Avery Anderson

My name is Avery Anderson. I am a YLab student at One Stone’s Lab51. My why statement is “to live with my heart and experiment with life to help others do rad things.” Last spring I started rock climbing with the goal in mind to summit Devil’s tower. While training I fell in love with the rock climbing community. This past summer my climbing partner and I summited Devil’s Tower with 2 pioneers of crack climbing. It was an honor to hear about their stories and have the privilege to climb with them. This climb inspired my YLab project. My digital artifact is a picture of Devil’s Tower, which represents the work I have been focusing on for the past few months. I am now working with the Boise climbing community to use climbing to help cope with grief. I have conducted several interviews and am actively researching potential issues to design for that are related to climbing and well-being. I have felt closer to my community through this project and feel honored to be able to use a passion and love of mine for good in the Boise community.