Vertical Adventure Guides

Specialties

Vertical Adventure has been offering the best in rock climbing since October 1997, continuing to grow as we provide guided climbing trips, caving, kayaking, and zip lining with adventures available to a variety of groups and individuals. We are dedicated to providing safe and enjoyable programs to all of our clients.

Try our climbing instruction from the very basics of the sport to the more advanced top rope anchoring and ice climbing. Whether you are a complete novice, looking to hone up and build on your previous climbing skills, or fall somewhere in between, Vertical Adventure looks forward to the opportunity to help guide you to that new height in your skill progression!

Vertical Adventure Guides also offers some of the best caving, and kayaking in The Midwest. Our adventures don’t stop at the end of the summer but continue through the winter months with caving, ice climbing, and snowshoeing .

Our guides and instructors are skilled climbers and adventurers. Learn from those with

History

Established in 1997.

Vertical Adventure has been offering the best in rock climbing since October 1997, continuing to grow as we provide guided climbing trips, caving, kayaking, and zip lining with adventures available to a variety of groups and individuals. We are dedicated to providing safe and enjoyable programs to all of our clients.

Try our climbing instruction from the very basics of the sport to the more advanced top rope anchoring and ice climbing. Whether you are a complete novice, looking to hone up and build on your previous climbing skills, or fall somewhere in between, Vertical Adventure looks forward to the opportunity to help guide you to that new height in your skill progression!

Vertical Adventure Guides also offers some of the best caving, and kayaking in The Midwest. Our adventures don’t stop at the end of the summer but continue through the winter months with caving, ice climbing, and snowshoeing .

Our guides and instructors are skilled climbers and adventurers. Learn from those with

Meet the Manager

Joel T.

Manager

Joel has been climbing for over 25 years and earned his BS in Recreation and Outdoor Adventure from George Williams College. His trainings include Top Rope Guide through PCGI along with CPR and Wilderness First Aid. Joel is an avid cyclist and snow boarder and when he is not guiding groups in adventure he is flying around the skies in his Piper Cherokee Six as a 24 year long Private Pilot with almost 3,000 flight hours.