Natasha Barnes

Natasha has been climbing since 1991 and has been a professional athlete since 2001. She has earned a spot on the US World Cup Team for both bouldering and sport climbing multiple times, and has sent several V11’s and 5.13d/14a’s outdoors. She earned the Bouldering National Champion title in 2005 and was a gold medalist in the 2005 Teva Games (now GoPro Mountain Games/IFSC Vail World Cup). She now competes in powerlifting and has qualified for the 2018 National Championships, with personal bests of a 290lb squat, 167.5lb bench press, and 355lb deadlift. Natasha first set foot in a Touchstone gym 17 years ago at an ABS bouldering event; slept in her car behind Mission Cliffs the first time she came to compete at a Touchstone comp. Touchstone has been a large part of her growth and development as a climber and she has met lifelong friends climbing at some of Touchstone gyms since she joined in 2005. She has been living in San Francisco, California for 13 years and has a private sports medicine practice at Motus Clinic in SoMa. She is excited to continue to be a part of the Touchstone community!