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Meet the Occifers

 

Tate Luoma

Co-President

  • Pronouns: She/Her
  • Number of Years Climbing: 3 ish?? covid really got in the way
  • Favorite Send Song: Heat Above by Greta Van Fleet
  • Favorite Type of Climbing Hold:  micro crimps — gettin up close and personal with a rock is my jam
  • First thing I remember climbing: Hay bales at summer camp!
  • Superpower of choice: The power to fluently speak any language

Jordan Schultz

Co-President

  • Pronouns: He/They
  • Number of Years Climbing: 5
  • Favorite Send Song: The Climb by Miley Cyrus
  • Favorite Type of Climbing Hold: All types of climbing holds are just foreplay for OFFWIDTH CRACKS
  • First thing I remember climbing: The lip of the womb
  • Superpower of choice: Air bending for sure

Tilly Holtz

Vice President

  • Pronouns: She/They/any
  • Number of Years Climbing: Stuff? 20. Rocks? About 6
  • Favorite Send Song: Silence. It’s always gonna be silence.
  • Favorite Type of Climbing Hold: Crimps cause they make me feel like a gecko
  • First thing I remember climbing: When I was tiny I would ask my dad if I could climb him and then just yank my way up the body-arete until I got on his shoulders. I wish I could be 36 inches tall again 🙁
  • Superpower of choice: Adult telomerase activity

Stella Frank

Treasurer

  • Pronouns: She/Her
  • Number of Years Climbing: Maybe 3?
  • Favorite Send Song: Revival by Zach Bryan or Symbol by Adrianne Lenker (listen, it’s very much not send music but any chance to plug Adrianne I will take)
  • Favorite Type of Climbing Hold: Crimps cause duh
  • First thing I remember climbing: Trees
  • Superpower of choice: I want to be a mermaid so I can breathe underwater and swim so fast but have the option to have legs when I want so that I could surf although maybe I could just body surf always cause a tail is basically giant fins and it would be so fun

Marina Stella

Membership Coordinator

  • Pronouns: She/Her
  • Number of Years Climbing: 2ish
  • Favorite Send Song: Summertime by the Sundays
  • Favorite Type of Climbing Hold: Pocket of course because it is just too satisfying
  • First thing I remember climbing: A fence, but unsuccessfully
  • Superpower of choice: To be able to speak to any creature and any language

Bella Weksler

Stewardship + Outreach

  • Pronouns: She/Her
  • Number of Years Climbing: 16
  • Favorite Send Song: The Oogum boogum song
  • Favorite Type of Climbing Hold: I love a good crimp. Like just a solid incut crimp just gets you fired up.
  • First thing I remember climbing: I would climb the poles of the swing sets and hang above my friends on the playground.
  • Superpower of choice: To shrink and grow to any size so I can explore! And hide from responsibility

Genevieve Aubert

Stewardship + Outreach

  • Pronouns: She/Her
  • Number of Years Climbing: 2
  • Favorite Send Song: Fried Banana Girl by Dana and Alden
  • Favorite Type of Climbing Hold: Crimps because they make me feel like I’m sending something much cooler than I actually am.
  • First thing I remember climbing: Trees as a child 🌲😊👍
  • Superpower of choice: Holding my breath under water of course.

Kelsey Leet

Trips Co-Director

  • Pronouns: She/Her
  • Number of Years Climbing: 18
  • Favorite Send Song: Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes
  • Favorite Type of Climbing Hold: crimpz. they’re basically just jugs
  • First thing I remember climbing: climbing with my dad at the circuit in portland
  • Superpower of choice: max sendage … or never getting injured again

Ace Landauer

Trips Co-Director

  • Pronouns: He/Him
  • Number of Years Climbing: 6
  • Favorite Send Song: Christian Brothers – Heatmeiser
  • Favorite Type of Climbing Hold: Crack! Aint! Whack!
  • First thing I remember climbing: The social ladder
  • Superpower of choice: Always know exactly what to say

Diego Wong

Comps Director + Coach

  • Pronouns: He/They
  • Number of Years Climbing: 9.5
  • Favorite Send Song: Come On, Let’s Go
  • Favorite Type of Climbing Hold: A good ole comfy half-pad crimp is the perfect hold for trying hard without hating your life 🙂
  • First thing I remember climbing: I remember getting to the second to last hold of a V0 my first time in the gym and being too scared to get to the top but I had the time of my life. Oh also, the smell. The gym used to have a very distinct smell of chalk and feet I no longer notice.
  • Superpower of choice: Super speed. Like, time travel level super speed.

Abby Wilber

Clinics Co-Director

  • Pronouns: She/Her
  • Number of Years Climbing: 7
  • Favorite Send Song: Toxic by Britney Spears
  • Favorite Type of Climbing Hold: Baby face (no elaboration needed)
  • First thing I remember climbing: The kitchen counter
  • Superpower of choice: Trad climbing

Arlo Johnson

Clinics Co-Director

  • Pronouns: She/They
  • Number of Years Climbing: consistently for one year, periodically throughout most of my life
  • Favorite Send Song: De Selby (Part 2) by Hozier
  • Favorite Type of Climbing Hold: pockets!! they’re fun to hold (sometimes)
  • First thing I remember climbing: a fence 😚 and then trees
  • Superpower of choice: you’re silly if you don’t choose shapeshifting
Milan is on the left holding Nellie 🥹

Milan Willett

Media Maestro

  • Pronouns: He/Him
  • Number of Years Climbing: 2-14
  • Favorite Send Song: Tap In ft Post Malone, Dababy, Jack Harlow
  • Favorite Type of Climbing Hold: Le middle beastmaker
  • First thing I remember climbing: Redwood trees
  • Superpower of choice: Stronger fingers

Nate Ingebritson

Media Maestro

  • Pronouns: He/Him
  • Number of Years Climbing: 5
  • Favorite Send Song: I Don’t Wanna Be Okay Without You – Charlie Burg
  • Favorite Type of Climbing Hold: good old finger bucket
  • First thing I remember climbing: Trees and the ladder to my childhood tree-fort 🙂
  • Superpower of choice: Flying + breathing underwater (I’m writing these so I get to pick two hehe)

Colin Wills

Vibes Enforcer a.k.a not actively an officer

  • Pronouns: He/Him
  • Number of Years Climbing: 10
  • Favorite Send Song: I Like It – Cardi B or At the Cookout (depends upon the vibes)
  • Favorite Type of Climbing Hold: thank god ledge (half dome)
  • First thing I remember climbing: a cabinet that I got stuck in when I was 4
  • Superpower of choice: teleportation