Nominate the Climber, Coach, Routesetter, and Gym that inspired you most for KAYA’s Inaugural Community Awards.
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Once he took the lead, he wasn’t caught again, and it left us all asking the question … who the ‘F’ is Austin Hoyt?
We figured we should sit down with him to find out more about the overall winner.
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As a London climber, you are never far from an LCC bouldering centre and, with one membership, you have access to all six of them!
Having just opened it’s doors on August 1st 2020, CanaryWall is the newest member of the Lakeland Climbing Centre family.
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London, England, 2020. Modern-day Crew Culture is making an appearance within the climbing community. At the heart of the movement is a collective called CLMBXR. I sat down with founder Rotimi Odukoya to find out what the story is.
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We invited some of the brightest stars in the climbing community to share their insights into what it means to be in control of one's competitive spirit, and how they use competitions to bring out their best. Featuring: Jorg Verhoeven, Tonde Katiyo, Maya Madere, Mercedes Pollmeier, and Gregor Vezonik. Hosted by Liam Lonsdale.
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Maya is part of a stellar line up of climbers that are coming together as part of the KAYA Sessions: The Competitive Mindset panel discussion on Friday Oct 23rd, so I seized the opportunity to chat with her once more before the main event.
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Vote like/because your/our livelihood depends on it.
Vote like your health depends on it.
Vote like your community depends on it.
Vote because your gym depends on it.
Vote because your crag depends on it.
Vote because your planet depends on it.
Vote because your life depends on it.
Vote because Black Lives Matter.
Register to vote. Vote as early as you can.
YOUR VOTE COUNTS.
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We are thrilled to announce that KAYA and USA Climbing are joining forces to create an entirely new competition experience, and that KAYA will be the official and exclusive digital partner of USA Climbing.
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It’s been emotional. 60 days of sending, thousands and thousands of blocs logged in the app across the globe, gyms re-opening, people returning to the crags … just writing this is bringing tears to our tips.
Here at KAYA, the whole team was watching with bated breath as leaderboards shuffled around across the entire Unlockdown League. There was even a little internal rivalry going on too!
The all new KAYA is live and ready for you to get your tips into.
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With over $37,000 raised so far, and with the number of signees approaching 1000, The Climber’s Pledge is off to a promising start. Make no mistake, KAYA is far from done. Read more to find out what’s next.
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THE CLIMBER’S PLEDGE is a climber wide fundraising campaign to support the Black Lives Matter movement, and specifically to promote the access and inclusion of Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color in climbing.
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This is the beginning and our starting point. It is not perfect, it is not complete. We have to start, we must act, and we are open and committed to getting better in service of the Black community and communities of color.
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It's that spirit of positivity and support that we wanted to embrace in our new name. KAYA represents the power of the climbing community to motivate ourselves to dig deep, try hard, and give our best efforts. Kaya mo.
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