WOMEN AT HEIGHT

The networking event by and for women working at height

From tree care to industrial climbing to route setting – these professions should ideally be accessible to both women and men. Our new focus “Women at height” on Saturday, November 23,2024 shows what it looks like in reality, what challenges women working at height are confronted with in these fields and the inspirations they draw from their experiences. 


At this networking event, women working at height from professions such as industrial climbing, route building, rope access technology, tree care and many more will give talks about their day-to-day work. There will be presentations by Vicki Tough and Alexandra Schweikart as well as a panel discussion with women working at height from various industries and manufacturers. WOMEN AT HEIGHT is supported by SZwei Verlag (magazine Arbeitsschutz - Aber sicher!).

The presentations and the panel discussion are open to all VERTICAL PRO visitors.

Are you a woman working at height and would like to take part in the WOMEN AT HEIGHT networking event? If so, please get in touch with us – we look forward to experiencing the strength of WOMEN POWER and hearing your exciting contributions!

Events with this subject:

Saturday 11/23/2024
Saturday 11/23/2024
10:45 am until
11:45 am
Women on the wall: Why are female route setters so rare? Challenges and opportunities in the climbing environment.

This presentation is dedicated to the central question of why only a small number of women choose the profession of routesetter.

Speaker: Alexandra Schweikart
The professional route setter and journalist works in sales for DMM and as a product tester for the route building centre.

Saturday 11/23/2024
12:00 pm until
12:30 pm
Building a professional appearance: 9 practical tips for you as a route setter

Workshop leader: Rebekka Schütze, professional route setter and hall manager DAV Climbing centre Darmstadt

Saturday 11/23/2024
1:00 pm until
2:00 pm
Women at height - panel discussion

Participants:  Dörte Pietron (Head of the women´s expedition team in the German Alpine club (DAV),) Stephanie Kleisser (industrial climber), Marie Kühne (route setter), Saskia Semler (arborist), Ronja Brinkmann (Petzl), Elena Fergnani (Edelrid)

Moderator: Camillo Kluge, SZwei Verlag

Saturday 11/23/2024
2:30 pm until
3:30 pm
Ambitions, expectations and realities of working at height as a woman

Drawing on 17 years of work at height within the disciplines of rope access, canopy research and arboriculture Vicki Tough will discuss the opportunities and challenges encountered whilst navigating a career with rope, harness and a uterus.  

Speaker: Vicki Tough, Sylvana Alta

You have questions?

Sonja Heß
Project Manager Side Events