Bouldering is definitely trending in 2025. A lot of people go to indoor climbing gyms but most of them stay there. Only a few are brave enough to head outside, to the mountains, aka: real rocks.
Sure, it can be risky, but most people do sport climbing on bolts which, to be honest, feels pretty similar to indoor climbing.
The people you meet out there? They‘re all kind of dreaming about their dirtbag vanlife traveling around and climbing their asses off. Just funny, friendly, wild, passionate folks.
I’ve loved capturing all the little moments: the first steps, the breaks, the achievements, the joy.