Just a few thoughts
Speed climbing got all the hype this week when Sam Watson ran a 4.79 in Wujiang, breaking the world record of 4.85 he had set earlier that same day. Incredible job Sam! From the crags, Access Fund announced their Climbing Advocate Awardees, a group of people who steward our outdoor areas. Buy them a coffee or beer if you see them around. And then a ton of great training podcasts, and even one with an NFL player that climbs.
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Community & Culture
- Podcast: How NFL Lineman Wes Schweitzer Uses Rock Climbing to Move Better and Get Stronger (The Runout Podcast)
- Podcast: What do LCO’s and Climbing NGO’s even do? (Mario Stanley, Sends And Suffers)
- Paris Olympics – will there be a “wow” effect for manufacturers? (Laurence Guyon, La Fabrique Verticale)
- Access Fund Announces 2023 Climbing Advocate Awardees (Access Fund)
Wujiang 2024 World Cup
- Video: Wujiang 2024 – Lead final highlights (IFSC)
- Video: Janja Is One Away – Sam’s Records May Have Never Happened (Tyler Norton, Plastic Weekly)
- Super Sam Lowers Speed World Record – Twice! (IFSC)
- IFSC Lead and Speed World Cup Wujiang 2024 – Roberts Wins Lead Gold (Natalie Berry, UK Climbing)
- Miroslaw Makes It A Dozen As Wu Defends Title (IFSC)
Comp Scene
- Apr 24-28: Salt Lake City NACS Tickets On Sale (USAC)
- Geila Macià wins her first absolute Spanish Bouldering Cup in Cuenca (Desnivel)
- Albert Ok – The Speed Climbing Coach with a Global Athlete Team (Natalie Berry, UK Climbing)
- Video: Method Underground Recap (BetaBreakerz)
For Managers & Gym Staff
- May 1: Incident Response Strategies Webinar (Granite Insurance)
- Aug 12-16: Certification Summit in Upper Saddle River, NJ (CWA)
- Mental Training For Your Climbing Athletes (Arno Ilgner, CWA)
- Social Media & Indoor Climbing Gyms (Jess Malloy, CWA)
- Video: The Dials of Development (Chris Ryan Studio)
Training Tips
- Podcast: Neely Quinn Returns (The Nugget)
- Podcast: Finger Endurance Training Advancements with Dr. Tyler Nelson (Neely Quinn, TrainingBeta)
- Podcast: How the Mind Hacks Your Training Session (Lattice Training)
- Podcast: The Setup Mistake Climbers Make on Hard Moves (Kris Hampton, The Power Company)
