BIPOC and other specialty climbing groups

Instagram is an amazing thing. Just when I think I'm all alone in my ideas, I find someone else on social media doing the same things I am. Climbing can be intimidating and it is well known to lack diversity of all kinds. That, thankfully, is changing, but not as fast as I would like. 

But why is this? Again, my ignorance as to why the sport looks the way it does made me want to know more. The reason stems back to our national history. Here is an article if you are interested in the history of climbing and how it had limited access for BIPOC people and other groups.

Amazingly, you can find just about any type of climbing group on Instagram. It can be really intimidating when you are the only person of color/orientation/disability in a gym and you don't know anyone to ask for help. Many groups have meet-ups specifically to help new climbers access and learn the knowledge of climbing. I can't wait to meet up with the folks in Fort Collins when I visit Brendan at CSU!

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Check out these groups on Instagram!

Climbers of color

Cruxing in Color

Climbing 4 Change - Kai Lightner

Bipoc Mountain Collective

Bipoc Beta

Ladies climbing coalition 

Kinship Climbing Collective

Co Black Packers

Trail Mixed Collective

Melanin Basecamp

Brown Girls Climb

Brown Girl Outdoor World

Color The Trails

Black girls trekking 

Black_people_hike

Outdoor Asian

Asian vibes in Denver

Outdoor Asian Colorado

Latin Outdoors Colorado

Front Range Queer Climbers

Queer Climbers Network

Every BD climbs