Come and hear a rundown of the CCA’s recent activities plus general climbing news and points of interest, followed by our guest speaker presentation.

CCA members and non-members are welcome.

Guest speaker: professional rock climber, personal trainer and sports coach, Duncan Brown – “Obsession”

Determination becomes obsession, and then it becomes all that matters.

Duncan will share how obsession, sometimes with things proud and grand, and sometimes with things comically trivial, has shaped his climbing and his life over the years and led him to become the climber he is today – still as obsessed as the day he started.

Duncan is a personal trainer and sports coach. He has over a decade of experience coaching swimming, gymnastics, trampoline and rock climbing, as well as being a professional rock climber. He currently lives in Canberra, Australia, and conducts personal training, group classes and private climbing coaching in the world class bouldering and training facilities at BlocHaus Bouldering Gym in Canberra. He is the founder of Athlete By Choice, a locally-grown company which provides coaching and training programs for climbing and other outdoor sports.

Duncan is also the training writer for Vertical Life Magazine and has written training and climbing articles for many publications both in Australia and around the world.