ヨルグ・バーホーベンさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ヨルグ・バーホーベンInstagram)「In the current situation I'm sometimes a little perplexed about seeing high profile climbers still travelling around the world cruising the hardest climbs, arguing that it is their profession and circumventing quarantine. • As a professional climber myself, I am 'my own boss', so I can easily get the necessary documents to travel abroad without the need of quarantining on return. (Austria is in lockdown, like many European countries now) • The key question arises: is it really necessary as a professional climber at this moment to travel abroad? It's for sure not crucial to keep sponsorship deals, and there are many other ways of securing our 'jobs'. Project locally, or just train for future projects, in times when infections are lower and hospitals are not overfilling. • Now I've heard the argument that border-cross movement doesn't really affect covid infections much, and that climbing outside is a good example of social distancing. Nevertheless, being in another country can strain local health systems which are already struggling, and travel is often connected with making new contacts if you like it or not. Regular testing is one thing, but a little bit of research will tell you that it's by no means a safety pass. Think as well of the situation when a local climber is not allowed to go climbing, but a visiting pro is! • Just to make it clear, this is just my opinion, and I'd love to hear arguments contradicting the above (except the ones stating that the flew kills more people every year than covid-19), but I feel like 'we pro-climbers' are in the same boat as all other climbers that desperately want to get out there climbing... • Long read, sorry, and somehow I feel like I will get a lot of crap for posting this 🤔 • Photo of my buddy @tobias_lanzanasto swinging around at a local crag.」12月31日 1時54分