My first attempt at an online training community for mountain sports was in the spring of 2022. I shut it down because some personal stress made it unsustainable at the time.
This year, I’m restarting the community as Skimo School. Skimo is the sport I know best, but the broader theme is training for mountain sports: climbing, running, cycling, ski touring, and related sports.
To start, Skimo School will operate as a free, open-ended trial until we have 20-30 members. Founding members will receive a permanent discount once paid memberships begin.
The goal is a small, high-quality community built around thoughtful discussion, personalized feedback, and direct access to expertise. I don’t know at what number, but eventually enrollment will be capped.
If you’re interested, please get in touch with:
- A description of what you’re training for; and either
- The kind of feedback, structure, or discussion that would be most useful to you; or
- A training problem you’re struggling with right now.
Thanks for your time! I hope you’ll join us.
Regards,
Scott
Skimo School Principles
- 90% Human: AI is incredibly useful, but often incredibly dumb. It’s great for search and light fact-checking, but not so great for tailored training plans nor personalized training advice. Skimo School will always have a human on the other end.
- Access to Expertise: The great communities that I’ve been involved with all have (or had) two things in common—access to expertise and personalized feedback. (The crappy communities were like a sandbox where the founder acted like a kindergarten teacher on a smoke break—checked out.)
- Private: Good conversations are more likely when away from ad-driven platforms and algorithmic feeds. Software will be chosen accordingly.
- Capped Enrollment: Large forums—whether public or private—eventually collapse into repetitive questions and low signal-to-noise. I want to keep this group smaller and more focused.
Thanks for reading this far! If you have any questions, please let me know.
