1Climb

Kai Lightner’s Climbing for Change partners with Atlanta-area climbing gym Stone Summit and Kevin Jorgeson’s 1Climb to bring not just a new climbing wall to College Park, but ongoing climbing programs to further connect new climbers to the climbing community. Learn more about this incredible team up and heartwarming story

From sending Yosemite’s Dawn Wall to starting 1Climb — a nonprofit dedicated to introducing kids to climbing — Kevin Jorgeson is an inspiration both on and off the rock. In this blog, find out how Kevin came up with the 1Climb idea and why he only builds the nonprofit’s walls