Pigtown Climbs in the News
Pigtown Climbs is Transforming an Abandoned Lot Into an Outdoor Rec Center
Oyin Adedoyin | April 6, 2021 | Baltimore Magazine
“The outdoors was kind of like my backyard,” says Padro, a North Carolina native who handles marketing for Pigtown Climbs. “When I moved up here, I realized that access was taken away. And then I also realized, as a school teacher, my students had never experienced these spaces. [It was easy to] merge that alignment to what Pigtown Climbs wanted to do.”
Along with improving community access to outdoor environments, one of the group’s big-picture goals is to dismantle stereotypes regarding what a climber looks like. That’s part of the reason why it was imperative to Horne that the organization be made up of majority Black women.
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Outdoor Climbing Facility Planned for Pigtown
Kevin Lynch | November 4, 2020 | SouthBmore.com
An outdoor climbing facility called Pigtown Climbs is planned for a 4,400 sq. ft. empty lot in Pigtown at 938 Washington Blvd. Pigtown Climbs, which will be a nonprofit, was launched by Pigtown resident Bri’Anna Horne in partnership with the property owner 930 Group LLC.
Horne met the owners of 930 Group LLC at a neighborhood plant giveaway at the lot over the summer at which time the owners told her they wanted it to be used as a community space. She proposed a climbing facility and they liked the idea and told her she could start planning it.
Earth Treks': 2020 Global Climbing Day Nominee
Earth Treks Rockville | August 22, 2020 | facebook.com/Earth.Treks.Rockville
Happy Global Climbing Day everyone! In celebration of the leaders in our community pushing for change, accessibility, inclusivity and the future of climbing, our region would love to highlight Pigtown Climbs (@pigtownclimbs)!
Led by members of the local climbing community, Pigtown Climbs is dedicated to making a bouldering space for everyone. The North Face posed a question this year: “what was the wall you faced and how did you crush it?”
Challenging Racism in the Outdoor Industry and the Light at the End of the Tunnel
by Edith Han | August 11th, 2020| Midatlanticclimbers.org
Hello fellow Mid-Atlantic climbers! We hope that you have been able to stay safe and healthy this sweltering summer so far. The past few months has been an emotionally intense time for the climbing community as a whole, as voices that have been speaking up against racism in our community are starting to be amplified and listened to.
Amongst all of this, we would like to highlight some recent developments for you in hopes that we can continue to strive for an anti-racist and more inclusive climbing community.