Just a few thoughts
This week has podcasts galore alongside meaningful articles and videos. We hear how a community almost lost it’s climbing wall. The third installment of invaluable advice about driving business growth. A full walkthrough the newest ABD for leading. Training board frames and award-winning holds. And… the final Olympic Qualifier next week!!
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Community & Culture
- Podcast: Every Body Climbs – Amruta Wyssman (Sends And Suffers)
- Podcast: Sierra Blair – Ahead of the Curve (Alex Honnold, Climbing Gold)
- Beloved Routesetter Lee Hansche Dies in Tragic Climbing Gym Accident (CBJ)
- How “Ego, Innuendos, and Lies” Almost Led to the Removal of a Beloved Community Climbing Wall (Delaney Miller, Outside)
- A Short History of the Climbing Gym (Alison Osius, Outside)
- A Small, Conditional Defense of Having No Beta (Andrew Bisharat, Evening Sends)
Comp Scene
- Jun 20-23: Olympic Qualifier Series Budapest (Olympics.com)
- Jun 22-23: Altitude to Host 3rd Stop of NACS (CEC)
- Jun 22-23: Youth Festival in Salt Lake City (USAC)
- Barron and Gillett Finish 1st at NACS Vail (USAC)
- BMC Youth Climbing Series 2024 (Zoe Spriggins, BMC)
- LA28 Proposes Para Climbing for the 2028 Paralympic Sport Program (IFSC)
The Gear We Use
- Video: Even Petzl warns us about this thing! (HowNOT2)
- Prefabricated Climbing Walls for Training Boards 2024 (CBJ)
- Have you checked your webbing lately? (Head Rush, CBJ)
- 4 Reasons to Open a Climbing Gym with IMPACT Climbing (IMPACT Climbing, CBJ)
- Podcast: Ultimate Board Climbing Deep Dive (The Testpiece)
For Managers
- Jun 20: Incident Response As Customer Service (webinar) (Rise Above Consulting, Granite Insurance, CBJ)
- Take Strategic Control of Your Revenue – The 3 Levers You Can Pull, Part 3. (Gavin Heverly, Rise Above Consulting)
- Why & How To Use A Consultant – Part 2 (Paul Terbrueggen, CWA)
- Scaling Up Your Climbing Gym & Keeping Culture Alive (Chris Oshinski, CWA)
For Routesetters
- Sep 11-14: Setter Summit in SLC (Vertical Solutions)
- Grip Showcase Portland: New Climbing Holds and Volumes of Spring 2024 (CBJ)
- New Age Takes – When the Old School Challenges the New (Laurence Guyon, La Fabrique Verticale)
- Video: The Art of Route Setting – Creation Phase – Testing Phase (EpicTV)
- Video: How to set a toe hook catch (Beta Routesetting)
Training Tips
- Podcast: How to get back into climbing post-childbirth? (Lattice Training)
- Podcast: Our Favorite Finger Strength Protocols (Kris Hampton, The Power Company)
- Podcast: The 10 Secrets to Climbing Harder (Eric Hörst, Training 4 Climbing)
- When To Choose Quality Vs Quantity In Your Sessions (Matt Pincus, TrainingBeta)
