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The Myth of the Rebel Climber Is Dead (And That’s Good News)
Care for cliffs, access, and ecology now shape modern climbing culture.
Matthieu Amaré
Mar 246 min read
Why Climbing Feels So Much Like Surfing
Both turn skill and freedom into status, style, and quiet rules about belonging.
Pierre-Gaël Pasquiou
Mar 237 min read
The Plural Actor: How Climbing Reshapes Identity
What if climbing allowed us to escape the prison of identities? A sociological analysis.
Matthieu Amaré
Mar 45 min read
What If Climbing Could Pull Us Back from Social Freefall?
Durkheim, anomie, and climbing gyms: when climbing recreates bonds in a fragmented society.
Pierre-Gaël Pasquiou
Mar 47 min read
Comfort Activism: When “Engagement” in Climbing Never Really Risks Anything
Comfort activism: loud online, low risk in real life.
Pierre-Gaël Pasquiou
Mar 47 min read
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