Chris Sharma: Olympic Hopeful

Climbing Gold

Duct Tape Then Beer

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 849 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Elite competition is a young person's game, but when 44-year-old legend Chris Sharma witnessed climbing on the Olympic stage last summer, it lit a fire in him, or at least a small flame. Chris undeniably changed climbing bringing the sport into its modern era, establishing the 5.15 grade, winning World Cups and World Championships as a teen, but an Olympics appearance is the one thing missing. LA 2028 is definitely on his mind. First stop– New Jersey. Watch Climbing Gold on YouTube Thanks to our sponsors The North Face Check out Summit Series at thenorthface.com AG1 AG1 is offering new subscribers a FREE $76 gift when you sign up. You’ll get a Welcome Kit that includes a bottle of D3K2 AND 5 free travel packs in your first box. DrinkAG1.com/climbinggold David Buy 4 cartons and get the 5th one for free at davidprotein.com/climbinggold LMNT Get your free LMNT Sample Pack with any purchase at www.drinklmnt.com/climbinggold. Try the new LMNT Sparkling — a bold, 16-ounce can of sparkling electrolyte water. Kodiak CakesFind Kodiak products at your local grocery store, they're the ones with the bear on the box or learn more at Kodiakcakes.com

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0:00.0	You know, I don't know if it's worth a, I mean, we could have a whole riff on never stop exploring because I do honestly joke about never stop exploring all the time.
0:07.6	Like with Jay started the other day at the crag, I was like joking about never stop exploring.
0:10.6	What do you mean?
0:11.4	Why just joke that if I ever stop exploring, I'll get fired?
0:14.3	Like I love going to new plays, doing new things, trying new ways, like, you know, even like small scale exploration within your backyard you know
0:22.2	even like trying a new trail to the crag things like that just like i see that all's exploration
0:26.4	and i do think that after 20 years of consistently joking about how i should always be exploring
0:32.2	i think it has made me more of an explorer you know it's like you keep making until you make it
0:36.6	it it's like i just keep saying don't stop exploring and then eventually you're like you know what i think i am more of an explorer. You know, it's like you make it until you make it. It's like, I just keep saying, don't stop exploring.
0:38.9	And then eventually you're like, you know what?
0:40.0	I think I am kind of an explorer.
0:41.8	Yeah.
0:42.3	I mean, I know what I love about like that sort of like curiosity, but like what works for
0:46.7	you.
0:47.0	Yeah, I mean, I think curiosity is exactly the word. you never stop exploring, gives you permission to ask questions about the world, to try new things
0:56.2	nonstop, to like always be pushing in interesting ways. I just think that that's the best way to interact
1:00.7	with the world. If you want to start your exploration, go to the north base.com. That would be so funny
1:05.4	if you like, send in your resignation, I'm done exploring. Well, dude, eventually I'll get too
1:10.6	tired. I'm going to, yeah, I'm going to post something
1:12.7	on social. Be like, after 25 good years, I'm tired of exploring. Now I'm just going to sit on
1:17.1	my sofa and watch Netflix. Somehow I don't see that happening.
1:22.8	Competition can bring up the best or it can bring out the worst in people, right? And I think for me, being in that situation, it always put me on my game in a way that
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