Women Climbing
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One Woman Psyche Part 2: Nerves
No rock climbing partner, no rope and no draws – the story of what happens on a solo climbing trip to the Red River Gorge, Kentucky.
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One Woman Psyche: Part 1
In light of today’s election results, I thought what better thing to do than distract myself and others with something other than political woes. Entertainment is our favourite form of escapism, so here is the first of my blogs about my recent trip to the Red River Gorge… Thanks for reading! This past year has…
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A Taste of ‘Professional’ Climbing
In the past 6 months, a huge amount of change has occurred in my climbing career (not to mention the fact that I feel like I have one now). I climbed a few 8a sport climbs, was offered my first sponsorship from Monkey Fist – a skincare brand I really love, and I was an…
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9 Tips to Send Your One-Day Boulder Project
Looking through my log of climbing journals, I found this little throwback and I was surprised to find some good advice…I found my own Tips to Send a Project, which I hadn’t read in so long, I found pretty useful myself and will use them my upcoming trip to Magic Wood. If you’ve ever had…
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Confessions of a Climbing Sexist
Today rummaging on the internet, I stumbled upon a shared post by Light Shed Pictures, reposting a ‘high-five’ to a letter from Georgie Abel in response to Evening Sends author Andrew Bisharat. Not typically one to get too involved in the climbing-sexism topic (I usually leave that to my friend Zofia Reych who does a…
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Why You’ll Love Climbing Alone
For the past six or so years of my climbing career the majority has been dependant on climbing with others. I started out in a gym where I would text my friends to come climbing before I went and sometimes not go if no one else was. Although climbing is one of the few sports…
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