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Part V of Robot Kaya: Demographics of Route Development in Climbing
For video format, visit my Substack Part V of VI: The Kaya Controversy The Kaya app Robot Blocks was released on has not come without controversy as a company. Let’s start with the history of Kaya. “Founded in 2019, KAYA began as an app for climbing gyms, allowing users to log climbs and workouts. Over…
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Part IV of Robot Kaya: Demographics of Route Development in Climbing
For video format, visit my Substack Part IV of VI: Route Names I am all for people of color outdoor routesetting. One of the reasons I like a diverse set of people route developing is to, at the very very least, have better route naming practices. Yes, it’s partially about control. Who has control over…
Part III of Robot Kaya: Demographics of Route Development in Climbing
For video format, visit my Substack Part III of VI: Robot Blocks Robot Blocks is a bouldering area near Darrington, Washington. You will not find it on Mountain Project or a paper guidebook at this time as it had an exclusive release on the app Kaya. More on that later. Let’s talk about the main…
Part II of Robot Kaya: Demographics of Route Development in Climbing
For video format, visit my Substack Part II of VI: Route Development Initiatives If we look at the sheer small numbers of guidebook authors and the mechanisms to keep out women, and then even more mechanisms to keep Black women and queer people out of the sport (see my Hip Hop in Climbing article, specifically…
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