About Progression - Chiang Mai Rock Climbing Adventures
Progression, formerly known as Chiang Mai Rock Climbing Adventures (CMRCA), has been the leading climbing and caving outfitter in Northern Thailand since 2002. The company pairs an indoor training gym in the Pa Daet area of Chiang Mai with guided outdoor adventures at Crazy Horse Buttress, a world-class limestone crag in the nearby San Kamphaeng hills.
Its offering spans introductory and intermediate rock-climbing courses, full-day and multi-day guided climbing at Crazy Horse, rappelling sessions and technical vertical caving expeditions into the region's underground systems. The team also rents climbing equipment, runs youth summer camps, birthday events and professional certifications, and operates the Boundless Climbing adaptive programme for young people with disabilities. Indoor sessions at the Progression Vertical gym let first-timers build skills before heading to real rock.
What sets Progression apart is its safety-led, instruction-heavy ethos and its role in developing the Crazy Horse climbing area itself. Guides are professionally trained and the company has spent more than two decades bolting routes, training climbers and championing responsible access. For anyone wanting to climb or cave in Northern Thailand — whether a nervous beginner or an experienced leader — it is the established specialist.
