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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...

Up-and-coming talent Gracie Martin talks to WCS about her successful 2016-17 season, how she got there and the big decisions she had to...

"The WCS is still one of my favourite days to coach at. I'm often working hard, but I'm so so lucky to be able to say my job is also my...

If someone told you all you had to do was 4 hours of something a week and after 6 months you’d go up a whole grade if not more, would you...

So what's it all about, and what can it do for your climbing? Both Penny and Mina discovered yoga in their teens, taking the odd class...