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Young Climbers on Keeping Competitive During COVID-19
Local junior champions talk about how they re adapting to climbing during a pandemic, and what they ve learned from the prolonged pause of normal life Mira Capicchioni (15), Moxie Hovorka (14), and Shae McCarl (12) are three junior competitive and outdoor climbers from Bend who train at the Bend Rock Gym through the Bend Endurance Academy. Since the BRG is currently closed because of COVID, I was curious as to how else COVID has been impacting their training. Here s what they said. Submitted
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Local Gym Climbs To Nation’s Best
A local gym was honored by the national rock climbing community as being the best in the nation. Bend Rock Gym received the honor as part of the 2020 USA Climbing Community Awards designed to honor individuals, teams, facilities, and events that stand out in the USA Climbing community each year. According to USA Climbing’s website, hundreds of nominations were received and reviewed by USA Climbing staff, committee members, and volunteers.
“The Community Award winners are members of our local communities and range from youth competitors to seasoned volunteers,” said Bruce Mitchell, President of USA Climbing’s Board of Directors. “In a year where we faced immense challenges and our community had to come up with creative ways to keep climbing, we are grateful for the continued commitment of our members to push the sport forward.”