Crag Gals

by Carolyn DeRosa, Emma Shepherd, and Macy Grove

Hey there! Crag Gals is a podcast where gals' talk about crags'! Carolyn DeRosa, Emma Shepherd, and Macy Grove are all students at Pennsylvania State University who represent the University's Club Climbing! In Crag Gals, we cover a variety of topics around rock climbing such as mental health, environmentalism, risk management, professional and competitive rock climbing, and much more! Come join us at the Crag and learn about ... 

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Podcast episodes

  • Season 3

  • S3E4: Juan Luis Toribio Vazquez and Michelle Bloomfield

    S3E4: Juan Luis Toribio Vazquez and Michelle Bloomfield

    Howdy Crag Gals! This episode features Juan Luis Toribio Vazquez and Michelle Bloomfield, two climbers changing the narrative for climbing in Jamaica. Join us as we chat with Juan and Michelle about what it means to be a climber in Jamaica, the pros and cons of Jamaica becoming internationally recognized for its limestone crags, and the impacts a developing climbing scene has on its climbers. As mentioned in this episode, Juan has started a Go Fund Me to raise money for the climbing community in Jamaica, and you can find that link here: gofund.me/e3a312b6    ﷟HYPERLINK "https://www.instagram.com/jamrockclimbing/followers/mutualOnly"    Thank you all so much again for listening today! And a special thanks goes to our technical director, JJ Wong, as well as the Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State University for making this episode possible. We will be listing the social media links below, so be sure to follow us there!    Instagram: @craggals  @psu.climbing.club     Tik Tok: @crag.gals 

  • S3E3: Auto-Belay Lawsuit, and Reddit Stories!!

    S3E3: Auto-Belay Lawsuit, and Reddit Stories!!

    Howdy, y'all! So sorry for the delay in getting these episodes out. Carolyn has been super busy with school and it has been super hard to record, edit, and get episodes out to the world. In this episode, Carolyn and Macy have a good laugh at some Reddit stories while also talking about a recently lawsuit regarding Autobelays. Hope you enjoy! Our Social Media! TikTok: Crag.Gals Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/craggals/ Instagram for Penn State Club Climbing: https://www.instagram.com/psu.climbing.club/?hl=en All of the music heard in today’s episode was produced by Carolyn DeRosa. Special Thanks to our Technical Director, JJ Wong, and the Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State University

  • S3E2: A Wild Crack Appears, and CLIMBING IN GALWAY, IRELAND!!

    S3E2: A Wild Crack Appears, and CLIMBING IN GALWAY, IRELAND!!

    Hello there!! Today's episode is a super special one!! Emma, JJ, and Carolyn talk about the new 5.10 crack that appeared in Yosemite Valley and we have a long discussion about Emma's experiences during her study abroad semester in Galway, Ireland!! We'd like to give a HUGE shoutout to everyone at the Mountaineering Club at the University of Galway who had a positive impact on Emma, and we'd like to give a special shoutout to everyone who submitted voice memos of their best Climbing advice (especially our Number 1 fan, Darius :) If you'd like to be featured on the podcast you can do so by sending us a 30-second voice memo on our Instagram! Thank you!!Things we talked about:A New Crack Appears in Yosemite Valleyhttps://www.climbing.com/news/new-crack-appears-in-yosemite-closing-popular-trail/ The University of Galway Mountaineering Clubhttps://ugmc.ie/ Our Social Media!TikTok: Crag.GalsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/craggals/Instagram for Penn State Club Climbing: https://www.instagram.com/psu.climbing.club/?hl=enAll of the music heard in today’s episode was produced by Carolyn DeRosa. Special Thanks to our Technical Director, JJ Wong, and the Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State University

  • S3E1: THE GANG'S BACK TOGETHER!! The First Woman Climbed V16, and What We Learned Over the Summer

    S3E1: THE GANG'S BACK TOGETHER!! The First Woman Climbed V16, and What We Learned Over the Summer

    Howdy! THE GANG'S BACK TOGETHER AGAIN!! The Crag Gals: Carolyn DeRosa, Macy Grove, JJ Wong, AND EMMA SHEPHERD have joined together again for Season 3! In this episode, we all reconnect on our climbing progress, catch up on life, and overall have a conversation about where we think we're going in our lives! Join us at the Crag as we all come back together and bond over our climbing experiences :) What We Talked About: Katie Lamb Becomes the First Woman to Send V16!!: https://www.climbing.com/news/katie-lamb-box-therapy-v16/ https://www.climbing.com/people/katie-lamb-interview/ Here's Some Clips From The Movie Carolyn Was In! https://www.tiktok.com/@familycircuspro/video/7244241550232833326?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7280578094375765547 https://www.tiktok.com/@familycircuspro/video/7255401397657652522?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7280578094375765547 You can donate to The Madness Within at this GoFundMe here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-madness-within-a-studentmade-seriesHere are some links to our Social Media!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE continue to hype us up! This show is possible because of viewers like YOU! The more y'all share our show, the more we'll be able to do for y'all! Our Social Media!TikTok: Crag.GalsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/craggals/Instagram for Penn State Club Climbing: https://www.instagram.com/psu.climbing.club/?hl=en All of the music heard in today’s episode was produced by Carolyn DeRosa. Special Thanks to our Technical Director, JJ Wong, and the Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State University

  • Season 2

  • SEASON 2 FINALE!! Our Reflections!

    SEASON 2 FINALE!! Our Reflections!

    Howdy, y'all!! So sorry for our LONG disappearance! But we wanted to get out our reflections for Season 2 before SEASON 3 gets released TOMORROW!! Can't wait to see yall then!The Worlds Longest Route: https://www.climbing.com/places/gunks-traverse-repeated/Special thanks to our technical director: JJ Wong, and the Bellisario College of Communications here at Penn State University!