{"id":136689,"date":"2021-12-17T15:30:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T22:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=136689"},"modified":"2022-04-21T11:10:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T17:10:18","slug":"commencement-feature-amity-warme-20-climbs-to-new-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=136689","title":{"rendered":"Commencement Feature: Amity Warme ’20 climbs to new heights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Amity Warme ’20 is a rising star in the rock climbing world, and this fall, she will earn her second UCCS degree: a Master of Sciences in Sports Nutrition. Photo credit: Felipe Tapia Nordenflycht<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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In May 2021, after just a couple days of planning, Amity Warme ’20 \u2014 a graduate student in the Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Science at UCCS \u2014 successfully free climbed Golden Gate, a treacherous route up iconic rock formation El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But don\u2019t let the light prep time fool you. Warme is as efficient as she is adventurous. That efficiency has helped her finish her master\u2019s degree in Sports Nutrition while becoming a rising star in the rock climbing world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warme is the fourth woman to ever complete the Golden Gate route, which required her and her climbing partner to spend five and a half days on the wall with no more than the gear they hauled. It\u2019s a stunning accomplishment for any rock climber, but especially for Warme, who has pursued the sport seriously for only four years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warme, who graduated from UCCS with a bachelor’s degree in health care science in 2020, began climbing as a student at Baylor University. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Warme is the fourth woman to ever complete the Golden Gate route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Photo credit: Felipe Tapia Nordenflycht<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI took to it naturally,\u201d Warme said. \u201cI grew up as a competitive gymnast and fractured my back at the end of high school, so I needed another high-energy output activity, and found climbing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new activity soon turned into a new profession. Warme made the jump into professional climbing three years ago and has since scaled some of the most prestigious rocks in the country, including “The Nose” on El Capitan, “Enter the Dragon” in the Fins of central Idaho, and “Vesper” in the Lime Kiln Canyon of northern Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are a lot of aspects of it I love, but I love the movement, the freedom to try difficult things, to push myself physically and mentally,” she said. “It takes you to a lot of awesome places, and you meet a lot of great people.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While building her climbing career, Warme sought a return to school to study sport nutrition. UCCS became the obvious choice for the Loveland, Colorado native. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m passionate about athletes maximizing long-term health and sport performance, and the program at UCCS is one of the best in the country,” Warme said. “And then also, being in Colorado, with access to world-class climbing out your back door, it made a lot of sense.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Balancing a burgeoning athletic career while completing a graduate degree requires a special focus that\u2019s seemingly innate for Warme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s how I\u2019m wired. I\u2019ve always been very self-motivated. I\u2019m good with time management and working efficiently,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Efficiency is key, since climbing trips often take her to locales with no internet or cell service. This requires Warme to complete her school work weeks in advance while also preparing for the physical and mental grind of big-wall climbing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For Warme, balancing graduate studies with a full-time climbing career has required the ultimate efficiency. Photo credit: Daniel Gajda<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Warme\u2019s passion for sport nutrition stems in part from her experience in gymnastics, a sport that shares similar body types with rock climbing at the highest levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEventually I\u2019d like to work with climbers,” she said. “Rock climbing is a very weight-sensitive sport similar to gymnastics, where being lighter is an advantage. That often gets taken to an unhealthy extreme, so I\u2019d love to help athletes prioritize their health but also performance and not getting into a negative spiral with too much focus on low body weight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She credits UCCS and her professors for connecting her to researchers and professionals in the sport nutrition industry, and specifically climbing nutrition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon graduation as a member of the fall UCCS Class of 2021, Warme plans to complete an internship to receive her registered dietitian license. She doesn\u2019t anticipate it interfering with her climbing goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m planning another trip out to Yosemite in April, where there are a couple of big objectives I\u2019m hoping to tackle,\u201d she said. \u201cI was out there this past spring, which kind of put me on the map. I\u2019m just trying to find the next big adventure and whatever inspires me to push myself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warme has this advice for students who want to balance education with big goals outside of school:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGive yourself the freedom to pursue it. Know that it\u2019s possible. It is more work than just being a student. Maybe you aren\u2019t having this big social life, but holding on to your dream and knowing that it\u2019s worth it to pursue something that inspires you. The work that you put in, the outcome is worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the UCCS Fall and Summer 2021 Commencement Ceremonies <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Amity, a member of the fall UCCS Class of 2021!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UCCS\u00a0fall 2021 Commencement ceremonies celebrated\u00a01,086 graduates of the summer and fall semesters. Nearly 600 graduates attended the ceremonies at the Broadmoor World Arena on Dec. 17, 2021, along with family and friends. More than 40 of those\u00a0were graduates from the Classes of 2020 and spring Class of 2021, who returned to walk across the Commencement stage after having celebrated their graduation virtually.\u00a0See the full Commencement program<\/a>\u00a0online.\u00a0View the full livestream<\/a>\u00a0on YouTube.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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