EP 177: Tiba Vroom
July 17, 2023
Photo by Veronica Melkonian
Tiba Vroom is a Dutch professional climber and cofounder of Wildflower Climbing Gym. We talked about the pressure that comes with early success, her first trip to Magic Wood and sending Riverbed 8B, confronting fear of failure, separating self-worth from performance, being the 8, starting a non-profit gym in the Netherlands, taking responsibility for your life, dream climbs in Fontainebleau, and much more! You can learn more about Tiba at wildflowerclimbinggym.org
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Tiba sending Riverbed 8B in Magic Wood
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Nuggets:
0:02:28 – Tiba’s first tattoo, and her first season in Magic Wood
0:05:47 – Climbing as a mirror, and learning to confront the deeper parts of herself
0:07:30 – Projecting Riverbed 8B, and confronting fear of failure
0:12:59 – Tiba’s introduction to climbing, performance pressure, and expecting to be the best
0:17:08 – We only hear the success stories
0:19:38 – Working through fear of failure, mental training, and separating self-worth from performance
0:24:34 – Consciousness, positivity, personal development, and power
0:25:48 – The 6, the 8, and the 10
0:28:30 – Why it doesn’t make sense for most of us to compare ourselves to the best climbers in the world, and Tiba’s experience competing in her first World Cup
0:31:16 – Tiba’s current feelings about competitions
0:32:48 – How to prepare for an outdoor bouldering trip in the gym
0:40:45 – Planning trips around the weather, and drying holds on Octopussy with Tiba
0:42:19 – Stretching for 2+ months to be able to try a heal hook on her project
0:49:40 – The gym climbing culture in the Netherlands, and starting Wildflower Climbing came to be
0:53:10 – Creating a space for high-performance climbing that is welcoming to a wide diversity of people
0:56:31 – Having a non-profit gym
1:03:32 – Question from Lizzie: What is it like owning a gym in the Netherlands where gym ownership is fairly male-dominated?
1:05:15 – Tiba’s favorite things to teach
1:08:25 – A recent breakthrough
1:09:22 – What she wishes she had known before building the gym
1:10:49 – What excites Tiba about the climbing scene right now
1:12:24 – How sports highlight social issues
1:14:06 – Women who have inspired Tiba
1:16:16 – Taking responsibility for your life, and the ultimate climbing goal
1:19:56 – What Tiba is working on in her climbing, and working on being the 8
1:21:28 – Summer training and projects
1:22:18 – “The world can use more conscious people.”
1:28:04 – My birthday, and the Women’s Bouldering Festival in Font
1:30:49 – How to connect with Tiba, and her new podcast