Fallon Rowe

2024 highlights :) Climbing in City of Rocks last summer was certainly my favorite part of the year. Got to tick some dream routes, enjoy being in my favorite place, and have fun with a quality group of friends. Literal heaven 😍 I had a blast hiking and trailrunning all over, especially in Glacier National Park. Already scheming for more adventures there. Also did my longest trail link up ever (35 miles in Zion which pushed me past my limit). ⛰️ I got to visit El Potrero Chico twice in 2024! I feel spoiled. Such a pleasure to climb endless limestone and be around fun people. 🧗 Did some other climbing I was proud of, including another first female ascent (which tied for my hardest redpoint ever) a few months after my 4th ankle surgery. Always rewarding to get a personal best, particularly after working hard in recovery. 🙏 And I have some big climbing goals for as soon as my body is healed this year. Got to spend a little time with my niece/nephew, and gained another niece I still need to meet! 🥰 Practiced more fiddle, archery, chess, and pool to keep expanding my skillsets and have fun! Feeling a lot of gratitude for last year, the adventures I got to experience, the personal growth, and the people in my life who make everything sweet. 🖤🌞 Thanks to all of you for the support! And thanks to @thedesertrat_sg @hilx @cypherclimbing @libmtn @cruxpowerclimbing for believing in me ✨

It’s December, which means it’s my climbing anniversary! As I enter my 21st year of climbing, I’m feeling super grateful that I’ve gotten to make climbing the focus of my life. 🧗 To celebrate, I wanted to do something a bit different this year — so here are some of the most important lessons I’ve learned through climbing. 🧠 1. You only control the effort, not the outcome. 2. Believing you can hold on often matters more than anything else when climbing at your limit, and is the determining factor between sending or falling. 3. The climb will still be there another day. Be safe enough to make sure you’ll still be around, too. No climb is worth your life or health. 4. The people you surround yourself with have a huge impact on your experience. Choose wisely. 5. If you’re having a bad time, you’re doing something wrong. Time to reevaluate and make a change. 6. Don’t have all your eggs in one basket. Diversify your life and interests. If (when) you ever get injured, it’ll be much more pleasant if you have other passions to keep you occupied. 7. Training only gets you so far. Time on the rock leads to mastery, and will be what you remember/cherish the most (and let’s be honest, it’s way more fun too). 8. Focus on having a problem-solving and possibilities-centered mindset (“I wonder…”) rather than cursing reality and the things you can’t change (“I wish…”). 9. You get stronger on your rest days. And you can only get stronger if you’re eating enough. 10. Living in a constant state of gratitude will reward you with endless positive energy and joy. Be thankful for the place you’re in, the people you’re with, the route developer, your belayer, nature’s beauty, your health and physical ability, your privilege to be able to go climbing at all, etc… and you will fall in love with your life. Gonna try to make the next couple decades of climbing even more fun. 🎉🧗☺️ 📸 1 by @nikkik_smith of me on one of my fav moderate climbs in City of Rocks💕 📸 2 by @yeahapril of me onsighting in Tensleep 🤘 📸 3 by @donofhern of me sending E Ave in City of Rocks 🙌 📸 4 by Ben Frank of me projecting in Red Rock 🧗 (rest of photos from childhood - miss u @mikfritz4 💓)

Weekend warriors at City! Onsighted ‘Hyperspuds’ (5.11c trad/mixed)—the highlight of the trip for me since it had been on my to do list for ages. 🤩 1- selfie on top of Bath Rock with @christian__andrus (always start a City trip with a Bath solo to get the head screwed on right for runouts!) 2- timelapse of my onsight of ‘Hyperspuds’ ☺️ 3 and 4-Christian also sent it! 5- amazing gluten free vegan smore I made 🤤 6- @christian__andrus on Bath Rock, first lap of the trip 7- @christian__andrus sent Meningitis (5.12b)! I got another burn on it to review beta. It really comes down to 3 moves lol 8- 🥰 out at Checkered Demon — @christian__andrus onsighted and I got the follow-flash (since someone has to follow to clean it … I will have to return to lead it) 9- someone on Elephant Rock, so beautiful Can’t wait for more days up in City this year! 💗 #rockclimbing #tradclimbing #sportclimbing #cityofrocks #idaho

Can’t seem to quit no matter how bad it gets… but did end up bailing after ugly crying at the top of this pitch because of the pain. Managing to onsight even when it feels like your joints are crumbling and your tendons are being shredded and set on fire is a fine art. #paraclimbing My relationship with crack climbing has been forced to take a backseat the past 6ish years. I love it so much but my body really doesn’t tolerate it. Small doses, I guess. Going to try some new meds soon from my rheumatologist (an endless quest to find anything I can tolerate). Fingers crossed Thank you @christian__andrus for being the most supportive, patient, understanding partner I could ever hope for 🩷 #crackclimbing #zionnationalpark #tradclimbing #chronicillness

Spring in Zion 🧡🏜️ Thanks @camdonkay for the beautiful photo of me on a lap of this amazing route! 🥳 (Enter the Dragon) #rockclimbing #climbing #southernutah #zionnationalpark #sportclimbing

Client wins make this the most amazing job ever. ❤️ So lucky I get to do what I do! I love being a coach. I love all of the wonderful people I get to work with, and helping them on their unique journeys. Climbing has so much to offer, and custom coaching can really optimize the experience (especially if you have a unique consideration or chronic illness). 🙏 DM me with questions or visit my website to book a free exploratory call to discuss coaching options. 🤩 [climb is of me flashing Backhoe Middle V3]🧗 #climbingcoach #climbingtraining #climbingmindset #clientwins

