The 2nd ascent of a forgotten or overlooked route on some of the New River Gorge’s best stone.

Climbers just about deify “the process” - praising it, preaching it, but never really defining it. What is it? What does it mean? 

“The feeling of effortlessness is so enticing and addictive. We send our first big project, and when it finally happens, it feels easy. It feels…perfect. 

And so begins a false correlation between ease and perfection.”

How a life spent climbing, and four years spent coaching - from 5.9 to 5.14 - led to the creation of Vector Climbing.