Conrad Anker Instagram – Climbing is my life. When I plugged into gravity as my sport adversary, I knew I had found my place. All sports have some sort of adversary to make it challenge. These mostly end up being other people, rules, time, balls and judges. Climbing on the other hand is really simple. It’s innate. It probably one of the earliest ways we were able entertain ourselves.
Climbing is based on a struggle with gravity. Be it on a snowy mountain in a far away range or at your local climbing gym, you challenge yourself. This challenge brings strength, flexibility, endurance, and balance. The learning of the route provides mental acuity and the process of belaying builds friendship, the foundation of community.
Five years ago @thenorthface launched Global Climbing Day as a way to share more of this goodness with people that might not have seen themselves as climbers. We are all climbers and we welcome all to this quirky and somewhat frivolous pastime.
This Saturday 19 August join your friends, new and old, for a day climbing. With participating gyms around the world, chances are you’ll find a place to pull down, send and flash. If not – get out and experience that conversation with gravity.
@crushing_benjamin shares his vision and motivation in a neat film created by @sav.cummins.
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