#kai lightner

Tomorrow I will be launching my new website called Goddess Climbing -- which will be a site dedicated to badass female climbers. 

One page will be a grid of photos of women climbing both indoor or outdoor. However, in order to get this grid rolling, I need your photos! 

To be featured on the website, send me a picture of you or your female friends climbing, along with your name, and the location of the photo. 

So, Fall. It’s here. Halloween candy, excessive over-eating, big hairy spiders making webs across your doorway.

Despite all the wonderful things going on this time of year, there’s also the reality that as summer ends and winter is waiting and that draining feelingsome have is very visceral. It sucks that I’m starting off only my 2nd wrap-up with yet another climber passing, but that is the world…

14.c Film Featuring Teen Climber Kai Lightner and His Mom Wins Inspiration Award

The new climbing film 14.c introduces a unique perspective on the sport that demonstrates the critical importance of family in the development of natural talent. Directed by George Knowles, the short film follows a few days in the life of Kai Lightner, a talented young man who at the age of 14 climbs with incredible skill and ability. As Kai ascends to the top of the most difficult routes, rated…

When one of the world’s best climbers notices you, you must be doing something right. As several young climbers waited for an autograph during a February fundraiser at the Stone Summit gym in Atlanta, Chris Sharma stood intrigued, watching 13-year-old Kai Lightner smoothly lap a 5.13.

Emily Taylor, Kai’s coach, recalls, “When we made the introductions, Chris asked Kai to climb with him.”

Kai is…