International Women's Day: Alannah Yip
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Going into the final event of the Olympic qualifiers, Alannah Yip was in last place. Having made a calculated decision to conserve her energy for the first two events, Alannah had yet to show her competition what she was made of. From sixth place, Alannah took the win, securing her the only spot to represent Canada in climbing for the first time in history at the Tokyo Olympics. She did the math, and she was right.
This is how Alannah moves through life - humble, calm, and focused. She knows how easy it is to get caught up in the moment, to lean into the adrenaline of competition; immediately overwhelmed by the yelling and cheering inside the climbing gym. But Alannah’s true strength lies in how she can tune it all out.
Alannah is what you'd call “the total package.” She is strong in both body and mind. Her coach, Andrew Wilson, says that Alannah's parents played a huge factor in her well-roundedness, raising her to value being a good person equally to being a good athlete. Outside of being an Arc’teryx athlete and an Olympic-bound, world-touring climber, Alannah is also a Woman in STEM, a mechanical engineer. After almost quitting climbing from a lack of joy, she went to university in Switzerland. While studying, she fell back in love with climbing outside, the dramatic landscape of the Swiss Alps and the rush of high-mountain air cheering her on.
Alannah’s drive is the product of brain power and fierce resolve, her ability and talent the conjunctive result of her hard work. In a search for the feeling of freedom that climbing brings a brain as systematic as Alannah’s, you could call what she is capable of talent, but it is no doubt synonymous with unwavering determination.
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I think it's always so scary when you are passionate about something, and you become so driven by a goal that you forget why you even loved it in the first place.
"If you get tired, learn to rest not quit"
Beautiful video. Should have many more views.
Very inspirational. Alannah is such a nice person. 😊👏
Get at it Alannah! You, Sean and Andrew have a whole country supporting you!
i love her, she's so strong ! really hope she can win in the olympics !
Honestly, what a great coach as well!
Alannah is super awesome. This is a really nice piece of film that perfectly stokes me to see her compete.
A beautiful story about a truly inspiring journey! I'm so glad that Alannah knows her results do not equal self worth - so very relatable. Best of luck for the Olympics!
Achiever!!!! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 that’s the power & strength of WOMEN who go for it…. So happy for her. A complete rockstar.
An inspirational woman who I've always looked up to! I don't climb anymore but the sport and its people will always have a special place in my heart :) wonderful documentary!
Was anyone else shook when she took off her jacket at that first outdoor climb? Alannah is jacked and flexing the gains. Awesome work!
@iwayanpardika2575
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it make me feel insecure
A very good documentary on an exceptional person and team, looking forward to what's to come!
Badass!!! Thank you Arcteryx for covering and sharing this story!!
I loved that part of the message here was around learning not to grind and toil endlessly on one thing. That a meaningful and sustainable success comes from a well balanced life, feeding into the fire of passion.
This is such a cool little doco about one of my all time faves. You’re an absolute inspiration of a human Alannah ❤
She is so pretty
i love alannah
What an amazing story. Good luck Alannah! Represent!
Yes Alannah!!! We are so proud of you sis.
Go Alannah! You’ve always been one of my favorite climbers. We’re cheering for you.
My role model
Good luck! very inspirational!
What a nice little video. Good luck to her.
So Impressive! The athlete and this video.
So inspiring ❤❤❤
!!!! Loved it.
So inspirational. On top of that living in BC makes outdoors so much more accessible!
Really beautiful!
All the best!
she's so gorgeous
Go get that! Sister! Canada Chinese! Born in Canada!
💪 Those arms though!
🔥 Fierce Awesome
👍👍👍💪💪💪
"How do I have to be, to free the sum, whole and best of me?" "To weigh and balance all, is to come into harmony." "I have a physical body, a mental body, an emotional body, and an external body. Attend to that which needs strengthening. Adding strength to one, adds strength to all." "To sense, is to sustain, is to soar." "It is the whole of me, which matters most, of which comes the most." "In working out one’s own salvation one develops a heart & truth unsurpassed." ~ Paul Jung
What model of the jacket is she wearing (the blue one)?
She has the same surname as Yip Man. Bruce Lee’s master:)
Don’t know her, but thanks to Arc’teryx for putting a spotlight on her. Hope she does well.
Is that jacket ATOM LT ? What color ?
Can someone post the music from this video?
Shes so damn pretty. Wow.
and now back to International Men's Year, thanks Arc
Climbers are super human.
By watching this clip, I am wondering whether I really need Arc'teryx high performance wear for the normal person like me which nothing special happens. oh my、、
"Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process." ~ Anne Wilson Schaef "Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going." ~ Yasmin Mogahed “There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open…. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.” ~ Martha Graham “I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all my heart.” ~ Vincent van Gogh "I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars." ~ Walt Whitman
GO(LD) CANADA GO(LD)!!!
Get out there and kerb some wheels ladies.
I thunk I falled in love her...
I think I know why the Poles are melting: Alannah's smile.
That face
@cjmarz
3 жыл бұрын
naturally pretty!
As a Mainland Chinese, I'm super proud to know Arc'teryx is now owned by one of worlds largest sporting goods makers based in our great nation of CHINA. #MadeInChina2025 #1belt1road 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
is she sponsored by arcteryx ?
@arcteryx
3 жыл бұрын
You bet! We're lucky to have Alannah on our athlete team.
International women's day constantly talks about the "pay gap" yet is very quiet on the fact that 9 out of 10 workplace deaths... are men... why not push for the death gap to be 50/50 too?