Just a few thoughts
With comp season over and the holidays around the corner, we’re all focused on wrapping up the year strong (and maybe getting some days on rock during the break). This week some friends got links below – Tyler crushed Euro ice comps, a pro setter visits Kilter, and Scott shares tips on filling your first homewall with holds.
Insider Stuff
- Dreamcatchers, Nationals and Reconnecting Through Climbing (Noah Walker, Gripped)
- Sasha DiGiulian Joins Players for the Planet to Fight the Dominican Republic’s Plastic Crisis (Delaney Miller, Climbing Mag)
- Americans Make History – Two Gold Medals at European Ice Climbing Cups (Corey Buhay, Climbing Mag)
- Top 10 Climbing Advocacy Victories of 2021 (Access Fund)
Athletes & An Advocate
- Podcast: Veronica Baker – The Climbing Initiative (The Power Company)
- An interview with Anna Foo – blind athlete, shining star and GB Paraclimber (Talia Lazarus, BMC)
- Video: BEYOND FOCUS 3/4 – Brutal Training Effort Is Not Everything (Adam Ondra)
- Interview with Bouldering World Champion Natalia Grossman (Noah Walker, Gripped)
CWA Beta
- (Route)Setting Good Standards – Create More Empathy In Your Routesetting (Haley Moran)
- Why You Should Think About Scaling Up (Kristin Horowitz)
- Register today: CWA Summit in Salt Lake City on May 16-20
Kilter Sessions
- Video: Mad Scientist Niki Wiechmann of Beta Routesetting Teaches a Setting Lesson at the Kilter Barn (Kilter Grips)
- Video: Best Training Board in The World? (Lattice Training)
- Video: The Kilter Board session in ON (Bouldering DabRats)
Training Tips
- Video: What is Contact Strength? A Climbing Nerd’s Investigation (Hooper’s Beta)
- Podcast: Is Finger Pulp the Key to Crimping? (The Power Company)
- Podcast: 10 Common Training-for-Climbing Mistakes That Your Should Avoid! (Eric Hörst, Training 4 Climbing)
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