This Ohio native is a professional boulderer and communications and marketing director for USA Climbing. She’s a life-long gym rat but is involved in a series of ongoing affairs with real rocks as well. She spends her time climbing, traveling, and indulging her Instagram addiction. Get more of her writing and photography at angiepayne.com.
Believe in yourself, climb fast, and don't forget that this is fun.
Climbing up manufactured walls on plastic grips was the first type of climbing that I fel...