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When you start your climbing journey, there is an overwhelming amount of information to learn! You have to learn safety, new lingo, new muscle use, new movement and more. One of the critical pieces of being a successful climber is understanding the hold types. Knowing the names and how to use different types of hold will help you read the climb before you hop on it and will help you communicate to other climbers. In this post, I go over the basic hold types.
Read MoreColor the Wasatch is an affinity group that works to remove financial and social barriers for climbers of color in the Salt Lake City area.
Read MoreIf we as BIPOC were taken seriously, Gearmunk employees, like myself, wouldn’t have to fight tooth and nail for the thousands of dollars that we are owed. Gearmunk also owes members of the DEI Committee a total of $3,000.
Read MoreWant to diversify your Instagram feed? We can help! Check out our list of 16 Black Women & Non-Binary Climbers to Follow on Instagram!
Read MoreAbby Dione became the first Black woman in the United States to own an indoor rock climbing gym when she purchased Coral Cliffs in 2011. Here’s why that matters.
Read MoreShe described herself as feeling much more self-aware and much more nervous on her second BASE jump. But then she thought about how she had almost died while driving to work one day in Arizona—a rollover accident that left her with eight pins and a plate in her leg—and she decided to take the leap
Read MoreSummer may be over, but #VanLife definitely is not. To learn more about how you can diversify your feed, follow along with our #VanLife series. Our first feature is climber Clara Soh, who survived two accidents and 22 reconstructive surgeries before downsizing into 72 sq ft.
Read MoreI was so excited to be on the verge of completing my first v4 when I noticed a sudden pain in my right shoulder. There was no way that I was going to drop down so close to finishing, so I ignored the pain and made it to the top. My friends and I were ecstatic, but I quickly discovered that I was unable to raise my right arm!
Read MoreIn 2019, African-American mountaineer Rebecca Ross flew halfway across the world to meet her climbing partner for the first time. Together they planned to climb two 16,000ft peaks high in the Georgian Caucuses. Needless to say, things did not go as planned.
Read MoreSabrina has the distinction of being the first woman to be featured on the cover of a Canadian climbing guide, the first woman to complete a 5.13d grade ascent in Ontario and possibly the first black woman ever to land the cover of a climbing guidebook according to Ontario Rock Climbing.
Read MoreSabrina Chapman is a black Canadian climber on a mission to send her first 5.14a, and yet, she didn’t even start climbing until she was 26-years-old! Her story is proof that you can start late, take a non traditional path and still pursue your passion. Help us bring Sabrina’s story to the big screen!
Read MoreCoaching representation means not only physical safety but spiritual and emotional safety, too—it’s impossible to overstate how important this is for the next generation of outdoor athletes and enthusiasts.
Read MoreMeet Forrest Parks; at 26 years-old they are a sport climber, a Deuter ambassador, an Outdoor Research grassroots athlete and a Diversify Outdoors coalition member.
Read MoreWe interviewed Los Angeles based mountaineer, Eric Catig, who recently hiked the High Sierra Trail along with four friends.
Read MoreHe credits his Black parents and grandparents who “set the tone for us as advocates of outdoor exploration, stewardship, and "atypical" activities such as skiing, ice hockey and hang gliding.”
Read MoreWe interviewed eight amazing Asian & Pacific Islander women who are changing the climbing scene through advocacy, representation and redefining what it means to #climblikeagirl.
Read MoreNguyen is frank about his observations of the guiding industry. It looks like “rich old white dudes in charge of a younger set of rich white dudes in charge of a poor set of white dudes.” His goal is to change that.
Read MoreMeet Melise: a climber and neuroscientist based out of Seattle, Washington.
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