Rock Climbing River Runners

This last week Mountain Skills Climbing took some of our staff out to channel their inner mountain goat on some thrilling climbs in the Taos area to promote their top-notch climbing programs. Mountain Skills Climbing offers a variety of climbing adventures for beginners to advanced climbers lead by professional, knowledgeable, and friendly guides providing vertical relief in New Mexico, Las Vegas NV, Thailand, and Mexico.
We at Los Rios River Runners are proud to work with Mountain Skills to provide one of our most popular Multi-sport trips, Rock 'n Raft, where our guests climb with breathtaking views in the morning, and ride the thrilling whitewater in the afternoon.
Our staff put down the paddles and PFDs to meet up with Mountain Skills to get a first-hand experience of a typical itinerary for rock-adventures. First a class 5.5 ascent up a gorgeous basalt cliff North of Taos. Jay, our guide from Mountain Skills was patient and informative as he explained how best to approach the climb, find safe handholds, trust the rope, and repel safely. With their excellent instruction, top of the line equipment, and enthusiastic attitude it was a fantastic way to start a day! After our first climb we headed towards the Rio Grande Gorge for our 100 foot repel! Overlooking our beloved Taos Box we lowered ourselves over the cliff edge to repel gently down, slow though we went the adrenaline was pumping! After all that adventure we were all ready to get back to our familiar Class 3 whitewater!
We'd like to thank Mountain Skills for the fantastic climbing lesson and urge everyone to give them a call!

Trusting the ropes!

Off the river, on the rock!

Made it!!!

Smiles after a successful climb!

This blogger is ready is to ascend that wall!

The Office and our Guide Jay sharing a moment before our 100 ft repel!

Mountain Skills can be found at:
http://climbingschoolusa.com/index.html
Or call them at:
575-776-2222 

Start the day on the wall and then cool off on the river with one of our fantastic Rock N' Raft Trips:
http://losriosriverrunners.com/rock-raft

See ya'll on the cliffs and on the river!