Climber Stories
This series moves between the climbing gym and home, revealing how the sport follows you long after you leave the holds behind.
Through static images and first-person interviews, it explores the tension between movement and stillness. How climbing reshapes the body, mind, and the spaces we inhabit.
Julio
Tallen
Xi Chen
Bon Duke
3.1Julio — student, climber
More patience,
more strength
“You’ll find more patience, more strength, and maybe even a new version of yourself.”
3.2Tallen — musician, climber
Not in the loud way,
but quietly
“Climbing made me more confident, not in the loud way, but quietly. I fail often, but I also succeed.”
The Gym
4.0
01—09
5.0 — Xi Chen
Bleeding
into my life
outside
the gym
“The patience climbing has been teaching me is bleeding into my life outside the gym too.”
Check
my ego
“Climbing has changed the way I see myself and others. It taught me to check my ego and become more aware of the world around me.” — Bon Duke, photographer, climber
More aware of
the world around me
Portraits
7.0
10—29
- 8.1JulioStudent, climber
- 8.2TallenMusician, climber
- 8.3Xi ChenCalligraphy artist, photographer, climber
- 8.4Bon DukePhotographer, climber