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Climbing Gold

Chapter 8: Give And Take

Climbing Gold

Duct Tape Then Beer

Wilderness, Sports

4.9983 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

After a protracted battle over bolts and sport climbing, American climbers nearly lost the ability to climb on public lands in the early 1990s. It would have completely altered the course of our sport. Fortunately, lawyer and climber Armando Menocal rose to the challenge of protecting climbing for generations to come, despite the fact that many climbers hoped he would fail. We take a peek into the early days of the Access Fund and Leici Hendrix adds perspective on the importance of local climbing organizations.

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0:00.0

Okay, so...

0:11.0

This is kind of weird, guys.

0:12.6

Yeah, no, here we go.

0:14.4

So hello, can you give us your name and your title at the Southern Nevada Climers Coalition?

0:19.2

Yeah, my name is Lacey Hendrix, and I am the president of the Southern Nevada Climers Coalition? Yeah, my name is Lacey Hendricks, and I am the president of the Southern Nevada

0:23.6

Climers Coalition.

0:25.3

And what do you do at Climbing Gold?

0:27.2

I am the executive producer, so I try to wrangle you guys.

0:33.7

Yeah, so you're our boss.

0:35.8

Yeah.

0:37.3

How's wrangling us going?

0:39.4

I mean, there are good days and bad days, but for the most part, you guys are pretty easy.

0:45.7

The Southern Nevada Climers Coalition is what people call a local climbing organization,

0:51.3

and there are over 100 local climbing organizations across the

0:56.6

United States because there's so many climbing areas and people have to actively be involved

1:02.2

in those climbing areas in order to protect them. And the locals are clearly the best people

1:08.4

to be involved there because they're on the ground. They're the

1:11.5

ones that know what's happening. They're the ones that can have the relationships with land

1:15.7

managers that you need to have in order to protect climbing areas. So what is your job at S&CC entail?

1:22.7

We educate climbers about how to behave outdoors. We do trail work. We do crag maintenance. We

1:28.6

re-bolt climbing areas. We also host community events and kind of throw parties and help people

1:35.8

kind of come together and have a fun time. So how much do you get paid for that work?

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