Outdoor adventures are an amazing way to sneak out from busy schedules and challenge your body, mind and spirit. With an aim to provide safe, fun and challenging activities, Riverview Outdoor Adventure climbing school offers a wide range of adventurous activities to choose from. The school provide focused guidance and training to both individuals and groups and assure compete consumer satisfaction, quality training and utmost safety. With a highly experienced team of AMGA certified instructors and guides, Riverview has created a reliable name in the New York City. The school is led by Mr. Barry Rusnock, Climbing School Director & Founder and Single Pitch Instructor & Single Pitch Guide who strongly believes that climbing or any adventurous activity should be a lifetime experience for every individual where success or failure should not be judged on the basis of performance but out of experience; as success and failure both bring positive experience and contribute to one’s personal growth [mental and physical growth]. Single pitch climbing is done without intermediate stances where climbers have an option to be lowered to the ground at any given time. This is where owner Barry has crossed many milestones in providing one of the safest single pitches, outdoor rock climbing in NYC and has created a trustable image all across the city.
Barry possesses passion for climbing since childhood and is an alpinist at heart: he loves climbing at 10, 000 ft and above and encourages his team and students to also climb as high as they can and enjoy the overwhelming, scenic beauty of the mountains and exquisite surroundings. Climbing with Barry might as well help knowing some slick guiding tricks that most of the new instructors might not know. His knowledge and experience always speaks about how much struggle and hard-work he has invested to be where he is today. Some of the accreditations owned by Barry include AMGA Single pitch Instructor, AMGA Top Rope Site Manager, PCGI Single Pitch Guide, Certified BSA Level II Climbing Instructor, ACI Multi-Pitch Guide training, Certified Wilderness First Aid and CPR , AIARE Level 1 training, Crevasse Rescue training, and Ice Climbing Instructor training. Barry is also a proud member of American Alpine Club, alias Mid-Atlantic Section Chair. Additionally, he is also associated with various top organizations such as American mountain guide association, and Access Fund. Last but indeed not the least Barry is one of ten nationally certified AMGA single pitch instructors in New Jersey who is also famous as Eagle Scout in the city and is graduated from Penn State University with a B.S. in Structural Engineering Technology.
Barry has gathered a team of expert and certified climbers who are passionate about their work, expert in corporate team building and are well-trained to make critical medical and evacuation decisions in remote locations and assure complete security of all the students. His team includes 7 members [excluding Barry]: Rob Hauspurg- Rock Climbing Guide, Michael Burk- Single Pitch Instructor & Wilderness First Responder, Spencer Meivogel- Associate Instructor & Wilderness First Responder, David Pfurr- Single Pitch Instructor, Alan L. Jolley- Level II Rock Guide & Wilderness First Responder, Gene Popson- Youth Programs Coordinator and Mary-Michael Levitt- Hiking Instructor & Wildlife Guide.