We are both immigrants. Akane is from Japan, and Sahand is from Iran. We face many unique challenges as immigrants in the US, but climbing has improved our lives tremendously and helped us connect to amazing people living in this country. Yet, there are still unique challenges we face for being immigrants AND climbers. This video talks about the life of immigrants, how climbing helped us, and the challenges we still face as a climber in the US.

0:00 Intro
1:35 Life of immigrants
5:36 How climbing helped us
9:33 Being a climber AND immigrant

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We are a husband and wife originally from Iran and Japan, based in Indianapolis, USA. Follow our trips to indoor and outdoor climbing destinations around the eastern USA, and eventually, around the world. We hope to share the excitement of this sport with international climbers and sports lovers :)