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Meet the newest WCS Director, Molly Thompson-Smith! We talk Olympics, inspiration and diversifying the climbing scene...

Having ranked as one of the top 10 UK Women in bouldering, Be Baldwin-Fuller also coached the GB Paraclimbing team to its greatest medal hau

Sam Leary of Leading Edge Mountaineering is one of very, very few female WMCI's (Winter Mountaineering and Climbing Instructors). A...

I’m not any sort of activist, or known for epic climbing feats. Simply, I’m a transgender woman who happens to enjoy climbing, bouldering an

June is Pride Month. Here at the Women's Climbing Symposium we are always proud and always allied with the LGBTQ+ community (not just in...

Esther Foster is joining the Women's Climbing Symposium Board of Directors, and we thought this would be an opportune moment to check-in...

For International Women's Day 2021 WCS Director Shauna Coxsey invited the WCS community to ask her anything...

Shauna Coxsey talks with Climbing Hangar CEO and founder, Ged Macdomhnaill about how the Women's Climbing Symposium began and how it has...

Member of the USA Climbing Board of Directors, Connie Lightner is also the mother of elite climber Kai Lightner. Playing an instrumental...

Three-time US National Champion, Sasha has won the World Championships for Female Overall, placed Silver in the Bouldering World...

WCS17 speaker Naomi Cokell has had an amazing start to 2018 sending the uber-classics of Megalithe and Brad Pit (both f7C+), all with...

WCS17's newest coach Emily Nicholl talks circus, movement, having a head for heights and how acrobalance can help your climbing. Tell us...