Queer Climbing: A Performance for Nobody

QUEER CLIMBING: “THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT CLIMBING BEING AN EPHEMERAL ART PIECE. THIS PERFORMANCE FOR NOBODY.”

Esther Renita (they/them) is a climber, guide, artist and founding member of @climbingqts, a LGBTQ+ social climbing community and advocacy organisation working to make climbing more accessible and inclusive. Since this interview, Esther’s completed "Smear Campaign" on Dyuritte (Mount Arapiles) – a grade 28 climb.

Esther invites us to explore our identity through climbing.

Read the story on Roaring Journals: www.patagonia.com.au/blogs/roaring-journals/queer-climbing-a-performance-for-nobody