Quick weekly recap:
Every week we scour climbing media to share the latest news and posts here, for you. Some are “slow news” weeks, but not this one. Highlights:
- Routesetting – a few clinics (one today/tomorrow), cool gig for CEC
- Programming – embracing sensory/autism-friendly gym classes
- Rock/mountains – Access Fund gives $15K for bolts, Piolets d’Or announced
- From OBJ – new REI investments, solid opinion, plan for outdoor creatives
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Insider Stuff
- Access Fund Awards $15,000 in Grants to Replace Aging Bolts (Access Fund)
- Alpinism’s Highest Honors Announced: The 2021 Piolets d’Or Recipients (Anthony Walsh, Climbing Mag)
- Video: The Debrief 2021 Year-End Ask Me Anything (Tyler Norton, Plastic Weekly)
- Video: Becoming World Champion – Beatrice Colli’s Incredible Year (EpicTV)
- Podcast: Kerry Scott – Ambition, Confidence and Climbing All The Things (The Power Company)
Business Diversity & Ethics
- Opinion – We need more women-led outdoor companies (Cassie Abel, OBJ)
- REI launches new program to invest in BIPOC-owned outdoor startups (Jiakai Chang, OBJ)
- This new tool helps creatives make outdoor content more responsibly (Jiakai Chang, OBJ)
Setting Education & Work
- Nov 12-14: Women, Trans, Femme and Non-Binary Setting Clinics (Mesa Rim Reno)
- Nov 18-19: New Workshop for Women Who Want to Learn How to Set Routes (QC/NB, Gripped)
- Dec 7: New BMC Route Setting for Coaching (Jonathan Garside, BMC)
- Call for Setters for 2021-2022 Senior Season (Climbing Escalade Canada)
- Details about hosting USA Climbing routesetting clinics
Training Tips
- How to Hang the Beastmaker 45-Degree Slopers (Noah Walker, Gripped)
- Don’t Train in Vain – Demystifying The Front’s Training Tools (Eric Jerome, The Front)
- Podcast: Tom Herbert, part 2, how to relax to improve your passat reserves (The Nugget Climbing)
- Video: Shoulder and Neck Health for Climbers (Lattice Training)
With CBJ Insider Weekly we share the best news and resources from across the world of climbing. It’s always the freshest, most recent, and valuable stuff we can find. Contact us with ideas and suggestions to include, and subscribe here to get this delivered to your inbox on Thursday mornings.
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