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The Enormocast: a climbing podcast

Enormocast 249: Seb Berthe- Sailing the Seas of Granite

The Enormocast: a climbing podcast

Chris Kalous

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

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 249 of the Enormocast, I connect to Europe to talk with Belgian climber, Sébastien Berthe. After making a personal choice reduce his carbon footprint by avoiding air travel, Seb made a bold and admittedly somewhat quixotic journey to climb the Dawn wall last fall/winter via sailboat. Though he and Siebe Vanhee did not …

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0:00.0

You are listening to the Enormo cast.

0:07.4

Hey, it's your toes. Back with another bit of advice.

0:12.4

Now I know you loved him last portiva TC pros. Great for cracks,

0:16.7

off-whists, edging and smearing on granite. And TC, well, he's kind of the godfather.

0:22.7

A real made man if you know what I'm saying. So I don't mean any disrespect, Tommy,

0:26.7

who want to come to us little toesies. Sometimes it's nice to feel the rock we're grabbing.

0:31.8

And though the fingers get all the fun stuff, the full crimpin, the half crimpin,

0:36.6

three finger drag crimpin, half four finger drag crimpin, decaf drag with two pumps of vanilla crimpin.

0:43.1

Turns out us toes can push and pull too, just like that old barefoot chuck.

0:47.7

That guy has beautiful crimpy little toes. A little too beautiful if you're asking me.

0:53.5

And we can't have people not buying shoes now can we chuck?

0:56.8

Anyway, that's where lost portivas reinvented mantra slipper comes in. The softest,

1:02.1

lightest climate shoe on the market. Thin, comfy, real sensitive, just like us toes.

1:08.0

You know we have a sensitive side too, and we're happy to remind you of the pain we can feel

1:12.1

come ice climate season. So in the gym, on steep climbing outside, let your toes feel the rock

1:18.8

instead of just knocking around in your shoe like a bunch of ripe walnuts. And get us in a pair

1:23.2

of Mantra's stat. Go to sportiva.com or your local shop and treat your toes to a pair of mantras.

1:29.7

And maybe, as a special treat, we'll let you keep all your toenails this year.

1:35.3

Oh wait, what? It's mantra? Not mantra? What's a mantra?

1:44.9

With your neck hurt blanks, someone else's project. Does your partner get in way over his head

1:49.6

even on the warm-ups? Does the phrase, I'll just do this move one more time, make your eyeballs spin,

1:55.2

then let belaspex boy for you. When my boyfriend started falling lower and lower on his project,

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