04/22/2020
Climbers in Quarantine: The Weekly Stoke (4)
Categories: Community
Alllllright….we think it may be time for an intervention. True, nothing can fill the void that climbing has left in our cold, cold hearts. But rumor has it ya’ll are turning into vampires while maximizing your online lives. Say it with us now: “The sun is not my enemy.” Step away from the device and let’s get some fresh air. There are still plenty of ways to get outside safely. Just look at these two weirdos hanging out in a tree….
Climbers Stuck at Home: Photo of the Week
A and L from Boston take backyard camping to a new level with backyard portaledging.
Indoor Training Freebies
Feeling like a caged animal? GRRRRRRRR. Now that the weather is warming up, why not take these awesome workouts outside and demonstrate to all your neighbors what a beast you are—in the yard, on the balcony, whatever you can manage to get some sunshine and distance from others.
- Access Fund’s resident training nerd, Taimur Ahmad, shares strength and flexibility workouts for muscles that climbers routinely neglect. Bonus: It can all be done outside while soaking up some vitamin D.
- El Cap gyms from around the country are live streaming some pretty amazing online workouts, including an abs & core class that will definitely cancel out the dozen homemade cookies you ate this weekend.
- Climbing Magazine wants to turn you into a lock-off monster with this 90-day plan to improve your lock-off strength using things you already have at home.
Entertaining Tidbits
It just gets weirder and weirder, doesn't it?
- Travel photographers are taking epic nature photos using indoor optical illusions, and it’s pretty amazing. I mean, who wouldn’t want to climb a tower of perfectly golden pancakes to look out over a river of pure maple syrup?
- NASA taps climbers for epic space mission. Believe it or not, someone had enough time on their hands to create this masterpiece years before COVID-19 lockdowns. Climbers are soooooo weird.
- Get your popcorn ready. Banff wants you to have a film fest at home, and they are offering their 2018-2019 films for free online. First up for us: Speak to Me Softly. Experience fear and emotion alongside Jenny Abegg as she ascends a route while fighting the self-criticism and doubt from that little voice we all have in the back of our heads.
- Screenings of the new film, Pretty Strong, were cut short due to coronavirus shutdowns, but you can now rent it for just 5 bucks! Follow eight of the world’s strongest female climbers as they explore new areas, send hard projects, and push the boundaries of the sport and themselves.
Do Good Inspiration
- We’re totally blown away by how many climbing gyms are offering FREE training resources to support all of us during this stir-crazy time, despite their businesses being totally shut down. Pay it forward (or back) by supporting your local gym with a gift card purchase. Every one of these climbing gyms could use your support right now.
- Did you know that Access Fund has a monthly Advocate Spotlight series where we highlight the amazing work of climbing advocates around the country? Meet April’s advocate spotlight, Kelso Cook!
- If you haven’t heard, our Conservation Teams are isolating in the field with no climbing and no in-person interactions. But they are still hard at work restoring climbing areas. Check out this amazing before and after shot of Conservation Team East’s work at Moss Rock Preserve in Alabama. This new hardened climber’s path restores and protects sensitive tree root systems from further damage. Daaaaaang.
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