Just a few thoughts
First, best wishes to all of the US and Canadian competitors, routesetters, coaches, volunteers, and event organizers at Nationals this week!
Then, a huge shout-out to the CBJ team for delivering our best-ever report. Our 13th annual Gyms & Trends is a labor of love combining efforts from every one of our team, especially Joe Robinson who leads all of our data analysis projects. Thank you Joe, John, Naomi, and Megan!
Last, a thank you to all our subscribers. This is our 300th Climb Insider! Over the years I’ve curated over 6000 links to share, and I do it for you. Reply anytime, I always love to hear from you! -Scott
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Community & Culture
- Gyms and Trends 2025 (CBJ)
- Podcast: Talking with a climbing CEO, Ged from the Hangar (Careless Talk)
- Climbing gyms – some analysis of French market (Laurence Guyon, La Fabrique Verticale)
- Video: The Controversy Of Alex Honnold’s Taipei 101 Free Solo (Hannah Morris)
- Podcast: Enter the Dragon – Taipei 101 Recap (Alex Honnold, Climbing Gold)
Comp Scene
- Feb 21: Tennessee State Championship (ASCL)
- Feb 28: Colorado State Championship (ASCL)
- How To Watch the 2026 YETI National Championships (USAC)
- 2025–2026 Senior National Championships Kick Off This Week in Calgary (Christiane Marceau, CEC)
- The Return of the Specialists (Rory Potter, Inside Climbing)
For Managers & Owners
- Gyms and Trends 2025 (CBJ)
- More CWA Summit Sessions Announced (CWA)
- A Practical Guide to Networking: What It Takes to Build Real Connections at the CWA Summit (CWA, CBJ)
- Sep 16-17: Change of Date – ABC Conference 2026 (ABC Walls)
For Routesetters
- Video: Routesetting for Paraclimbers (ft. Nohl Haeckel) (Vortex Routesetting, CBJ)
- Video: The Art of Tasteful Redirects (Trango)
- Podcast: Boulder Bundesliga & other things (Another Setting Podcast)
Training Tips
- Podcast: The Great Nutrition Reset – Unlocking the New Real Food Pyramid (Eric Hörst, Training 4 Climbing)
- Better Climbing Tactics – Beta > Macrobeta > Microbeta (Kris Hampton, The Power Company)
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