Chapter 1: More Bird Than Larry Bird

Climbing Gold

Duct Tape Then Beer

Wilderness, Sports

4.9 • 983 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Climbing doesn’t have a rule book. So who decides how climbing changes and evolves? Peter Croft and Alex talk about their climbing heroes and pushing the mentality of possible. Discover how 1940’s bebop jazz connects to free-soloing Yosemite's famed Astroman.

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0:00.0	Oh, God.
0:02.1	As always, I knock my mic over and then bang against an ice axe.
0:06.6	April 2020, Las Vegas.
0:09.6	Okay.
0:10.1	I am now recording our garage band.
0:12.8	Alex, where are you right now?
0:15.2	So I am sitting in a closet underneath my staircase.
0:19.1	I guess it's my gear closet.
0:20.7	I've got three ice axes within 18 inches underneath my staircase. I guess it's my gear closet. I've got three ice axes
0:22.5	within 18 inches of my face and the whole rack of cams behind me and a bunch of shoes hanging
0:28.8	on the wall. Clearly, we've been able to bring the highest levels of production value to this
0:33.7	operation. You know, everybody works from the space they have.
0:38.4	And actually,
0:40.5	the closet is incredibly quiet and it's not disruptive
0:41.6	to the rest of the house
0:42.5	so other people can go on living
0:44.7	without even knowing
0:45.9	that I'm doing my thing.
0:47.2	So, I mean,
0:47.7	I love the gear closet.
0:50.3	Should I just introduce myself as well?
0:52.2	Yeah.
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