A Victoria-based climber has decided to resign from the national climbing team due to the climate impact of travelling to competitions and his ethical dilemma of representing a country with a history of Indigenous oppression. He moved from Nelson, B.C., to Vancouver Island when he was 13 to join a professional climbing academy. I could really kind of do this at an international level and that would be really, really cool.'" Sherkat has spent the last nine years competing, with the last six years as part of the national team. Andrew Wilson, director for Climbing Escalade Canada, the national program for sport climbing, said he respected Sherkat's decision.

Source: CBC News December 13, 2021 16:43 UTC