Challenging myself to climb my anti-style more! Fun powerful overhanging boulder. Really enjoyed this one! First couple goes I sorted out the beginning of the problem. Then on my third go I sent! So I was flashing the rest. 🧗🤠 I haven’t bouldered much since shattering my foot and ankle in a bouldering accident in 2017. But it’s been good to get back out there, especially on lowballs with flat landings like this. ☺️ Trying to get stronger at this kind of movement so it’ll translate to my sport climbing goals. ✅ Backhoe Right V5, Moe’s Valley UT Also thank you @stio for the new clothes!! 🤩🥰 Been LOVING all of my Lucent tank tops. I have it in so many colors because I’m obsessed. Very lightweight and airy. I get overheated easily so these are a MUST for the desert heat. The new @stio Bounder shorts have been wonderful too! Probably my new favorite Stio shorts. Quick dry, comfy waistband, and the 5” inseam option is nice for climbing (no wardrobe malfunctions 😂🙈) which is key. Yay! Stio is running a 72 hour flash sale with 30% off using my code S2630-FALLON (only 4/15-4/17). Jump on it for the best Stio deals and get ready for summer! #stioaffiliate #lettheoutsidein #bouldering #rockclimbing #savemoesvalley

Having my best season in a long time. 🤩🧗 So grateful to have alignment in my body feeling strong, the weather being (mostly) amazing, friends who wanna get out, and my schedule being flexible since I work for myself @sage.sending . 🤠 Been getting out to tons of amazing local crags and having a blast 🩷 This route (“Tiger Style” 5.12+) has been on my radar for a few years and I finally mustered the try hard to give it a shot this season. 2 sessions in now and I really love it! Very challenging for me since the bottom boulder is powerful and the rest of the climb is pumpy with marginal rest options. The upper section of gastons/side pulls with teeny feet is so dope too! Psyched! Thank you @eeejayenn for such a sick climb in an awesome position. Thanks @emilyryberg for the videos and @k__seli for the belays, and both of you for the fun girls day and mega support! 🥰🙏 Excited to keep trying this route. #sportclimbing #zionnationalpark #southernutah #zionclimbing

Pine Creek!! @christian__andrus and I had a fun weekend climbing in Bishop. 🥰🤠 Photos 1,6,7,9 are @christian__andrus working on Ecstasy, a wild 5.13 arete. Basically the only climb I took photos of this trip since it’s so striking! We were just cragging/projecting for the most part and didn’t get many other photos. 2 - Selfie on the summit of Main Line! TR Solo (onsight) in 1 hour 48 minutes. After a big cragging session, decided to run up Main Line for the first time. It was really special to get to move quickly and alone up a 10 pitch 5.10 route! Some hard-for-me cracks in there for sure. Very fun. 3 - view of the mountains :) 4 - the book I read during the trip 5 - 🩷 8 - some funky plant I saw at the crag Good stuff!! Can’t wait to go back for some projects 🤩 #rockclimbing #bishopca #pinecreek #pinecreekcanyon #climbing

“Drunken Barbecue” 5.12c ✅ I got on this twice last April, and had a tough time with the crux. Mara @maras.moodboard snapped some photos of me working on it (seen here), and I didn’t get a chance to return last year. Then a couple days ago, I had a fun session with my new friend Kira @k__seli . I figured I’d just give the route a beta burn or two. After an initial burn where I discovered new crux beta, I knew I could send if I stuck the crux sequence. I pulled back on and sent second go! It was a beautiful moment for me. Great conditions, no fear of falling or failure, just trying to make every move the best I could. I feel like I climbed really well. No fumbles, no slips. Just perfect execution, perfect amounts of rest at each stance, consistent breathing, good headspace. I love redpoints like this where you feel super dialed and locked in, like everything comes together and shows you your own mastery (even when there is still a small amount of doubt about sending — still hard enough to not be guaranteed, which keeps it fun and uncertain). Very grateful to have had that experience on this route. It’s fairly long with well-defined sections, and I enjoyed every bit of it. Feels super rewarding to have finally sent everything at the Hop Garden. It took me 5 years of sporadic visits… Feels like I really grew with this sector over time and learned a lot. Thank you Kira for the support and fun times!! Also was great to run into friends Derek @derek_franz.8000 and Mandi who were in town 🧡🙏 Really enjoying this season so far and grateful my body has been (mostly) cooperative. 🙌 @tenayaclimbing @cypherclimbing @cruxpowerclimbing #paraclimbing #sportclimbing #rockclimbing

Excited to share more about this climbing trip to Bishop, CA! It was great to get to use some new luggage options from @bagsmart_official to pack smarter. I loved my Getaway 20” Carry-On Suitcase and Blast Pro 38L Travel Backpack! #ad I get overwhelmed if I’m not super organized, so putting everything into the packing cubes was really helpful, and I was impressed with the compression zippers. The expandability of the suitcase (40L → 48L) and backpack (28L → 38L) is practical and efficient. Both are carry-on compliant with airline-approved dimensions! The backpack has a 180° clamshell opening for easy access for packing and security checks. They both have great features, compartments, and pockets with really functional and durable designs! They work well for car camping, hotels, flying, day trips, really anything — super versatile. Shop Bagsmart at the link in my bio and use my discount code FALL for 10% off. #bagsmart #bagsmarttravel #bagsmartbackpack #luggage travelbackpack

5 years living in my favorite place 🧡 Moving here was one of the best decisions I ever made. I love St George & Zion so much! 🥰🏜️ Thanks for the awesome photos @camdonkay 🙌 Repeating a high quality classic called ‘Enter the Dragon’— always a fun one to run a lap on. 😍🐉 #rockclimbing #zion #sportclimbing #zionnationalpark #southernutah