Just a few thoughts
It’s just over a month to the inaugural Indoor Climbing Expo and now you can see the full Expo schedule! It includes CWA certification courses, sToKed training and setting clinics, CBJ x Rise Above seminars, roundtables and hands on activities, afterparties, and more. It’s not too late to join the festivities in Chattanooga!
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Community & Culture
- Podcast: Saving New Jersey’s hometown climbing gym (Mario Stanley, Sends And Suffers)
- Refugees Rock – Bouldering Brings People Together in Liverpool (Natalie Berry, UK Climbing)
- On Home Turf – Petra Klingler on her Competition Career (Natalie Berry, UK Climbing)
- Ice Climbing Festivals 2023 – 2024 (Furnace Industries)
- Video: Most Subscribed Pure Rock Climbing YouTube Channel – 2017 to 2023 (Geek Climber)
Comp Scene
- Nov 9-12: Jakarta 2023 Livestreams (IFSC)
- Asian Region Ready to Book Paris 2024 Tickets (IFSC)
- Drytooling Comps and Events 2023-2024 (Furnace Industries)
- National Competitions Schedule 2024 (Zoe Spriggins, BMC)
- Video: Best of Red Bull Dual Ascent 2023 – Kruder Siblings conquer iconic Verzasca Dam, Switzerland (World of Freesports)
For Gym Managers
- Nov 15 Webinar: Ready to Scale Your Climbing Gym Business? (CBJ)
- Gym Owners & Indoor Climbing’s Boom: Part 2 (Chris Oshinski, CWA)
- Beyond Climbing: What Does Your Indoor Climbing Gym Need? (David Gladish, CWA)
- Inverting the Hierarchy – When Employers Feel Unsafe (Kristin Horowitz)
- Want to Win a Reel Rock Screening? (CBJ)
For Routesetters
- Dec 12: Level 1 Work at Height (CWA)
- Dec 13: Level 1 Professional Routesetting (CWA)
- Dec 14: Building Better Rounds Clinic (sToKed)
- Dec 15: Routesetting Refinement Clinic (sToKed)
- “I Routesetter” is a new setting book (I Routesetter)
- New Climbing Holds and Volumes of November 2023 (CBJ)
Training Tips
- Podcast: Where We Go Wrong When We Get Training Right (Kris Hampton, The Power Company)
- Podcast: Common Training and Performance Mistakes Among Climbers (Eric Hörst, Training 4 Climbing)
- Video: How To Avoid The “Intermediate Climber” Plateau (Lattice Training)
- Video: Training for Ice 1 – Tabata Intervals (Will Gadd)
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