Support Adaptive Climbing & Paradox Sports

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Climbing and Eldorado Climbing Walls have teamed up to raise $20,000 for Paradox Sports, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that works tirelessly to expand adaptive climbing accessibility.

Each year, Paradox connects roughly 350 people with physical disabilities to climbing. They work with climbers with amputation or limb differences, blindness, hearing impairments, spinal cord injuries, neurological conditions, traumatic brain injuries, and post-traumatic stress disorder, among others. Paradox does this with the help of a variety of funding sources—but roughly 10% of their revenue comes from individual tax-deductible donations.

We’re hoping to raise $10,000 for Paradox Sports by October 25. By doing so we’ll unlock an additional $10,000 match from Eldorado Climbing Walls.

The first 100 people to donate more than $50 will receive a custom-made 20-ounce water bottle with art depicting Ouray ice climbing.

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Where do my donations go?

• $50 covers the cost of a one-day Colorado-based skills clinic for an adaptive climber.
• $100 covers the cost of adaptive climbing equipment that we supply for our participants on national trips which can include shoes, ice picks, crampons, harnesses, helmets, and adaptive systems
• $200 covers a scholarship for a 2.5-day Yosemite Valley skills trip for an adaptive climber

About Paradox Sports

Since its founding in 2007, Paradox Sports, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, has worked tirelessly to expand accessibility in our sport. They do this by hosting national climbing trips for adaptive climbers and veterans’ groups, introducing hundreds of people with disabilities to the sport every year; they run local clinics designed to help adaptive climbers increase their skills in a community setting; they conduct trainings for gyms, guiding services, veterans-affairs facilities, and university programs around the country, sharing the latest adaptive climbing practices so these organizations can better serve their local adaptive communities; and they sponsor individual athletes through their Adaptive Adventure Fund.

About Eldorado Climbing Walls

Eldorado Climbing Walls has a commitment to quality products, to doing things and treating people the right way, and to the ongoing success of our customers. Eldorado has the widest range of climbing wall products available anywhere – modern woodies for indoors, stunning artisanal concrete for outdoors, and a bevy of do-it-yourself panels for those home climbing walls. From a few DIY panels for toddlers, to the largest man-made outdoor climbing walls on the planet, to our latest climbing creation – Kinetix Action Towers, we have a solution that we think you’ll love. The employees at Eldorado all feel pretty lucky to be doing what we’re doing, and we graciously look for ways to give back to our sport and our community. Today we are paying it forward to 1Climb, Paradox Sports, and the Boulder Climbing Community – inspiring non-profits that Eldorado is proud to be able to support. Learn more at www.eldowalls.com.

About Outside Interactive Inc.’s Find Your Good 

Climbing‘s parent company, Outside Interactive Inc., believes in supporting and partnering with nonprofit organizations dedicated to inclusivity, increasing outdoor participation, fighting climate change, and protecting our planet. We support 14 nonprofits who work to protect the planet and grow outdoor participation among youth and underrepresented groups in cycling, running, climbing, hiking, skiing, sustainability, and wellness communities. Learn more here.