An interview with Laur Sabourin – a US-based climber and guide – about three of her recent projects. Laur delves deeply into how they manage these projects, what drew them to them, and ultimately what they takes away from having sent – or not sent – the climbs.
Saloni Shah came back to training after having her first child to climb her first 7c+. Recently, on a trip to Kalymnos with her husband, Saloni broke into the 8s with her first 8a, as well as onsighting 7c. It seems having a baby isn’t making this super-mum slow down anytime soon!
Aaron Child writes about sending 14a and V10 on home-turf in Utah, and enjoying the process along the way.
In our very first Latticer story, Angus Smart gives us an insight as to how he climbed his first 8a, Daniboy in Kalymnos; how his training fits in with his schedule, and what his future goals are now.
Tom Randall discusses how to train hard while working full time. What sessions allow you to be most time efficient and get the best gains from your training.
Competition climber, Stephen Keir, writes about the efforts and sacrifices that went into achieving both academic and climbing goals; what he learned from this process and how he plans to move forward.
Coach and Research Associate, Josh Hadley, tells us his top 5 lessons learned about training; focusing on improve your training efficiency, but also advocating some essential life rules like the importance of rest, recovery and discipline.
Jen Wood’s training lessons are focused around understanding your body and your training; not overthinking when training isn’t going your way, and knowing how it feels to try really, really hard.
Ollie’s training tips are focused on being aware of injury, making yourself accountable to someone else for your training, and scheduling progression.
We introduce you to our new coach, Jen Wood, who’s background as a competition climber gives our coaching team a new skillset. Jen tells us about her training history, and what she’s hoping to learn from working with Lattice.