July 2023 | Vol. 17 Iss. 07
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ce climbing has been a passion for Noah Rowley ever since he started climbing with his dad at age 8. Rowley, who graduated from Corner Canyon High School in 2018, is the only member of the USA Ice Climbing team from Utah. He is heading to Chile next month for the Portillo Ice Festival in the Andes and hopes to represent the U.S. at the next winter Olympics. "Climbing challenges you mentally and physically," Rowley said. "I think about it all the time. It requires a large amount of concentration and dedication which affects every facet of my life." J. R. Rowley, Noah’s dad, is proud of his son’s accomplishments. “Noah’s been climbing his entire life,” he said. “By age 11 he was leading ice climbs.” J. R. is an accomplished mountaineer and caver himself. “I’ve been a climber my entire adult life, over 30 years,” he said. “All the routes I wasn’t skilled enough to do, Noah has taken them all down.” Noah attended Crescent View Middle School where he incorporated his love of
climbing into a science project and talent show performance. J. R. spoke of how Noah took repetitive falls lead-climbing on a rope at a local climbing gym for a science project in which he studied the percentage of elongation on a rope. A large dynamic elongation on a climbing rope increases the risk of a climber falling to the ground. At the same time, “It was a great way to get him used to falling,” J. R. said. “Climbers need to learn how to fall without getting injured.” As a member of the USA Ice Climbing team, which is under the auspices of the American Alpine Club, Noah participated in his first UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup last January in Europe. "It was so cool, so much fun!" he said. "America has never taken first place in a World Cup. Just placing in the top 10 is really good. Our best climber took sixth place in Switzerland. Obviously, our goal is to be the first Americans to win the World Cup." At the World Cup competition in Champagny-en-Vanoise, France, Noah progressed to the speed-climbing semifinals placing
Draper ice climber Noah Rowley competes all over the world. (Photo courtesy of J. R. Rowley)
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