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I can’t stress this enough - our progress with c

I can’t stress this enough - our progress with climbing is not linear!

You are going to have days where you feel physically weak and uncoordinated.

You are going to have other days where your strength wants to shine, but your mindset is stifling that performance.

And perhaps other days that just feel ‘meh’ about being at the gym or at the crag.

And you know what? ALL of that is ok and totally normal.

And guess what else? It may not just be a day or two that you have the above types of days. It could last for a week or longer.

And still, that is quite alright. Nothing is wrong with you.

So don’t expect to always crush, to feel strong AF, to be coordinated, to have a good head on those shoulders, or to always have fun with climbing. And if we zoom in a little closer, don’t expect that things have to feel perfect on route to get the send.

Life is messy, and our growth within the sport is no different 😊

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⚡️SUPPORT MORE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO QUALITY ROC

⚡️SUPPORT MORE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO QUALITY ROCK CLIMBING EDUCATION!

She Sends Collective’s mission is to combine quality education with community to create confident and empowered women + genderqueer climbers. In part, we do this through our Outdoor Educational Clinics, which are ALL offered on a sliding scale to help dismantle financial barriers that exist for quality education.

Early in my climbing career, I was able to join a youth team, have coaches and mentors ONLY because I had financial scholarships to do so. Due to having personal experience in knowing how much financial assistance can really make something possible, I decided I wanted to make quality education more accessible to the community. In 2021, I rolled out the Sliding Scale model for all of SSC’s Outdoor Educational Clinics so that anyone who wanted to attend our clinics had the opportunity to do so, regardless of their financial status. At the time, I saw nothing else like it in the industry, which was terrifying because I had no idea if it would work or not. But it did.

In 2021, it was just me teaching these clinics. But in 2022, SSC made leaps and bounds in terms of our impact in the community. We taught 41 educational clinics, guided over 70 days, worked with over 200 women + genderqueer climbers, and made quality education more accessible for 73% of our clients. Furthermore, we have a total of 5 AMGA certified women + nonbinary guides who really made our impact possible this year!

We are poised to double in growth for 2023, which means we really need the support of the community! This year we launched fundraising efforts to raise $10,000 to help cushion our initiative. We have raised around $5,000 - this is through private donations, apparel sales, and our Climb + Coffee events. We are only HALF WAY to our goal for the year, and we could use your help!

〰️You can help us by donating directly to us, or by purchasing some of our new apparel (half of your purchase gets passed onto us). Links are in our bio!

Thank you for your support 💛

📸 @valhawks

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Meet Mai (she/her), one of our @adidasterrex Schol

Meet Mai (she/her), one of our @adidasterrex Scholarship recipients who recently participated in our Intro to Trad clinic. Here's what Mai had to say about her experience:

"I started climbing 7 years ago when a guy I started dating was into it and I was hooked. I had just come back from living in Portland and really enjoyed hiking and being outdoors, combined with the problem-solving aspect of climbing, I fell in love. That relationship started to go south so I took a break from it for a couple of months but really missed it. That's when I started climbing with some new friends and women. The men I was climbing with were still pushing me in a way that made climbing not fun, so I started climbing with women exclusively with a few exceptions. It took about 6 months but I started to not be in pure terror leading routes. It's been like that for the last 4 years and I still get a little scared, but the terror is no longer there because I know my climbing partners will take if I yell "take".

My friends and I started a women and non-binary folks climbing group at our local climbing gym called Send Sisters + a sibling group that takes trips outside called Crux Heroix that is not associated with the gym. Crux Heroix is 100% volunteer-run group and donates any proceeds to the RRGCC.

I do enjoy sport but there is nothing quite like leading trad. I have to be fully present and calm while placing gear and climbing and I love that feeling. It's similar to when I used to practice yoga. My home crag is the Red or the Red River Gorge but my favorite place so far to climb is Red Rock Canyon, but I think Poudre Canyon is a close second along with Seneca Rocks.

I had been following a couple of friends and started to have a basic understanding of when to place gear and how it should be placed, but I wanted to learn more so that I could keep myself and my climbing partners safe. I think learning how to lead trad opens you up to so many different routes. I'm not a strong climber but I wanted to be able to climb high. My goal is to be able to climb Solar Slab in Red Rock Canyon before I turn 40 and climb as many spires and towers as I can. “

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Crack Camp fall 2022 was a success! We may not h

Crack Camp fall 2022 was a success!

We may not have had the most ideal weather, but on the wet days we still had a great time hiking around the desert and doing ground school trad education. 🏜

Along with @chelseanicholerude, our wonderful guides Carlyn (they/them) and Ada (they/them) taught the crew essential crack climbing skills and techniques.

Can’t wait to do it all again in the spring!

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