Vertical Life

MAKING THE MOST OF IT

The qualification process for climbers to make the Tokyo 2020 (yes they are still calling it that) Olympic Games is slightly complex to explain. The end result is 20 males and 20 females from all over the world will come together at the beginning of August to compete for their countries. In late December, Oceana Mackenzie and myself qualified and will be the sole Australian representatives. I’m pretty psyched!

If it were a non-pandemic year, I’d be planning overseas training camps and World Cup

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