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The Crux: Managing Mental Health in Life & Climbing
By Cyrenah Smith As my toe popped off a microscopic edge, I hurtled off the boulder and onto the crash pads scattered below. My project...
May 3, 20216 min read
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To Spray Or Not To Spray? That Is The Question.
By JoJo Lewis Beta spraying is when one climber tells another how to climb something when they weren’t asked to. It may sound pretty...
Feb 8, 20219 min read
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Lifting the lid on gender treatment disparity in route-setting.
By Joanne Heng I used to be a route-setter. When climbing gyms in Melbourne closed in March due to COVID, the uncertainty of the...
Sep 21, 20206 min read
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What Trad Climbing In The Gunks Taught Me
By Cyrenah Smith It’s not coming out… or is it? I was fiddling with a nut that was wedged into a crack. My brows furrowed as I yanked on...
Aug 24, 202010 min read
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Fontainebleau’s Climbing Conservation Efforts in 2020
Looking to make her first visit to Fontainebleau, US climber Cyrenah Smith considers the historical and contemporary perspectives on...
May 11, 20205 min read
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The Gradient of Grading
by Mia DePaolis | As a routesetter, I hear constant feedback about grades. Everything ranging from “there is no way that’s a V5...
May 4, 20204 min read
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