In some disappointing news from the outdoor world, a case of cyberbullying has come out of the works in the professional climbing scene.
Professional climber and general badass Sasha DiGiulian has accused fellow professional climber Joe Kinder of cyber harassment in an impassioned Instagram post.
Kinder had been using a fake account to post memes making fun of climbers and other public figures. The news has been met with outrage and dismay from the outdoor community leading both Black Diamond and La Sportiva to drop their sponsorship of Joe Kinder.
DiGiulian said in her post that the harassment has been going on for over eight years. And that she has reached out to Kinder privately on multiple occasions to no avail. In her Instagram post, Sasha put up a meme Kinder posted making fun of her weight (see second slide of Sasha’s post).
Kinder took to Instagram to publish his apology but it’s a bit of a case of too little too late.
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