How Rock Climbing is Closing the Sports Gender Gap

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🗓️ 7 April 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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For as long as rock climbing has existed, women have been pushing the limits on the wall. And they’ve done so without being properly recognized. But in the last decades, female climbing spaces have become more commonplace, helping climbers reach their full potential and demonstrating that climbing, unlike most popular sports, allows both women and men to perform at the same levels. Forum talks with female climbers about the gender neutrality of the sport, its physical and mental demands, and how more female climbers are closing the gender gap. Guests: Cloe Coscoy, climber, USA National Team Jessie Conrad, lead route setter, Bridges Climbing Gym Emily Taylor, founder and director, TayloredFit Solutions and Brown Girls Climbing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.6	Rock climbing has exploded in popularity over the last 20 years.
0:51.6	What was a niche outdoor hobby has diversified into a range of sports,
0:56.1	some still redolent of rock and pine, and others that remind me, at least, of American Ninja Warrior.
1:02.2	As climbing has grown, it has also become more inclusive as pioneering women like Lynn Hill
1:06.9	opened the door to new generations of athletes who have become some of the best in the
1:11.5	sport, full stop. So this hour, we talk about the Bay Area climbing scene and the strides
1:16.7	that have been made towards gender equity and also look at where the sports institutions need
1:21.5	to work harder to make climbing something that truly welcomes everyone in. That's all coming up next
1:26.2	after this news.
1:39.0	Welcome to Forum.
1:40.3	I'm Alexis Madrigal.
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