Just a few thoughts
So that just happened – Chris Sharma took 2nd at the NACS in Hackensack! Is he back to comps? Many years ago I had the pleasure of a surprise visit from Chris at a random comp in Vermont – sure made it a party. Another throwback too – classic 1993 footage including comps and indoor with some of the top athletes of the day. In other news… Olympic routesetters, fresh athlete interviews, conservation grants, more. And a shout out to our friends across the pond gathering at the ABC Conference right now.
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Community & Culture
- Podcast: Hamish McArthur and Holly Toothill – Showing Up (Enormocast)
- Afraa Mohammad, on the road to the 2028 Olympics (Laurence Guyon, La Fabrique Verticale)
- Access Fund Announces Eight Fall 2024 Climbing Conservation Grantees (Access Fund)
- Video: Performance Rock Climbing 1993 (Udo Neumann)
Comp Scene
- Videos 2024 NACS Hackensack: Lead Finals – Speed Finals (USAC)
- Chris Sharma Takes Silver in Climbing Comp Dominated by Gen Z (Andrew McLemore, GearJunkie)
- How To Watch the IFSC World Cup Prague 2024 (USAC)
- Jessica Pilz and Yannick Flohé, winners of the Arco 2024 Rock Master (Isaac Fernandez, Desnivel)
- Video: Central Rock Gym Chelsea – End of the Line Bouldering Competition (BetaBreakerz)
For Routesetters
- Oct 8: Mission Im(possible)? Training to Climb Harder as a Full-Time Routesetter – Online Discussion (CBJ)
- Podcast: IFSC setter Olga Niemiec joins for a laugh (Another Setting Podcast)
- Podcast: Olga Niemiec, IFSC Olympic Routesetter (That’s Not Real Climbing)
- Olympic Route Setter Garrett Gregor on Paris 2024 (Natalie Berry, UK Climbing)
- Grip Showcase Salt Lake City 2024 – Vote by Sept 29 (CBJ)
- Video: IFSC Worldcup Koper – Mens semifinal insights with the route setters (Beta Routesetting)
Training Tips
- Podcast: Stretching Strategies and Injury Trends (Eric Hörst, Training 4 Climbing)
- The Best Hangboards of 2024 (GearJunkie)
- Video: Building a Foundation for Sending Boulders and Sport Climbs (Eric Hörst, Training 4 Climbing)
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