ジュリアン・ワームさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ジュリアン・ワームInstagram)「My impact on our climate . My impact on our climate as a former comp climber and as a rock climber is obviously not deniable. It triggers an uncomfortable dissent probably known to many people. I travelled the world as a competitor; to China for a Worldcup-weekend - enjoying chinese food and markets, being amazed by the traffic in mega-cities, overwhelmed by the anonymity and feeling lost by not being able to communicate; to the US and Canada for some more Worldcups for the next weekends - Starbucks, Chipotle, longboarding and shopping; back to Germany and a squeezed-in rockclimbing trip to South Africa - climbing on perfect rock, sitting around bonfires through the night with climbers from all over the world, getting to know this culture with its complex history. I felt like I was living the average life of a professional climber. Almost every part of the world seemed approachable. I felt privileged and grateful for being able to travel the world for climbing, it has shaped who I am and has become part of my identity. After a while at home, I feel restless and start day dreaming about cactuses in Hueco Tanks, mountain lakes at RMNP, sunsets in Rocklands - memories of moments where I felt completely awestruck by the beauty of our nature. . Over the last decade, with the horrors of climate change coming to our minds very vividly, fires and droughts all over the world, it has become irresponsible to travel these amounts, especially by plane. It destroys the exact places that we love so much. My own perception for how much I fly or used to fly has changed and had an influence on decisions I made, but has not entirely kept me from traveling by plane. I kept finding justifications for why it’s ok to travel by plane, even if it has become way less. Since COVID-19 in large part determines our lives, this conflict has been put aside for now. It made me rediscover the beauty of local crags, I bought a bike and find more appreciation for close-by nature spots, which I hope and plan to keep up. Perhaps post-COVID-life won’t be the same as before anyway, but I wonder: How do we envision competitive or outdoor sports in times of climate change?!」9月27日 18時20分