After an intense two years of training, leading up to the biggest moment of their careers, Olympic climber Kyra Condie and USA Climbing National Team Head Coach Josh Larson head to Puerto Rico to get back in touch with the climbing that awards no medals.
“I’m thinking of this year as my recovery from the Olympics.”
-KC
“While we were training for the Olympics, we were jamming out to reggaeton and just talking about vacation. So, once the Games were over, we could actually plan some trips.”
-JL
“The boulder that really sticks out in my mind is definitely ‘More Dreams Than Money.’ It's on the boulders that have the Puerto Rican flag, which is a really big sign of pride for the community there. It's a tall boulder–kind of scary–which I’ve been avoiding with the Olympics coming up. To finally get on something tall like that again and feel really determined on such a beautiful boulder, that was really cool and a really good feeling.”
-KC
“It does feel like a cutoff of like, okay, we had this pandemic training time, and then the Olympics. And that's also where this Puerto Rico trip just helped so much, just to reset, have that refresher, have fun, focus on outdoor climbing, be in a beautiful area, and I think that was great.”
-KC
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