Cultivating an Adventurous Relationship with Emily Harrington & Adrian Ballinger

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🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Professional climber Emily Harrington met her husband, pro mountaineer Adrian Ballinger, on an expedition 11 years ago. While their paths to become pro athletes were different, the couple has figured out how to balance their partnership and build a family while continuing to pursue what they love— adventuring in the mountains.

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0:00.0	I think with our relationship, it appears to be so perfect and works so well, but I think
0:06.7	it's because we've we give and take a lot.
0:12.0	That's professional climber Emily Harrington.
0:14.7	Emily met her husband, pro-mountain-year, Adrian Ballinger, on an expedition 11 years ago.
0:19.7	The couples figured out how to balance their partnership while venturing in the mountains.
0:24.6	Emily's strength comes from pure rock climbing, and she's like one of the very best at it,
0:29.4	like I'm a pretty average rock climber, but I'm like really good at walking up big snowy hills,
0:36.1	right, and sometimes skiing back down there, and then we find adventures where we can kind of
0:40.6	meet in the middle and help each other to excel and do better.
0:47.4	Emily and Adrian have built a life together while encouraging each other to become better athletes.
0:53.1	Emily is a five-time U.S. national climbing champion.
0:56.3	In November of 2020, she became the first woman to free climb Golden Gate,
1:01.2	a route on Al Capitan and Yosemite.
1:04.5	Adrian is also an impressive athlete and mountain guide.
1:07.5	He's submitted bound Everest eight times, once without supplemental oxygen.
1:13.0	While their paths to become pro-athletes were different, it was clear from a young age that Emily and
1:18.0	Adrian share love for mountains, for climbing, and for pushing their limits.
1:23.6	I'm Shelby Stanger, and this is Wild Ideas Worth Living, an REI co-op studios production.
1:37.9	Emily Harrington and Adrian Bounder welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living.
1:42.1	Hi.
1:43.0	Live.
1:43.6	Hello.
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