As a friend told Jun, you can’t fall very far if you’re attached to a rope.
As a friend told Jun, you can’t fall very far if you’re attached to a rope. (Photo: João Canziani)

Shelma Jun Can Flash Foxy

As a friend told Jun, you can’t fall very far if you’re attached to a rope.

Climbing was Shelma Jun’s 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’t risk more impact. As a friend told her, you can’t fall very far if you’re 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’d begun climbing with. After gaining thousands of followers, she cofounded the Women’s Climbing Festival, which sold out in under a minute last year. In our final installment of series looking at inclusivity in outdoor communities, James Edward Mills spoke with Jun about the influence a rising generation of female athletes is having on a sport long dominated by men.

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Outside’s longstanding literary storytelling tradition comes to life in audio with features that will both entertain and inform listeners. We launched in March 2016 with our first series, Science of Survival, and have since expanded our show to offer a range of story formats, including reports from our correspondents in the field and interviews with the biggest figures in sports, adventure, and the outdoors.