Texas Lady Crushers (TxLC) started as a simple meet-up group for rock climbing women who live and travel throughout the state.
Shortly after, I extended our membership to non-binary and non-gender conforming individuals as well.
Our first retreat at Hueco Tanks in March 2020 exhibited the value of professional instruction to both me and the attendees. Due to the pandemic and our growth, I decided to put our free meetups on hold. TxLC began hiring guiding companies in September 2020 as part of its regular programming. Although it limited the number of attendees, it provided top-notch education in a more controlled environment.
"To best serve our community, I knew what I had to do: begin the journey of starting my own guiding company."
Unfortunately, this alienated most of our members, and I wasn’t a fan of that. As we know, costs, access, and lack of mentorship are recurrent themes in climbing and outdoor recreation in general. To best serve our community, I knew what I had to do: begin the journey of starting my own guiding company.
TxLC became an LLC in November 2020 and we’ve been working to change the course of Texas climbing HERstory ever since. You read that correctly: HERstory.
Source credit - Black Diamond
