'Black Ice': The men and women making climbing more diverse

A team in Memphis, US, has come together to encourage the Black community to get into climbing. Their non-profit organization ‘Memphis Rox’ gives people in the inner-city community access to climbing walls.

03:34 - Source: CNN
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