stuck on the wall. 

I might help by spotting 

you and telling you 

where they might be left and right. 

OK, if you can't hear me, let me know.

So I can't hear you, Adam. 

All right, sounds good, OK?

You feel comfortable 

feeling ready to summit. 

OK, now we're going to do 

is go climber ready 

and you said ready climber on climber on.

OK, ready, balay ready, climber, ready

climber on.

Let's let's have our hand set 

in one spot 

and then lets put 

our foot in there, OK, so hand set

and then your hand set 

and then legs ready go. 

All right, now, find your once you, 

so pause for a second 

and reach for your next one 

and then eventually go up. 

Nice job, Jaylynn. 

All right you 're coming 

to a little bit of a shelf, 

so you want to stop there for a minute? 

Yeah, find your leg piece. 

Not going anywhere. 

Yup. 

Your all your left leg 

left me right there. 

Perfect. 

All right. 

Keep going up. 

By your right knee is a nice foothold.

Yup. Very good. 

Very nice. 

Nice job. 

Get those fingers right in there.

Great work, Jaylynn.

Actually feel your way up the wall.

You find that bell the top. 

Yeah, she rang the bell. 

Let's go! 

All right, Jaylynn. 

Let us know when you're coming down. OK.

All right. Are you ready to come down? 

All right. Climb on down. 

OK, well, bring your right arm 

around that rope 

under your arms like you said, 

then you're going to put my hand 

on the rope in front of you 

and kick your feet into the wall.

Oh then stop right there, honey.

Jaylynn, can you go back 

up to a two feet hold? Yup.

two feet and sit. 

Perfect. OK. 

Yeah. 

And then just sit back 

like you're sitting in a chair, OK!

And you kick the bottom 

of your feet to the wall. Here you go. 

Keep your feet on contact.

Good, lean back and walk down slowly.

The more you lean back, 

the better it will be. 

So lean back and trust it. Very good.

Lean back, lean back and walk

like you're doing the moonwalk. 

Yeah. Perfect.

Good job, high fives.

Yeah. Great work. 

All right, we're going to twist 

lock this right here. 

You didn't think you could do it 

and you did it right 

one step at a time, right? 

Good job. All right. 

Can you tell Zach? Thank you. 

Yeah, give him a fist pump. 

Yeah. Rock on. 

I think rock wall 

climbing is a very good 

experience for kids 

who are visually impaired 

because they can, like, 

feel with their other 

senses, their hands. 

They can, like, feel 

like four big bump, slower bumps 

if something's like very sharp or soft,

so they can, like, 

know what they're like 

climbing for, you know?

And I think it's also 

good for people to do that

because then they can feel confident 

about themselves that they can do things.

We're going to do now 

instead of going, we will. 

Before we went all the way up, 

now we're going to start 

from the side and go across 

so we won't go as high. 

All right. 

So we're going to go to the side 

all the way over. 

All right. 

What we're going to do first 

is we're going to hold as high as we can. 

All right here. 

And they're going to come back down off. 

And we're going to walk around 

so you can see how far 

you're going to go. 

All right, turn sideways 

and we're going to walk just 

this way around. 

We're going to feel different handholds 

as we go. All right. 

So we're about halfway over. 

We're going to go all the way 

to the other side. 

There's low holds, high holds. 

We're going to stay relatively low. 

We're not going to go 

to the top to the bell this time. 

We're going to come around this corner. 

You feel that corner. 

It's really sharp 

and there's a lot of different handholds 

that are actually there. 

There's a lot of spots 

in the wall we can use.

We're going to come 

all the way over here. 

Keep reaching across. 

Keep reaching across. 

And then we're going to 

come all the way down. 

All right. 

We're going to do now 

is get you on the balay 

and we're going to go up 

about probably a little higher

than you can reach. 

Can reach the top one. 

We'll go as high as that one 

and we'll just keep going 

across the wall. 

All right. 

So what we need to do 

first is get you linked up. 

So again, we're going to 

push in twist, hook you like a fish. 

All right. 

So you ready? Yes. 

All right. 

Climb on balay ready? Here we go. 

All right, fnd your foot holds.

All right, we'll get to a spot 

and stop where we're comfortable.

That's great. 

Now, stop right there. 

What we're going to do now. 

Jaylyn is going to go to the right 

as best you can. 

So what I'm going to do 

is I'm going to spot 

where your foot could go. 

All right. 

And I want you to work 

this left foot to this

foothold right here. 

You bring this left foot over here. 

I got your right foot. 

Yup. 

Yep, and then bring this one up 

a little higher 

if you can, where your knee is.

I've got your right foot. 

Are you OK? 

OK, go right here. 

All right, right 

foot to your left foot 

where your knees left foot up.

I gotcha. Right there, OK. 

What we're going to do now, 

is we're going to try to wrap around 

and go across the wall, 

so maybe one foot here,

left foot, left foot right there.

OK, now we've got to go across, 

so you've really got 

to come out this way. 

Reach out for that foothold 

and you have my 

you have a small fall right here. 

Yup, good. 

We've got a left foot hold right here. 

Find a little crack. 

Find that crack. That's great. 

OK, now 

keep reaching right arm over at one

little higher, a little further 

over right hand, 

right hand a little farther 

over on the top side. 

OK, you're OK. 

I got your spot. 

I got your spot. 

You're OK, you're OK. 

Oh, yeah, it's definitely tough. 

Oh, I know you can do it. 

So there's a foothold 

right here. 

There you go. 

Let's rest for a second. OK. 

All right. You good. 

All right. 

Just keep finding spots 

off to your right. All right. 

So once you get your left ring, 

your figured out and settled, 

then we'll find the right side.

Yup. 

Oh, let's freeze real quick. 

So we need a walk back over to our left.

If you could just grab the rope. 

OK, 

bring the rope towards you for a second.

When you get a comfortable 

hand, can you pull the rope 

out away from the wall? 

So give it a big yank 

towards you, lean back,

step up, 

step up. There you go. 

And now I'll bring that 

rope right towards you really quick.

Now bring over the right.

You're almost there, almost over. 

Bring it over to your right. 

Yeah. 

Good job. 

Now we can keep going that 

the rope was tangled. 

There you go. Yup. 

You got a good foothold there. 

Nice job. 

Keep working over. 

What you can do. 

Yup, yup, yup.

So what we want to do 

is we're going to come 

straight down from there. 

We've completed the wall, 

so be sure of your feet beneath you.

All right, 

we're actually going 

to climb down this time. 

All right. 

Keep sliding down 

where you feel comfortable. 

Bring your hands down with you. 

You got your balay on tight. 

I got your spot.

Go over to the right.

Yeah. 

And we're going to slide down slowly. 

You're gonna walk right down. 

Yup. 

Good job, good work.

All right. That was tough. 

That was, hey, that was a really taxing. 

All right. 

That was tougher than going to the top, 

isn't it? 

Yeah, because you 

hold your body for a long time. 

That was really good. 

I would for sure do this again

because I am brave 

and I am tough and I don't give up.