Naomi Ito

Naomi grew up in Fort Collins, started climbing on a church rope wall at twelve and coached her college team. She taught elementary school for six years before she and Hank opened Basecamp.

She runs the front of the gym: Learn the Ropes, the belay tests, the youth classes and the Youth Team, as well as Climber’s Yoga on Monday evenings. She’s the person to ask if you or your kid is nervous. She believes a first fall, caught well, is the most useful thing a coach can give a new climber.

Outside Basecamp, she volunteers with a school climbing program in Longmont and bakes a very serious banana bread.