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The Nugget Climbing Podcast

EP 120: Lea Volpe — The World of Paraclimbing Competitions, How We Perceive Wheelchairs, and Empathy in Coaching

The Nugget Climbing Podcast

Steven Dimmitt

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4.0589 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2022

⏱️ 140 minutes

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Summary

Lea Volpe is a paraclimber for Great Britain and a 2x medalist at the IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships. Lea holds down a 9-5 job working in health policy, coaches junior athletes, and is essentially a professional climber on the side. We talked about paraclimbing competitions, being diagnosed with Ataxia, how we perceive wheelchairs, empathy in coaching, and much more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Grasshopper Climbing. I have tried all of the training boards on the market, but the Grasshopper board is my favorite. I cannot wait to buy a house or property someday just so I can own one of these things so I can train on it every day. Why is it my favorite? Well, first things first, these guys got the basics right. You can

0:22.7

actually warm up on this board, which is super critical and super rare. You can't warm up very well on

0:28.4

most of the boards out there. The LED lights are in the right spot, and they're easy to see when

0:33.0

you're climbing, and the wall angle is easy to adjust. Those three things already set the Grasshopper board apart.

0:40.8

But more than that, I absolutely love their holds and their layout.

0:45.1

As soon as I climbed on the board, I could tell the folks at Grasshopper put a ton of

0:49.2

thought into the hold shapes and where the holds go on the wall. Instead of just shaping a bunch of different

0:55.6

variations of cramps and edges and pinches and things that are kind of the same, but all

1:00.1

a little different, these guys took the time to shape an awesome collection of holds. They all

1:05.6

complement each other and they designed the layout to make the best possible use of every square

1:10.7

foot of the board.

1:13.2

The layout is also mirrored, which I love. It's really cool to try a hard boulder problem

1:17.7

and then flip it around in the app and see if it feels different, climbing it the other way around.

1:22.2

And I love that if I find a cool boulder problem to try, I immediately have two to work on that

1:26.9

are equally good for

1:27.9

training. But as always, don't take my word for it because the folks at Grasshopper just want

1:33.2

you to try the board for yourself. So be sure to check them out on Instagram at Grasshopper

1:38.2

Climbing if you want to see the board. They also just launched a brand new website at

1:43.1

grasshopper climbing.com.

1:45.1

It looks amazing.

1:47.2

You can contact their sales team to find out where you can try out the board and to find

1:51.6

out which board system might be right for you.

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