https://www.hazel-findlay.com/blog daily 0.75 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd08eae738e3449d71893e5/1575989796220-QU6E3AQUSS4U9T1VUIJY/MM8193_121112_17475.jpg Blog https://www.hazel-findlay.com/blog/the-zen-of-belaying monthly 0.5 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd08eae738e3449d71893e5/43282a6c-e6e8-4ac8-8c34-78b356eda818/IMG_0287.JPG Blog - The Zen of Belaying - Make it stand out One of the wildest climbs and belays. Hallucinogen Wall in the Black Canyon captured by Christian Adams https://www.hazel-findlay.com/blog/climbing-through-pregnancy monthly 0.5 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd08eae738e3449d71893e5/c0721b6b-1d6b-4d5a-809a-b91b7ae11ae5/202408015_Drapella_001014-Enhanced-NR-Edit-2.jpg Blog - Climbing Through Pregnancy - How to Approach Risk in Pregnancy Before diving into the specifics of risk in pregnancy, let’s address the concept of risk in general. Many people, even climbers, haven’t deeply considered what risk truly means or their relationship with it. Here are a few key points to reflect on: Risk is personal, complex, and far from binary. Your risk tolerance will differ from others, and your ability to manage and moderate risk in climbing depends on many factors, primarily your own experience and that of your partners. Risk is rarely a simple matter of ‘safe’ or ‘unsafe’; it’s probabilistic. So, be cautious about accepting rigid rules or binary distinctions imposed by others. It’s also impossible to eliminate all risk from your life. In trying to reduce risk at all costs, we create other risks, such as our emotional well-being and general health. The most important thing to remember is that just because someone else is doing (or avoiding) something, it doesn’t mean you should follow suit. What works for one person may not be suitable for another. Blindly copying others is when we’re most likely to make poor risk decisions. Non-climbers often perceive climbing as inherently dangerous, and climbing while pregnant as even more so. Remember that this perspective stems from a lack of understanding—you likely have a better grasp of the real risk involved than they do. To better illustrate this, think of another sport: I would never ski while pregnant because I’m a terrible skier and constantly fall over. But does that mean I believe no one should ski while pregnant? Absolutely not. I do, however, have a gut reaction when I think about it, and I have to be careful not to project my discomfort onto others. In my view, the safest approach during pregnancy is to be self-aware and confident in making the right decisions for you. Make well-informed choices that align with your unique needs and abilities, and don’t let other people’s actions, pressures, or biases influence you. From a psychological perspective, if you ever feel very stressed or scared doing something during pregnancy, this indicates that you’re getting the challenge level wrong, and maybe a more chill approach is warranted. Even if ‘rationally’ it feels safe, it doesn’t mean you ought to push through; if you feel highly stressed, you’ll struggle to make good decisions, unduly stress your nervous system, and you’re unlikely to have a good time. 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Photo: Angus Kille https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd08eae738e3449d71893e5/1591275498570-3YDCC3G06HBDREC3P1RW/CONCEP%2Band%2Bsuch-6223.jpg Blog - Thoughts on Trying Hard I had to run it out on this route to send which meant doing practice falls to get comfortable with falling. 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Her talks are engaging, entertaining, and thought-provoking, leaving audiences energised and inspired to see their own challenges from a new perspective. What makes Hazel’s talks different? She speaks with honesty and emotional depth, drawing on real experiences and the philosophical lens through which she views her life. Her storytelling blends the extraordinary with the universal—so whether you’ve stood on a mountain summit or faced a fear in the boardroom, her message resonates. Hazel is just as comfortable speaking to climbers as she is to school pupils, business leaders, or teams navigating change. Wherever she speaks, she brings a fresh and relatable perspective that sticks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dd08eae738e3449d71893e5/1742581757793-88G2PT2HGN5QGNGWR7E7/Durana_Greenland2022-5052.jpg Speaking https://www.hazel-findlay.com/video-gallery daily 0.75 2019-12-04 https://www.hazel-findlay.com/photo-gallery daily 0.75 2025-03-21