Oh yeah, and gratefully go climb :)
As rock climbers there is inherent risk and challenge-seeking we are privileged to be able to SAVOR that all but a small percentage of non-white America does not have means to afford. If you are challenged with SURVIVAL and proving your right to exist, the proposition of rock climbing seems silly. Just a reminder that the glitzy gyms and e zines we read are very glazed grazed and protected by smiling fangs. Still very much a White Man and Woman's fraternity and sorority. 1% of climbers is Black. I don’t need to be shown a seat or a table or be given a platform to “take over.”
That is all.
1ove
NM
P.S.
here’s less heavy-to-digest fare; the world is a gym ...
"...As one moves up the V-scale, the indoor grades become a better
representation of difficulty encountered outside. For example, some
outdoor V6s with excellent friction might feel equal in difficulty to a
few of your indoor V6 projects. This is where the route’s style—crimps,
slopers, pinches, compression, etc.—comes into play. If you're a
crimping fiend, a line of V6 crimps outside may feel easier than the
overhung pinch-fest V6 that’s shut you down in the boulder cave for the
past month. And there will occasionally be the outdoor V8 that you send
in half the time that you struggled on a gym V7 in your anti-style. 
