Mike Griffin - gym manager
An avid trad climber Mike Griffin has been in the Planet Granite community since 2005. In addition to his climbing life Mike has a passion for music. He composes original songs, plays rhythm guitar in a local rock band, and runs his own internet radio station. Mike’s professional goal is to nurture the close nit climbing community that embraced him 3 years ago.

Erica
Erica finds joy in the simple things in life. When you get to know her you'll find that it doesn't take much to put a smile on her face. She is enjoying life, currently going to school part time for a degree in biology, working full time at PG, and going climbing and snowboarding whenever she has the chance.

Mel
Grew up in Salt Lake City, started climbing in the Wasatch Range at 17; bought a rope at 23, and began mountaineering. Have climbed with Exum, in Jackson Hole Wyoming, the Wind River Range, and Cirque of the Towers, City of Rocks in Idaho, various climbs in Zermatt, Switzerland, and Yosemite; primarily in Tuolumne Meadows Area; Pinnacles Natl. Monument, Joshua Tree, and various other traditional and sport climbing areas. I have been with Planet Granite for a little over seven years working front desk, teaching belay, and 101 classes.  I teach rappelling and anchoring, outside of planet granite, privately. I love the “freedom of the hills”, and since retiring from technical management positions in the medical, optical, and film industries, I have enjoyed being a part of the Planet Granite family, members/guests.

Mel is a climbing instructor for Belay Lessons, Beginning  Rock Climbing, Climbing 101, Rappelling and Anchoring.

Will

Will has been with PG for 5 years and first became a part of the climbing community 10 years ago. He first began working at PG as an event staff and now resides as a Desk Staff, Climbing Team Coach, and BRC Instructor. Will is a full-time student and is currently working toward becoming a Firefighter. In his spare time (of what little that might be), he volunteers on call 24hrs a day as a Search and Rescue personnel, going out on searches mostly in the Bay Area and the Sierra's. Will has a passion for adventure and has been an avid Surfer and Climber for the last 10 years, always searching for the biggest waves and most spectacular climbs. You can often find Will at Pinnacles Nat'l Monument, Yosemite, Castle Rock, Linda Mar, Rockaway, Half Moon Bay, Santa Cruz or wherever there are waves or rocks.

Peter

Lover of rock climbing, skiing, piano, pasta, fine wines and hearty laughter amongst friends and family. Peter believes in doing what brings you joy. He also believes in a flying spaghetti ball monster. 

Andrew

Andrew was introduced to climbing in 2005 while attending college at UCSB.  It was after his first trip outdoors on the Santa Barbara sandstone that he fell in love with climbing and hasn’t looked back. After finishing college he moved back to the bay area and joined the PG team working the front desk.  While he enjoys sport climbing, it’s bouldering that he’s most enthusiastic about.  Andrew loves everything PG has to offer, but also encourages people to take their acquired strengths outdoors.

Dylan

Dylan started climbing in 2007. He is front desk, a BRC instructor, and coaches our youth climbing team. If you don’t find him in the gym climbing you will find him at the beach, in the snow, at the crag, or scrambling through the boulders. He loves to talk about gear, climbs, or about anything for that matter so feel free to ask him questions or just say hi.

Casey

Born right here in the bay area, Casey has grown up doing everything from skiing and snowboarding to playing water polo for his high school. He started climbing almost ten years ago and has focused on bouldering for the majority of his climbing career. He's thrown down problems from the local bay area spots to Jtree, Yosemite Valley, Toulumne Meadows, Tahoe, North Cal Coast, Oregon, Washington, all the way up to Squamish, B.C. Casey has been with PG for almost two years now, working the front desk, doing belay lessons and BRC. Whenever he has time off from climbing he works 40 hour weeks(almost) as a framing carpenter.

Kelley

Kelley is awesome.