Maine offers not only a variety of indoor rock climbing gyms, but an abundance of outdoor destinations for coastal rock climbing, bouldering, and even ice climbing. We’ll learn more about what goes into the varieties of rock climbing, the benefits and dangers involved, and why people come to Maine to pursue this popular and demanding sport.
Guests
Kayla Lee, director, Adaptive Outdoor Education Center
Taki Miyamoto, co-owner, Salt Pump Climbing Co.
Mike Morin, Northeast regional director, Access Fund
Resources
- New York Times: A Boom in Rock Climbing, Minus the Rocks
- Rock and Ice: Intelligent Design: Separating skill and strength training
- Mountain Project: Maine climbing spots
- Shagg Crag
- National Geographic: Rock climbing will be a 2020 Olympic sport. Here’s what to expect.
- Maine Bound Adventure Center
- Anti-Gravity Complex
- Evo Rock and Fitness
- Acadia Mountain Guides Climbing School
- Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, And The Climbing World Reels
- 'It Looked Impossible': New Film Follows Free Climbers Up The 'Dawn Wall'
- "The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life," by Mark Synnott
- An Excerpt From "The Impossible Climb:" Alex Honnold Free Soloing in Morocco
- Sterling Rope, Biddeford
- "Adaptive" film
- "Rock Climbs of Acadia"
- "Flakes, Jugs, and Splitters: A Rock Climber's Guide to Geology"
- "North Conway Rock Climbs"
American Mountain Guides Association