Twenty-two years have passed, and I am still driven to prove that I can do what white folks do, but I have only recently discovered why.
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Usually as climbers, we concentrate on arm strength, but strong legs are just as important! Here are five exercises to improve your heel hook and toe down ability!
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Here are 4 tips for dealing with internalized racism that will allow you to experience BIPOC community and the outdoors fully. Your family might even come along too.
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This summer my partner James and I took on the task of designing and building our own backyard climbing wall. Here are several lessons we learned along the way!
I’ll be honest, once I started doing big missions in the mountains a few years ago, I lost appreciation for chill local outdoor activities that didn’t require expensive technical gear. Looking back, I think my internal bias prevented me from enjoying so many different experiences in nature like visiting a local park and sitting on a picnic blanket with your best friend.
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I often get asked why people who look like me don’t spend more time in nature. It seems like such an innocent question, but it reminds me of the times that I have felt unwelcome in the outdoors. As an educator who believes in the importance of teaching others, here are five ways to become a better ally to hikers of color.
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If 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.
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Front Levers may not be fun but they are great core exercises and very useful for roof climbing. Here are five exercises that will improve your climbing and will progress you to doing a full front lever.
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I love this hike because it’s close to home and has breathtaking views at the top. The fire road gives you the option of upgrading the accessibility and downgrading the difficulty level of this trail. It’s still an 8+ mile hike though, so make sure you come prepared.
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Despite being raised to be a well-adjusted, confident, Black kid, I wanted to be White.
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We spoke with Afro-Mexican firefighter Christian Riley about how he’s worked hard to make his dreams of skydiving, paragliding and BASE jumping a reality.
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Maybe it’s time to stop worshipping Muir, Pinchot, Roosevelt, Wilson and Grant, and to start listening to Black and Indigenous environmental leaders.
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The second installment on how to improve your pull power! These exercises are a bit more challenging!
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For me there is no substitute for sleeping under the stars. These first few days have brought me a quietness of mind that has been missing for months. At the same time it is not an escape; I choose not to fully disconnect from what is happening in the world and in our country right now.
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Want to diversify your Instagram feed? We can help! Check out our list of 16 Black Women & Non-Binary Climbers to Follow on Instagram!
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In less than 48 hrs, a fundraiser started by a Vancouver based climber raised over $100,000 to help save a queer Black woman owned climbing gym - the only one of its kind in the U.S. - after it faced permanent closure due to pandemic related financial hardship.
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Abby 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.
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If there is one thing we’ve learned in the past few weeks, it’s that rapid social change is possible. Of course, would any of the recent social changes we’ve witnessed have been possible if George Floyd wasn’t murdered slowly by police while being recorded by multiple bystanders? That’s a hard question. Eight minutes and forty-six seconds is a long time, America.
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When I get up in the morning and face the world, I often feel as if I have to be strong and tough with a clap back forged in the depths of Black Twitter, or else I’ll break.
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Although thank yous are nice, I am asking for society to show gratitude in a more tangible way. I am asking that we work towards fixing our broken healthcare system. So, please do not call me a hero; here are seven things you can do instead.
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