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Caroline Treadway’s first film,  Light, is a long time coming. The director began to struggle with an eating disorder around the age of 13 or 14 but eventually started a process of recovery when she discovered climbing as a young adult. About ten years ago, while building a career as a writer and photographer focusing on outdoor sports, she pitched a story about eating disorders to multiple climbing magazines—but none of them bit. It wasn’t until last year that Treadway, now 44, decided she was ready to make a film about the subject.  Light opens up a conversation about eating disor...

Good Day Atlanta viewer information: Feb. 10, 2021 By Good Day Atlanta The climbers hope the College Park wall will draw new climbers from the local community. ATLANTA - Climbers aim to break down barriers by building walls:   Walk into College Park’s Tracey Wyatt Recreation Center, and the new addition is impossible to miss: a big indoor rock climbing wall. But the story behind the new attraction is even bigger than the wall itself. Professional climbers Kai Lightner and Kevin Jorgenson led the way for the new climbing wall, which officially opened to the public late last month. Light...

Climbers aim to break down barriers by building walls The climbers hope the College Park wall will draw new climbers from the local community. COLLEGE PARK, Ga. - Walk into College Park’s Tracey Wyatt Recreation Center, and the new addition is impossible to miss: a big indoor rock climbing wall. But the story behind the new attraction is even bigger than the wall itself. Professional climbers Kai Lightner and Kevin Jorgenson led the way for the new climbing wall, which officially opened to the public late last month. Lightner is the founder of Climbing for Change, an organization dedicate...

Alpinist.com Also in This Style Derek Franz / September 9, 2020 American Alpine Club's 2021 Benefit Gala and Awards will be a free virtual event Derek Franz Ron Kauk on top of Uli Biaho, 1979. [Photo] Courtesy of the American Alpine Club As the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic continues, the American Alpine Club's Annual Benefit Gala and award presentation will once again be held virtually on February 20. The good news is that for the first time ever this will allow anyone with an Internet connection to have free access to the speeches and award presentations wit...