Did someone abuse you with a thesaurus when you were little, or have you recently eaten one?
Dear Diary15 September 2014, 2:09 pmHowever, I did get to watch super-slo-mo videos of people re-creating volcanic explosions in the lab. Those guys are in the right job.Source: The Spherical Cow
"Although I was psyched to send my hardest route, I was annoyed that I had been discouraged from trying to flash it. Of course, it wasn’t Sean’s fault; it was my fault.
The reason this send was so important to me wasn’t because I don’t believe in rehearsing routes first. It isn’t even to do with what male climbers expect from the average girl at the crag. It has to do with self-belief. I know how well I can climb a lot better than a random guy I met two days ago. So why did I trust his judgment and not my own?"
"I remember hearing about a talk about body image amongst female climbers. This was something I just couldn’t understand at all. I love having big arms and broad shoulders, really I do. For me, having the build of a climber means that I can do what I love - and I get a lot more joy out of that than finding a dress that fits me."
"Diversity is looking at outcomes. If there weren’t any women at the Ritz, you might ask whether you were making them feel welcome, as well as whether they had the price of admission."
I don't know the answers to any of these questions. I don't know if most will agree with the basic premise of this post. However I do know that I don't want climbing to go the same way as surfing, where a young girl with tremendous talent will choose another sport, because she feels shy competing in her underwear.
Personally, I'm yet to hear a good argument of what issues women face in climbing that don't apply to men. The one that applies only to women (in my mind) is the 'masuclisation' of their body i.e. becoming athletic and being embarrassed/judged about it.
Dawes, Bransby, McHaffie, McClure etc. all lead me to think height is less of an issue than skill. Or maybe power/weight.
Quote from: Johnny Brown on September 18, 2014, 10:39:42 amDawes, Bransby, McHaffie, McClure etc. all lead me to think height is less of an issue than skill. Or maybe power/weight.I think its really only an issue with indoor wall setting... where the holds are where they are placed etc.. outdoors theres normally more than one way to do something etc...
There's a big difference between being 5'8 and 5'3. Like, er, 5 inches.