Dispatches: Shelma Jun Can Flash Foxy
Climbing was Shelma Jun\u2019s fallback sport. A snowboarder and mountain biker, she found her way into a climbing gym after injuring her shoulder and looking for an activity where she wouldn\u2019t risk more impact. As a friend told her, you can\u2019t fall very far if you\u2019re attached to a rope. In 2014, she created an Instagram account called Flash Foxy to celebrate the crew of hard-charging New York women she\u2019d begun climbing with. After gaining thousands of followers, she co-founded the Women\u2019s Climbing Festival, which sold out in under a minute last year. In our final installment of this series looking at inclusivity in outdoor communities, James Edward Mills spoke to Jun about the influence a rising generation of female athletes is having on a sport long dominated by men.