Just a few thoughts
Congrats to all the routesetters, coaches, volunteers, and of course athletes that just wrapped up 9 huge Divisional Championships here in the US! Shout out to a friend who just got her L3! This week lots of comp news below as well as routesetter conversations and two manager/owner boot camps next month in Chattanooga. And major props to the CBJ team after months of work getting our best-ever Gyms & Trends Report published this week!
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Community
- Video: Dear Mother – A Climber’s Transracial Adoption Story (Louder Than Eleven)
- Hazel Findlay Says We’re Looking at Risk All Wrong (Maya Silver, Outside)
- Team GB Olympian Erin McNeice on her breakout 2024 season (Natalie Berry, UK Climbing)
Comp Scene
- Feb 22-23: WinterFest 2025 – Ice Climbing World Cup & Festival in Longmont, CO(Climbing Collective)
- Team Trials Tickets on Sale (USAC)
- Why Watching Climbing in the UK Will Cost £30.99 a Month in 2025 (Inside Climbing)
- British Lead Climbing Championships 2025 – Results (Xa White, UK Climbing)
- Oriane Bertone and Adrien Lemaire French bouldering champions 2025 (Alexis Piguel, Grimper)
- 2025 Sport Climbing Australia National Youth Program (Sport Climbing Australia)
- GB Paraclimbing Team Announced for 2025 (BMC)
For Routesetters
- Mar 11: Workload: How many boulders do YOU set each day? Online Discussion with Ward Byrum (CBJ)
- Podcast: A Setter’s Perspective on Sustainable Holds – Roy Quanstrom (John Burgman, CBJ)
- Podcast: Routesetter Tyrone Clements (Jack Masel, Climbing Curated)
- Podcast: Welcome Gregor Vezonik – Worldcup winner, hold shaper, father, friend or enemy? (Another Setting Podcast)
- Techniques for Engaging Climbing Routes (Impact Route Setting)
- Video: Setting the hardest qualification Boulder at Dockmasters 2025 (Beta Routesetting)
For Owners & Managers
- Mar 3: Creating a World-Class Climbing Facility with Chris Ryan (CWA)
- Gyms & Trends Report 2024 (CBJ)
- Rise Above Consulting Announces Two-Day Climbing Gym Business Bootcamp at the Indoor Climbing Expo in Chattanooga, TN (CBJ)
- Video: Walltopia Production Plant (Walltopia)
Training Tips
- Podcast: How Steve Bechtel’s Training Philosophies Have Changed Since 2014(Neely Quinn, TrainingBeta)
- Video: Unlock Dynamic Movement – 4-Step Deadpoint Checklist (Hooper’s Beta)
- Video: Are You Due For A Training Deload Week? (Eric Hörst, Training 4 Climbing)
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