The biggest climbing areas often receive the most attention and effort - but what keeps our local crags moving? We sit down for a mid-season check-in and get-to-know-your-host show with Jake Reginato!

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Jake is a Shasta-area based developer, rebolter, and climbing steward - and, while he's certainly an accomplished developer and climber himself, establishing dozens of new lines with difficulties well into the 5.13 range, where he really shines is in his investment in his local region.

Here's a quote from MountainProject: "This crag hid under moss for a long time until Jake Reginato put in some time with a drill and brush to revive the area." Breadcrumbs like these can be found all over locals-only spots in Northern California. Instead of being put off by the occasionally overprotective environments found around him, Jake embraced it, putting in the hard work to improve and maintain these areas that the surrounding community loved so much.

Jake recently took this ideology to the next step, founding a new local climbing organization. The Shasta Climber's Coalition is working to create a new community - not one defined by the mere protection of its local climbing secrets, but instead by investment, collaboration, and responsibility.

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Show Links:

• Shasta LCO website: https://www.shastaclimbers.org/
• Access Fund - Accessing Private Land: https://d1w9vyym276tvm.cloudfront.net/assets/pdf/Climbing-on-Private-Land.pdf