Embracing a Fear of Falling

Outside Podcast

Sports, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

If you’re a climber, the risk of falling is always there—it's an essential fact about the sport. And for a lot of climbers, this is actually part of the appeal. That was definitely how Brendan Leonard saw it. Today Leonard is best known as a trail runner and the creator of Semi-Rad, where he publishes essays and illustrations about life as a nonprofessional athlete. But back in his twenties, climber was the identity Leonard latched on to while he was recovering from alcohol addiction and trying to figure out what kind of person he was going to be, despite the fact that climbing scared him. Leonard wanted to face his fears and put them in their place. But then he was involved in an accident while climbing near Moab, Utah, that forced him to reckon with his identity once again. In this first episode of our new series, The Wild Files, we look at what happens when you decide that you’ve had enough of being afraid. This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by the all-new 2021 Ford Bronco Sport, a 4x4 SUV with seven available G.O.A.T. modes that enable it to go over any type of terrain. Learn more at ford.com/bronco

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0:00.0	This episode of the outside podcast is brought to you by the 2021 all-new Ford Bronco
0:06.0	Sport, a four by four SUV with seven available goat modes that enable it to go
0:11.5	over any type of terrain. But some of the most impressive elements are in the
0:16.4	interior. My full name is Carrie Cannerley and I'm a color materials designer at Ford
0:22.2	Motor Company. I've been here forever. For Carrie, working on the Bronco Sport was
0:27.8	a passion project. The chance to bring to life a legendary vehicle for a new
0:33.2	generation. I'm born and raised and to try to miss
0:36.4	again so automotive has always been in my family. Okay so you are like true blue.
0:42.2	Yes. Yeah. Members of Carrie's team went to great lengths to research design
0:48.7	elements, camping out with off-road enthusiasts and interviewing the kind of
0:53.2	people that demand the most from their SUVs. The result are features like
0:57.7	the available moly straps for securing gear. A concept that was inspired by high-end
1:03.0	backpacks, hiking boots and technical jackets. A guy that was a photographer. He
1:08.4	loved the idea of the moly straps on the seat back because he said he could put
1:12.3	his camera inside and then he could connect his lenses with just the hooks. But
1:18.1	simply attaching straps to standard fabric on the back of the seat backs would
1:22.5	never do. So the fabric that is behind the moly straps is actually a
1:27.1	police grade fabric that we put in police vehicles. Climb inside the Bronco Sport
1:31.8	and you'll find a range of rugged features like a safari style roof and lift gate
1:37.0	floodlamps for easier base camp set up. Learn more at Ford.com slash Bronco.
1:47.1	From outside magazine this is the outside podcast.
1:57.9	It goes without saying that for climbers there's always the risk of falling. It's an
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