WOMEN'S
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Meet our newest director, Molly Thompson-Smith!

Meet the newest WCS Director, Molly Thompson-Smith! We talk Olympics, inspiration and diversifying the climbing scene...

Meet coach extraordinaire, Be Baldwin-Fuller

Having ranked as one of the top 10 UK Women in bouldering, Be Baldwin-Fuller also coached the GB Paraclimbing team to its greatest medal hau

Getting to know Sam Leary of Leading Edge... because who wouldn't want to?!

Sam Leary of Leading Edge Mountaineering is one of very, very few female WMCI's (Winter Mountaineering and Climbing Instructors). A...

Climbing, bouldering and belonging; the life saving power of inclusion

I’m not any sort of activist, or known for epic climbing feats. Simply, I’m a transgender woman who happens to enjoy climbing, bouldering an

Always proud; always allied

June is Pride Month. Here at the Women's Climbing Symposium we are always proud and always allied with the LGBTQ+ community (not just in...

Welcoming our newest Director, Esther Foster!

Esther Foster is joining the Women's Climbing Symposium Board of Directors, and we thought this would be an opportune moment to check-in...

Ask Shauna Coxsey anything!

For International Women's Day 2021 WCS Director Shauna Coxsey invited the WCS community to ask her anything...

Looking back at 10 years of WCS

Shauna Coxsey talks with Climbing Hangar CEO and founder, Ged Macdomhnaill about how the Women's Climbing Symposium began and how it has...

The wise and wonderful Connie Lightner

Member of the USA Climbing Board of Directors, Connie Lightner is also the mother of elite climber Kai Lightner. Playing an instrumental...

We chat live to pro-climber Sasha Digiulian!

Three-time US National Champion, Sasha has won the World Championships for Female Overall, placed Silver in the Bouldering World...

Naomi Cokell on climbing after childbirth

WCS17 speaker Naomi Cokell has had an amazing start to 2018 sending the uber-classics of Megalithe and Brad Pit (both f7C+), all with...

Meet Acro Coach Emily Nicholl

WCS17's newest coach Emily Nicholl talks circus, movement, having a head for heights and how acrobalance can help your climbing. Tell us...