Team Rock
Team TRC
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| Dave Raue | Meghan McDonald | Obe Carrion | Danielle Jablonski |
| General Manager, Owner | Program Director, Manager | Operations Director, Head Route Setter | Marketing Director |
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Dave is the Rock Club's General Manager. After a long career in the international chemical business, he decided to "pack it in and do something more fun before it's too late." After partnering with The New Rochelle Racquet Club, TRC is the result.
Dave's family pulled him into climbing in 1996. "I've always been pretty much of a jock," he says, "but climbing just blew me away. It's the most addictive thing I've ever done." If TRC visitors are lucky they may see Dave pulling hard in his 80's spandex.
Newcomers to TRC are sometimes surprised to learn that Dave doesn't actually climb outside much. "I'm really a gym rat. I came to all this later in life than most, so I was already doing other outside sports." Those include skiing, cycling and kitesurfing.
Favorite sports venues: Verbier (off-piste!), Outer Banks, Vail back bowls
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Obe is Operations Director and Head Route-setter at The Rock Club. He also co-coaches Team Rock, TRC’s competitive climbing team. As Gym Director, Meghan brings to TRC the experience of over 10 years of working in the climbing industry. Meghan is the Director of Programming at TRC and co-coaches Team Rock, TRC’s competitive climbing team. Danielle has been climbing for 3 years both indoors and outside after originally being dragged to a climbing gym by a friend. Officially hooked to the sport, she made her way to TRC.
Obe discovered rock climbing at age 14 and quickly became addicted. Feeding the habit quickly lead to climbing career that few can dream of, much less match. Just 6 years later Obe went pro, climbing with the best in the US, England, Switzerland, Australia, Italy, Germany, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Japan, and New Zealand. Obe was a member of the US National Team in 2001 and 2002, and pulled a win at the ABS Nationals in 2001. Obe has been sponsored by many of the most established rock climbing companies including Madrock, prAna, 5.10, Scarpa, Pusher, Cordless, S7 Clothing, Boreal, and Fila.
Says Joe Iurato of Urban Climber Magazine, “[Obe] helped pioneer the whole bouldering movement by developing some of the most classic areas in the country... [Obe has] ultimately earned himself a place among the most elite climbers in history.”
If you think you recognize Obe, you definitely do, he has starred in 8 classic climbing movies including Rampage, Frequent Flyers, and Dosage I & II. He has also been featured in nearly every climbing magazine in the world including Rock and Ice Magazine, Climbing Magazine, L’uomo Vogue Magazine (Italy), and Rock & Wall Magazine (France).
When Obe isn't setting, coaching or climbing, he's probably playing golf. "It's the only sport harder than climbing!" he says.
Meghan was first introduced to rock climbing at age 14 and hasn’t looked back. She has climbed around the country and has worked in gyms in New York, Tennessee, and Connecticut. Meghan has been involved in competitive sports since grade school and played Division I soccer through college. As well as climbing, she also loves most activities that involve being outdoors and is hoping to run in a marathon in the not too distant future.
Meghan starting competing in bouldering competitions in 2005 and consistently places in the top of her division. She’s ready for a big year in 2007 : )
In the summer of 2006 Meghan traveled around the U.S. to sport climb and boulder in over 20 states. The trip was sponsored by companies including Urban Climber Magazine, Madrock, Trango, and prAna. An article about the trip was featured in the Nov/Dec 2006 edition of Urban Climber Magazine and a website dedicated to the trip is online at www.SendTheStates.com.
Meghan is currently a Mad Rock sponsored athlete. Her website is at www.MeghanClimbs.com
Meghan’s “don’t miss” climbing areas:
Down south! Foster Falls, TN; Red River Gorge, KY; HP40, AL and good ol’ Flagstaff, AZ
After joining the TRC staff in 2006, Danielle is now Director of Marketing and Communications. Her experience in media includes co-founding alt9 Productions – a website and video production company responsible for many climbing competition videos including videos for the Mammut-EMS Bouldering Championships and the ASCI Showdown. Check out her work at www.alt9.net. Additionally, Danielle has been involved with the production of a feature film and has experience creating DVDs and websites for several large independent films.
Danielle’s background is also in music having studied cello at university in Australia. As well as performing and teaching in Australia she toured Europe with her orchestra before moving to the States. She also has performed and recorded for various projects in NYC including two off-Broadway plays and two albums by local bands.
She was part of the Send The States trip in 2006 and spent two and a half months traveling around the country climbing in over 20 states (www.SendTheStates.com.)