Selwyn Times: July 19, 2016
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10<br />
Tuesday <strong>July</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Our People<br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
Climbers no fear approach<br />
Springston resident<br />
Shania Gibson, 18,<br />
is raising money<br />
to represent New<br />
Zealand in climbing<br />
at the World Youth<br />
Championships in<br />
China. She talked<br />
to Siobhan Watson<br />
about her love of<br />
climbing and the<br />
people helping her to<br />
reach the top of her<br />
sport<br />
How long have you been<br />
climbing for sport?<br />
This will be my seventh year.<br />
But competitively, this is my<br />
fourth year.<br />
How did you get into climbing<br />
as a sport?<br />
My friend at primary school<br />
used to do it just for a bit of fun<br />
and she asked me one time if I<br />
wanted to go along and I obviously<br />
said yes, because I was<br />
really into sport and trying new<br />
things. Yeah, so we just went for<br />
a little bit of fun once a week and<br />
she actually left to America to<br />
live with her family, so I was left<br />
INTENSE: Shania Gibson is watched by her coach Stephan<br />
Brucher. She climbs both man-made (right) and natural climbing<br />
walls.<br />
PHOTOS: SHANIA GIBSON<br />
on my own. But when I got to<br />
high school, I pursued it because<br />
there was a climbing club and it<br />
just went from there.<br />
How much money do you<br />
need to raise to get over to the<br />
competition? Have you reached<br />
your goal yet?<br />
So it’s roughly about five-grand<br />
and I haven’t reached the goal<br />
yet. The responses that I’ve had<br />
so far are good, but I’ve had<br />
to find other ways of funding<br />
myself, which includes sausage<br />
sizzles and working twice a week.<br />
I’ve been trying to apply for<br />
some sponsorship as well. I’ve<br />
talked to some small companies<br />
but it’s not an easy thing to do<br />
with such a small sport.<br />
How did you get chosen for<br />
the championship?<br />
So last year at the national<br />
championship – which was held<br />
in Rotorua – they had selectors<br />
who were watching a lot of us<br />
younger climbers. They were<br />
looking at our general ability,<br />
and not just physical, but how we<br />
cope in stressful situations. And<br />
in December last year, they chose<br />
a youth development squad of 20<br />
to 30 people, and then we had a<br />
trial at the first national competition<br />
of this year and they chose<br />
the team from that. They based<br />
the results on the first national<br />
competition of this year, as well<br />
as how you competed last year.<br />
LAWyerS<br />
What is it about climbing that<br />
you like in particular?<br />
I enjoy it because it’s not just a<br />
physical challenge, it’s also mental.<br />
So when your climbing, your<br />
always presented with a puzzle<br />
or a problem that you have to<br />
work out. A lot of people would<br />
describe it as dancing but your<br />
on a wall. You have to really use<br />
your body and your imagination<br />
and come up with ways to solve<br />
the problems. Sometimes it will<br />
take me numerous tries, days or<br />
even weeks to complete a problem,<br />
but no matter how many<br />
attempts it takes me, I always feel<br />
a huge amount of satisfaction<br />
once I’ve completed it. I enjoy<br />
that part of it because when you<br />
feel that kind of achievement,<br />
you feel good about yourself.<br />
Also, the thrill and the adrenalin<br />
is really addictive, being up<br />
that high and just knowing that<br />
you’re pushing past gravity, and<br />
knowing that there is always that<br />
slight risk that something could<br />
happen, but knowing that you’re<br />
also in control. When I’m climbing,<br />
I don’t think about anything<br />
else, I switch off from the outside<br />
world and I find it a good stress<br />
relief from other things in my<br />
life.<br />
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