A Special Message Regarding the Diversity in Climbing Grant!

​Earlier this year, NRAC and Climbing for Change announced the 𝘿𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩.

Marina Inoue, a professional rock climber and contributor to NRAC’s DEI committee, was able to share with us why this work is important to her and our community. Marina also works with a group called The Gear Fund Collective which redistributes new/used outdoor gear for free to individuals who have experienced oppression due to their identities.

“𝘛𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺:
𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳, 𝘓𝘎𝘉𝘛𝘘𝘐𝘈2𝘚+, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.

𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥/𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺."

Thank you Marina for sharing and for all the work you do!
𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝘀𝘁!

📸: @karenklane
Climber: @teahilly