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The Enormocast: a climbing podcast

Enormocast 236: Malik Martin and Conrad Anker – Brothers, Friends, and Countrymen

The Enormocast: a climbing podcast

Chris Kalous

Sports, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Wilderness

4.9 β€’ 1.5K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 236 of the Enormocast, I sit down next to, but for some reason not in, a hot springs pool with Malik Martin and Conrad Anker. Conrad and Malik met at Memphis Rox when Malik was working there, and the North Face had sent Conrad to check it out. Memphis Rox is a unique …

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0:00.0

You are listening to The Enormo Cast.

0:07.5

Burr. It's wintertime, Buccarus. As my daddy still says, it's colder than a well-driller's

0:14.5

took us out there. Which means them doggies are shivering and you got death metal blasts

0:19.9

and in the dark of the early morn. Cause you're on your way to go ice climbing. Or maybe you're

0:24.8

still standing in line at the local Boulangeray and your Ray Colorado at 9 a.m. after a hot

0:30.4

soak anticipating your half calf soy milk latte with one pump of vanilla. Thank you very much.

0:36.5

Either way, he crazy sons of bitches are all fired up to jug haul up dem icicles.

0:41.6

And knowing this couple's opinion, they should be staging an intervention rather than stoking the

0:46.4

addiction. Black diamond is and has always been at the forefront of innovation when it comes to

0:52.4

peer ice and mixed climbing. I mean just look at the names of black diamonds ice tools for

0:57.5

crying out loud. The cobra, the reactor, the fuel, the viper. How the hell are you not going to

1:04.4

feel like a boss wheel in two viper's in your hands? Of course it helps to forget that viper's

1:10.3

generally would stay away from ice or go dormant in those temperatures as wood cobras.

1:15.9

And if you dig grab either of those snakes by the tail, you'd probably be dead within a couple

1:20.0

hours max. But try not to think about that while you're swinging your way up a glorious blue

1:25.4

chunk of god's frozen creation. So once the natural euphoria of re-warming your hands begins to

1:32.6

ebb, head over to blackdiamonequipment.com or your favorite local shop and check out BD's ice tools,

1:39.7

ice screws, apparel, and all the other accoutrement that goes with scraping of frozen rock and water.

1:47.1

Because hell, aren't we really just here for the accoutrement?

1:52.7

We got to get this in a way of planning to plan here. We're doing the

1:57.2

enormous down whatever it is. It's terrific. Oh yeah, it makes sense. That's a big

2:01.8

place. So much like how it sings. What do you really should? What the hell are you doing?

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