Day 6 - The "What If" Game

This is such a loaded question. Much like the old what would you do if you won the lottery question it's hard to brainstorm just one idea. As a climber of roughly 8 years myself who is also always looking for new ideas and challenges to take on I continually ask myself what the climbing world needs, what issued have yet to be solved. With recent research done on climbers diets and health, the rising issue of competitive climbers lacking the calories intake in their diets to sustain a healthy human weight is only getting worse. Now I am no health professional, I am just a kid passionate about climbing, so what can I even do? With unlimited resources and support I would connect with sports health specialist and high level athletes to understand their mindsets and feedback on the current issue. With their feedback and support I would generate a community of climbers interested or in the field of health research whether it be in school or a career and have them talk to athletes of all ages and skill levels as well as their coaches to teach the importance of mindset and nutrition beyond the wall. Reflecting on what I would do with unlimited resources and support really made me think big which I think can be both good and bad. While yes it is good to dream big it is also important to understand the importance of starting small almost like field testing to gain valuable feedback, this could mean creating a survey at my local gym climbers could fill out with everything from their understanding of the issue, have they heard of it? To what is their opinion and what would be the best way to reach climbers. A idea much like this one is only as good as the climbers takes from it.