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Athlete or Model? 29-Jan-2015 At 9:32:18 AM rolsen1

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On 29/01/2015 ajfclark wrote:
>I think this raises some interesting points: http://eveningsends.com/climbing/athlete-mode
>s-sierra-blair-coyle/

I've never heard of her before... but it seems she's a climber and model, who likes to take selfies and interact with people using social media, and sometimes gets paid endorsements.

It seems to me that the author is trying to demean her by suggesting that she is somehow devaluing climbing. He also complains her ability is misrepresented by someone in the media, which is strange because the media always get everything so right. What is the author's (and maybe your) problem? That the attention and endorsements she gets should go to more deserving (presumably) males?

Is this attempting to climbing's version of gamer gate?