MEetups

Flash Foxy mini Festival • red river gorge • may 16-18, 2025

Schedule is always subject to change. All programs run rain-or-shine. No refunds.

  • If you've registered for the 2025 Flash Foxy Mini Festival you're all set! Meetups are FREE and are included with your festival pass. No registration required, just show up!

  • All location listings are tentative and subject to change day-of. If you have an accessibility concern related to venue locations please email events@flashfoxy.com and we can put you in touch with the meetup organizers!

  • Climbing gear is NOT provided for meetups. Meetup leaders and participants are required to supply their own climbing gear. Groups will discuss gear needs at the festival venue prior to meetup departure.

    There will be climbing harness, shoe and helmet demos available on SATURDAY for festival participants.

  • Meetups are not guided or instructional in nature. They are opportunities for participants to meet each other and find new friends to climb with. Meetup leaders will be familiar with local climbing. We encourage all participants and meetup leaders to make informed risk decisions and have conversations about risk and experience with all new climbing partners. Remember, climbing is inherently dangerous and you are responsible for your own safety.

who’s meeting?

There will be multiple meetup options both Friday and Saturday, including a themed meetup each day. Scroll below to read more about the themed meetups.

If those don’t feel like your jam, come to the Lago Linda Hideaway Pavilion at 10am on Friday and 11:30am on Saturday to find your climbing crew!

Friday Themed Meetup

with Dan Bedoya

Do you have an exciting climbing story that’s waiting for the perfect audience? Maybe you’re looking to practice those rusty public speaking skills? If so, come join us for Climbing and Storytelling, a sport climbing and top rope meetup for climbers of all experience levels. Led by a former theatre professional, this meetup will offer climbers a chance to activate their sense of play through theatre games that warm up both body and imagination before an afternoon of fun climbing! Afterwards, participants will gather around and express themselves creatively by sharing their favorite climbing stories in a safe and supportive open mic that blends our passion for adventure with the timeless, human tradition of oral storytelling.

Climbing & Storytelling

Saturday Themed Meetup

Shorty Sending Secrets

with Grey Curnutte

Sometimes to reach new heights you have to approach with a different perspective. Let’s hang out and talk about thinking outside the box and learning how to work with what you've got in a tall climber's world. We’ll break down the core physics of how we move and discuss how our footholds, handholds, and hips play a key role in helping or harming our movement. We’ll also talk about reading rock, identifying small feet and pesky hands, specifically here in the Red. Lastly, we’ll go over the role our hips play in a variety of climbing techniques, how to apply those concepts to different terrain, and what to do when you’re presented with different beta options.