Climbing Is For You
If You Want It To Be
I was 35 when I started climbing. My coworker offered me a guest pass to his climbing gym, and that was all it took for me to fall head over heel hooks.
It seemed like a fun thing to do and an opportunity to try something new. I didn’t give a thought to my age or any other reason I couldn’t do it.
But in the nearly 10 years since, I’ve met so many women who are climbing curious but think it’s not for them. They tell me they’re too old or don’t have the upper body strength or simply don’t know how to start.
And every time, I let them know that they can climb if they want to—and so can you!
If you feel like you’re too old, I know many people who first tried climbing in their 40s, 50s, 60s, and beyond. (Check out my interview with Dierdre Wolownick, the oldest woman to climb El Cap and mom of iconic rock climber Alex Honnold.)
If you feel like you’re not strong enough, you definitely don’t need to be able to do a pull up to climb—you should actually use your legs more than your arms.
If you feel intimidated to even go to the gym with a bunch of experienced climbers and gym bros talking in jargon you don’t understand, I’ve got you covered!
Check out my free Climbing Lingo 101 guide here, and learn to speak the language of climbing so it doesn’t just sound like gibberish when someone talks about “sending their proj” or “getting sandbagged on slab.”
And my new Head Over Heel Hooks ebook will help you go from climbing curious to confident and understand the basics of climbing, learn about gear, find a safe & supportive community, get outside, explore the rocks, and follow your own joy.
Climbing is for everyone…and that includes you!
Kate