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16 - February - 2019

Women’s Climbing Festival (Part One)

The crisp autumn air bites as I inhale my first deep breath of the season. After a few unseasonably warm months in North Carolina, it finally feels like fall has......

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31 - January - 2019

An Introspection of the State of Gender Equality in Climbing

A disclaimer: There are numerous flourishing and diverse climbing communities that exist across the world, but most communities seem to mirror sexist behaviours. Clearly, my experiences do not reflect the......

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17 - January - 2019

Dreaming of Kalymnos

Every sport climber dreams of visiting the climbing paradise of Kalymnos at some point in their life. In the October holidays I was lucky enough to be able to travel......

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03 - January - 2019

Concussion Brain: how a head injury hit the reset button on my life

I got my concussion on a day where I didn’t really feel like climbing, but I did anyway. Before anyone asks, I will mention I wasn’t wearing a helmet......

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21 - December - 2018

A Little Quote that Shows A Big Gap: Being Female in the Climbing World

"You need to climb less and shoot more" When this advice came my way a few months ago, it was big. It came from a well-respected climbing photographer who......

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06 - December - 2018

My first international competition season

After a few years of just climbing for fun I started to take it more seriously. It went from being a hobby to something my whole life revolved around,......

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21 - September - 2018

Musings from a Granite Playground

Why do we climb mountains? An ageless question — one that infiltrates the mind of every climber to some degree. Many great climbers have pondered this, often arriving at diminutive......

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24 - August - 2018

Embracing your female climber body

Often times, I glance around the gym or crag and feel uncomfortable with how I look. In reality, I have a nearly perfect physique for excelling as a climber -......

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03 - August - 2018

Finding Your Strengths in Climbing

It’s easy in the diverse sport of rock climbing to compare yourselves to others, whether it’s professional climbers on Instagram or members of your own community. The reality is that......

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20 - July - 2018

How I use climbing to improve my mental wellbeing

Growing up, I was laughably clumsy. I struggled with depression and never felt present in my own body, which caused me a great deal of insecurity when experimenting with team......

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06 - July - 2018

Stoicism in climbing

Stoicism is an interesting school of thought for me and one that I really find helpful on a personal level. My first introduction to a “stoic” way of thinking was......

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Women’s Climbing Festival (Part One)

An Introspection of the State of Gender Equality in Climbing

Dreaming of Kalymnos

Concussion Brain: how a head injury hit the reset button on my life

A Little Quote that Shows A Big Gap: Being Female in the Climbing World

My first international competition season

A Complicated Relationship

Musings from a Granite Playground

Embracing your female climber body

Finding Your Strengths in Climbing

How I use climbing to improve my mental wellbeing

Stoicism in climbing

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