{"id":24349,"date":"2025-09-17T18:58:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T18:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blocshop.com\/instagram-et-le-bloc\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T19:17:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T19:17:01","slug":"instagram-bouldering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blocshop.com\/en\/instagram-bouldering\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram &#038; bouldering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you post a video of your latest send at Bloc Shop, have you ever stopped to wonder how social media is influencing climbing? What\u2019s changed since it all began and what could change in the future? These are the kinds of questions we ponder often (too often?)\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>10 Years \u201cBefore IG\u201d<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, climbing existed. Yes, really. But it was more niche as a sport. There were fewer gyms in Quebec and across Canada, the holds weren\u2019t always ergonomic, and problems were marked with colored tape, with route resets that were sometimes optional. To stay up to date, you had to read magazines &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gripped<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grimpe au Qu\u00e9bec<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> back then. And if you wanted to discover new crags, you had to know the right people. How many folks wandered aimlessly through Quebec forests looking for a climbable rock face based on tips from a friend of a friend? For $100, you could buy a decent pair of climbing shoes. And when you told non-climbers how you spent your free time, they\u2019d ask if you wanted to climb Everest. \u201cNo thanks, I\u2019m not a fan of the cold.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Year Zero<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, it didn\u2019t happen overnight. But social media definitely shook things up in the climbing world. It enabled rapid sharing of new routes, as well as inspiring videos, like the ones from DrTopo, back in the day. Facebook groups popped up to share beta, find climbing partners, and build a more interconnected community. It also helped, though not always, to settle big existential climbing debates: Should we bolt cracks? Which is better: trad, sport, or bouldering?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then came a wave of sponsored athletes &#8211; helping climbers gain visibility with brands through posts that got dozens of likes. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gyms also made the digital shift, promoting their new locations and events online, first with photos, then with videos. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, the increased visibility drew more traffic to popular outdoor crags, sometimes leading to overuse, erosion, or tensions with private landowners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>20 Years into the Social Media Era<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, climbing lives heavily on social media. The latest sends? IG! Cool new vids? YouTube! Friends being goofballs on the wall? TikTok. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And this tight relationship between the sport and digital platforms raises a lot of questions: Do social media posts influence the bright colors of climbing holds? Are gyms setting more Instagram-worthy problems on purpose? Maybe! <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s never been easier to get information and find beta for your outdoor project (or even indoor!). Discover new sequences you hadn\u2019t thought of, or new spots you\u2019ve never visited. How many Rocklands boulder problems has your algorithm served you lately? It\u2019s practically IV-drip motivation. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking for a bouldering partner in the Himalayas? Just join the right Facebook groups and you\u2019ll find one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expectations are higher for athletes now, and it\u2019s never been easier to interact with the pros. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The downside? Posting a video of a fragile-access location can lead to crag closures. A good example: some sectors in the Laurentians now have banned parking. Some climbers now go to certain areas without posting anything &#8211; sometimes not even mentioning the sector to curious ears. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The flood of content can also trigger all sorts of feelings in users: envy from not visiting all the dream destinations, self-criticism for not climbing as hard as X or Y, or even a loss of interest in the sport. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And let\u2019s face it &#8211; thinking about what to post pulls you away from the present moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s hard to imagine the marriage between climbing and social media ending anytime soon. 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