8 | Helmets, Shame, and Social Media

Kyle was cruising Instagram one day and stumbled upon a post by famous climbing photographer Jim Thornburg titled "100 Classic Crack Week". In which, all ten pictures featured climbers sending super hard classic tad routes...without a helmet. After looking into the comments Kyle found that someone had expressed concern over this and got completely shamed for it. In this episode, Max and Kyle dive deep into the controversial topic of helmets, explore why there seems to be so much shame and negativity built into our sport, and discuss the positives and negatives of social media for the everyday climber. Jim Thornburg's Instagram Post:https://www.instagram.com/p/CY62gddFY6t/Article on Helmets:https://www.climbing.com/news/no-brainer-helmet/