Just a few thoughts
Today begins the year’s last World Cup in Japan. Yesterday Elnaz Rekabi arrived home in Iran after last week’s Asian Championships. In a few weeks US Nationals arrives in Colorado. Below are two interviews about gym programming, over 30 new products in our Buyer’s Guide, plus the new Touchstone Board and TNF routesetter shoe. Lots of news from the world of indoor climbing.
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Insider Stuff
- Rekabi Was Cheered After Returning to Iran. But is She Safe? (Delaney Miller, Climbing Mag)
- An Indigenous Athlete Climbs Toward Equity (Medhini Kumar, Sierra Club)
- Indoor Climbing Coaching And Parkinson’s (Chris Oshinski, CWA)
- Video: Climbing For Resilience (AAC)
Comp Scene
- Oct 20-22: IFSC Morioka-Iwate Boulder & Lead World Cup
- Nov 9-13: USAC National Championships
- IFSC Asian Champs Videos: Women’s B&L Finals – Men’s B&L Finals – Speed Finals
- Video: Fanny Gilbert – The Beta Breaker Who Became French Champion (EpicTV)
For Routesetters
- Video: Testing the new Routesetter Shoe by Tondy Tatiyo and TNF (BETA Routesetting)
- Video: Carving Wooden Climbing Holds (Tobias Wurft)
- The New Touchstone Board (Touchstone)
- Can You Recycle Climbing Holds? (Climbing Mag)
Training Tips
- Podcasts: When Beta Isn’t Better – I Said What I S.A.I.D. – Are You Always Performing? (Kris Hampton, The Power Company)
- Mental Mastery Skills to Stretch Your Limits (Eric Hörst, Climbing 4 Training)
- Video: Top 12 Worst Exercises for Climbers (Hooper’s Beta)
- Video: Climbing Warm Up (Lattice Training)
