Today we are super excited, and so honored to be sitting down with Professional Rock Climber, Sierra Blair-Coyle. Sierra has been a part of the US National Climbing Team for 10 years, and is the 2018 Pan-American Bouldering Champion! She is a 2-time Junior National Champion, took 1st at the Mesa Rim Pro-Am, 10th at the IFSC Bouldering World Cup in 2018, and 12th at the Chongqing World Cup in 2016, she has countless other climbing competition accolades and has even scaled the side of a skyscraper with vacuum suctions like a badass! Please enjoy this inspiring episode with the one and only Sierra Blair-Coyle!

WHERE TO FIND SIERRA BLAIR-COYLE (Time: 1:18)

• IG: @sierrablaircoyl
• Facebook: Sierrablaircoyle
• Youtube: Sierra Blair-Coyle
• Website: Sierrabc.com

THE BASICS (Time: 1:47)

• Types of climbing and what she does
  • Speed
    • Fastest to the top with a rope
  • Sport
    • How high you get on a route with a rope
  • Bouldering (Sierra’s focus style)
  • Judged by combination of scores on 4 different boulders with no rope 

WHAT IS IT LIKE BEING A PROFESSIONAL ROCK CLIMBER (Time: 4:22)

• Crazy job!
• Competitions are Sierra’s bread and butter and life is consumed by training
• Business side makes climbing as a career possible
  • Sponsorships
  • Media

THE GROWTH OF ROCK CLIMBING(Time: 5:30)

• Over her 18 years of climbing a lot has changed
  • More climbers
  • More competitors
  • Added to summer Olympics
• It’s crazy to finally see climbing get the infusion of being more in the mainstream that I feel like it’s deserved for such a long time, you know, as someone who’s loved the sport.”

HOW IT ALL BEGAN (Time: 7:15)

• 8 years old climbing at an outdoor mall in Scottsdale, AZ
• “Something about climbing has just always felt right to me.”
• Not always easy. On the wall or in life.
• “If i could have the same level of confidence I did when I was ten years old, I would be unstoppable.”

CURRENT CLIMBING ENVIRONMENT “Training for the Unknown” (Time: 15:48)

• Training at Olympic Training Center In SLC, Utah
• Climbing during Covid-19
• Always ready
  • Structured training 

FAMILY, SUPPORT AND TRAVEL (Time: 20:30)

• Parents were always very supportive
• Favorite place in the world: Iceland
• Favorite place to climb: Priest Draw, Flagstaff Arizona

MANAGING LIFE IN THE LIMELIGHT (Time:32:25)

• Managing a huge social media following like a boss
• Be yourself, be a good person, be a good ambassador for climbing

“CLIMB LIKE YOU KNOW HOW” -Mike Covington (Time: 36:50)

• You know what you're doing, now just go do it
• Also a metaphor for life

SIERRA’S ADVICE (Time: 41:00)

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