Just a few thoughts
The new year arrived with climbing gym news! New gyms opened, old gyms bought, a few gyms for sale, a training gym on the way. Plus a possum. Seriously. Aside from the gym news, a few opportunities to expand your routesetting education.
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Culture & Community
- Podcast: Dani Dobrot and Prerna Dangi and the Birth of Global Climbing(Enormocast)
- How to Inspect Your Climbing Gear and When to Retire It (Bennett Slavsky, Outside)
- Lead Etiquette for the Gym Climber (Gripped)
Gym News
- Bend Just Got A New Training Gym (Boardworks Climbing)
- Montreal Just Got It’s Newest Bouldering Gym (Allez Up)
- Climbing Collective Acquires Wooden Mountain (CBJ)
- Gym For Sale In West Virginia (LoopNet)
- Gym for Sale in Alabama (CBJ)
- We’re coming this Spring, Santa Barbara! (The Pad)
- Possum visits Indoor Climbing Wall in Melbourne (Natalie Berry, UK Climbing)
For Routesetters
- Jan 11-14: Setter Summit in SLC (Vertical Solutions)
- Feb 4-5: Setting & Coaching Clinics in Vegas (sToKed Volumes)
- Video: How to Make Wooden Climbing Holds (Tobias Wurft)
Training Tips
- Podcast: Breaking into 5.12 Climbing with Coach Alex Stiger (Neely Quinn, TrainingBeta)
- Why Hangboarding isn’t Making Your Hands Stronger (Nathan Drolet, The Power Company)
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