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Climbing Dreams: Nurturing a Revolution in Malawi's Vertical Landscape
In August 2023, the young climbing community of Malawi in southeast Africa took part in educational climbing workshops through the Global Climbing Initiative’s Climbing Leadership Fund. Mentored by a team of instructors from the US and Kenya, their goal was to develop skills and knowledge to lead their community, grow as climbers, and further develop the sport for all Malawians rather than being reliant on visiting foreign climbers.
12 Months 'O Swing'n
From the archives: around March of 2017, after five consecutive months of ice climbing, Grivel athlete Alan Rousseau looked ahead at his schedule and thought it looked realistic to get 12-months straight of swinging ice tools. As an IFMGA mountain guide, he travels around the world’s ranges lining up trips to fill his calendar. Read all about his stories from each month of climbing.
Climbing Lingo
The climbing world has a whole dictionary of words and phrases used for different things. When you first start climbing, it can be a bit overwhelming hearing everyone use all these terms that you’ve never heard before. In this blog, we’ll go over a bunch of the basic climbing terms to get you started!